This is Mental Health Awareness Month.  Festivals and events are taking place across the English speaking world. Today I'm talking to Lisa who helped to organize the Mental Health Festival in Paisley, South West Scotland.

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

Mental Health Awareness Month

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZoxbS9sVXV568Y8x3VRajU_z6_MmcXCu/view?usp=sharing

Teacher Robert's Podcast

What's the OPIc Test?  And Storytelling Skills

Today we're diving into a crucial interview question: "Why do you want to work for our company?" In the next few minutes, we'll explore how to craft a compelling and personalized response that will leave a lasting impression on your interviewer.

We are breaking down the 5 steps to answering  "Why do you want to work for our company?" effectively:
1.Research the company thoroughly.
2.Align your values with the company’s mission.
3.Highlight how your skills and experience meet the company’s needs.
4.Be specific and sincere in your response.
5.Practice until you can deliver your answer naturally and confidently.

With the real live example at the end of the podcast!




Interview Insights: Mastering Communication for Career Success

Why do you want to work for our company? Job Interview question with sample answers.

In this episode, I reflect on the personal reasons behind my decision to study Japanese. From anime to video games, from Shintoism to sound aesthetics, I explore the many cultural threads that shaped my motivation. It’s a story of curiosity, immersion, and rediscovery through language.

Immersive Italian

Why I Started Learning Japanese – Immersive Italian Podcast Ep.3

Фразеологизмы (или фразеологические обороты, идиомы)  - это устойчивые словосочетания, где слова теряют своё прямое значение и приобретают переносное, образное значение. Их нельзя переводить дословно на другой язык.

«Stories & Mind»

Образные выражения или идиомы

NASA has given SpaceX an $843 million contract to build the vehicle that will help to destroy the International Space Station (ISS).

Space X, a company that's controlled by Elon Musk, will build the vehicle but the mission will be led by NASA.

The ISS was launched in 1998 and it's likely that it will have to be removed from space in the next few years.

The station is operated by space agencies from the US, Europe, Japan, Canada and Russia. All the countries involved have said they'll operate the station until 2030 except Russia, which has said it will operate it until 2028.

Teams of astronauts have been living in the space station since 2000. During that time, they have done more than 3,300 experiments in space.

It's expected that the SpaceX vehicle will pull the ISS through space before landing it in the sea. Both are likely to break apart as they re-enter Earth's atmosphere.

NASA said that it will be focusing on "commercially owned space destinations closer to home" as life on the ISS comes to an end.

The contract is seen as another vote of confidence for the company that Musk founded in 2002.

But experts say it won't be easy bringing such a large space station back to Earth safely.

Meghan Bartels from Scientific American said it will be a "delicate" challenge.

She said it took 42 different launches to send the ISS into space, where it was put together in orbit.

She added: "The orbiting laboratory contains about as much internal space as a six-bedroom house spread over an area the size of a football field," and that it weighs almost as much as three blue whales.

It's not yet known what the vehicle will look like or exactly when the mission will take place.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

SpaceX Given Contract to Destroy Space Station

In this episode, we discuss when to use the verb "Ser" in Spanish. 

Manuel is the creator of The Fluency Podcast, a Spanish podcast designed to help you improve your Spanish skills through natural discussions between online Spanish tutors.

The Fluency Podcast

Learn when to use "Ser" in Spanish

This is a list of animals in Swahili. You will find common words including domestic pets, farm livestock, wild creatures and even insects.

Lets Learn Swahili

Wild and Domestic animals in Swahili

Today I talk about the phrase "to fall through", the young couple who lied about a house sale falling through and a story about a woman defending her seat on an airline. https://anchor.fm/joseph-mc42/episodes/674-To-Fall-Through-with-transcript-e2g2t1m

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R1RwlljBdc4KKhyjPmnLP_t2zv6OPO56/view?usp=drivesdk