A brief biography of the author who gave us "Lord of the Rings".

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

Famous Brits: J.R.R. Tolkien

Today's episode is about 운동.
Recently I started to go to a pilates class.
It's not so easy but I'm trying to enjoy it for my health!

Do you also workout or play sports?
"여러분은 평소에 어떤 운동을 하나요?"

Yejin's Podcast for Korean Learners

What kind of 운동 do you do?

Medical Spanish 🏥
(Gut Microbiota)
Entrevista a la nutrióloga Nancy Arredondo sobre la microbiota intestinal.


Medical Spanish

Microbiota Intestinal (EXTRACT)

He's possibly the worst Doctor in the world! Learn English idioms, phrasal verbs and more advanced vocabulary with this short episode from Mr Vocab.

The Mr Vocab Podcast

Peter Proctor The Terrible Doctor

Vamos a escuchar ejemplos del verbo Gastar y sus usos más comunes

Natural Spanish Fluency

6/100 GASTAR 💸 Los 100 verbos más importantes en español

We know we should appreciate people more often but do we know how to acknowledge them and why is it even so important? 

In a conversation when you acknowledge people, they feel heard and valued. They become more open-minded even if you are opposing their beliefs. It’s because, through your acknowledgment of their ideas, they know that you have been listening and you understand where they are coming from. If you want to do business with people or maintain a good relationship with them, without learning how to acknowledge people, you will get nowhere.

Acknowledging is easy.

Just paraphrase what they said and follow up with a relevant question or your opinion. Paraphrasing proves that you understand them since you express their ideas using your own words. 

During negotiations or discussions even if you disagree with people, you can make them hear you out by disagreeing politely or by partially disagreeing with them. A strong disagreement shows that you are unwilling to talk. This makes the negotiation take a negative turn and go downhill. 

So, disagree politely and follow up with relevant questions to show that you are interested in learning more about them. 

What you do is often reciprocated. When you listen, they listen. When you show interest in people, they will show interest in you. When you acknowledge them, they will acknowledge your work, ideas, and suggestions.

Acknowledge people. Have more discussions and not arguments. 


Sensei Ann

How not to be rude in English? 

Adding endings that turn verbs into adjectives that describe people or things.

The English Toolbox

Adjective Endings

Sit Less, Move More, Live Longer, Says Study
As a new year begins, many of us have been making plans for the months ahead — things we want to do, places we want to go, and parts of our lives we want to change.

And one study from 2022 has some simple advice to share that we might be able to use in 2023: sit less, move more.

Okay, so it's not a new message, but the researchers found that the results of their large study provide more evidence that long periods of sitting are bad for our health.

This is true across the world, but especially in lower-income countries, they said.

The researchers followed more than 105,000 adults — aged between 35 and 70 — for an average of around 11 years.

They looked at how much time the participants — who were from 21 different countries — spent sitting down each day.

And they also wanted to know about their health as the years passed. In total, there were more than 6,200 deaths and almost 5,700 cases of serious heart problems during the study.

Using this information, the researchers found that people who said they sat for eight or more hours per day were at a much higher risk of early death or serious heart disease.

These people were increasing their risk by as much as 20%, according to the researchers, but they added that doing exercise could help reduce these risks.

Scott Lear, who was one of the study's authors, said: "It's a global problem that has a remarkably simple fix. Scheduling time to get out of that chair is a great start."

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

 Sit less, Move More

En el episodio de hoy hablo con Puru. Puru es de la India, ha estudiado español por casi 5 años y ha conseguido los certificados DELE B1, B2 y C1. En nuestra conversación hablamos del aprendizaje de español de Puru, estereotipos y algunas similitudes entra la India y España.
¡Espero que disfrutes del episodio! Si lo haces, no te olvides de dejar una valoración a este podcast para que otros estudiantes puedan encontrarlo más fácilmente. 

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