JAMES: Good morning, Professor Austin, how are you doing?

PROFESSOR AUSTIN: Good morning, James. I am doing well. And you?

JAMES: I’m great, thank you. This is my friend Emma. She is thinking about applying to this college. She has a few questions. Would you mind telling us about the process, please.

PROFESSOR AUSTIN: Hello, Emma! It’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m more than happy to speak with you. Please stop by my office next week.

EMMA: It’s a pleasure to meet you, professor. Thank you so much for helping us.

PROFESSOR AUSTIN: Don’t mention it. Hopefully, I will be able to answer your questions!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Formal Introductions

🎙️ 1. Let’s Listen – Can You Hear the Difference?

First, let’s listen to these three words:

자다 (to sleep)
차다 (to kick)
짜다 (to be salty)

Now, let’s pronounce them slowly one more time:
자–다 / 차–다 / 짜–다

Can you hear the difference?

The key difference lies in the intensity of the sound and the movement of the mouth.

🧠 2. The Pronunciation Principle – What’s Going On?

Let’s break it down:

ㅈ (j) – Voiced sound
Your lips and tongue lightly touch, and then the sound is released softly.
You don’t blow out air forcefully.
👉 Examples: jada (to sleep), juiceu (juice), jihacheol (subway)

ㅊ (ch) – Aspirated sound
The tongue blocks the airflow, and then strong air bursts out as the sound is released.
👉 Examples: chada (to kick), chima (skirt), chokollit (chocolate)

ㅉ (jj) – Tense (fortis) sound
It’s much tighter and stronger than ㅈ.
You need to slightly tense your vocal cords and use more pressure with your lips and tongue.
👉 Examples: jjada (salty), jjok (side), jjigae (stew)

📌 In short:
ㅈ – Normal
ㅊ – Strong and breathy
ㅉ – Very tense and tight

💡 3. Pronunciation Practice – Repeat After Me

Let’s try these sets of words together. Repeat after me:

자 / 차 / 짜
조 / 초 / 쪼
줄 / 출 / 쭐

The more you practice,
the more your mouth and ears will get used to the differences!

If you’d like, I can also provide an audio version of this script, or help you record practice drills. Let me know!

한국어 발음 연습

한국어 ㅈ / ㅊ / ㅉ 발음 

Welcome to a captivating episode of "Arabic Word Trees" dedicated to exploring the root ك-ل-م. 
We'll take you on a linguistic adventure, tracing the journey of ك-ل-م from ancient texts to contemporary usage. Together, we'll explore its various derivations, patterns, and meanings, understanding how this powerful root lies at the heart of human connection.



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The most important words from the root "ك-ل-م/kaf-lam-meem"

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These Pronunciation episodes follow chronologically. They follow a reading on Engoo - with explanations along the way. Go to the website in order to follow along. : https://engoo.com/app/daily-news/article/study-says-reading-fiction-helps-us-understand-others/MsfhnFVrEe22EWf-hDINhQ 

English in 60 Seconds

Pronunciation 2

Duración: 9: 47 minutos
Idioma: Español (con ejemplos traducidos al inglés)

Contenido:
¿Sabías que expresiones como "ser un Judas" o "lavarse las manos" tienen siglos de historia? En este episodio, exploramos el legado lingüístico de la religión católica en el español. A través de 5 verbos y 5 frases de uso cotidiano, descubrirás cómo rituales como la Cuaresma, personajes bíblicos como Poncio Pilato o símbolos como la cruz moldearon nuestro idioma. Cada ejemplo incluye:

Origen histórico y evolución semántica.

Uso actual en contextos formales e informales.

Traducción al inglés para estudiantes de español.

Para quién es ideal:

Estudiantes de español (niveles B1-C2).

Amantes de la historia cultural y religiosa.

Profesores que buscan recursos pedagógicos innovadores.

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Hey guys, this is Aneleh, your favorite Portuguese tutor. In today’s podcast we’ll talk about: Portuguese/English false friends part 4.
Before I start, everything that I say here will be in the podcast description for you to read, you just need to click on this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HQcAKEsxna6MkgvtF17Xv1DJyFP2tFB1Hg3CkGE-yCM/edit?usp=sharing
And if you’re an advanced student you can skip directly to the Portuguese part at one minute and twenty seconds. 
Let 's go? 

Portuguese Drops 

Portuguese/English false friends (4)

If you think of the jobs robots could never do, you would probably put doctors and teachers at the top of the list. It's easy to imagine robot cleaners and factory workers, but some jobs need human connection and creativity. But are we underestimating what robots can do? In some cases, they already perform better than doctors at diagnosing illness. Also, some patients might feel more comfortable sharing personal information with a machine than a person. Could there be a place for robots in education after all?

British education expert Anthony Seldon thinks so. And he even has a date for the robot takeover of the classroom: 2027. He predicts robots will do the main job of transferring information and teachers will be like assistants. Intelligent robots will read students' faces, movements and maybe even brain signals. Then they will adapt the information to each student. It's not a popular opinion and it's unlikely robots will ever have empathy and the ability to really connect with humans like another human can.

One thing is certain, though. A robot teacher is better than no teacher at all. In some parts of the world, there aren't enough teachers and 9–16 per cent of children under the age of 14 don't go to school. That problem could be partly solved by robots because they can teach anywhere and won't get stressed, or tired, or move somewhere for an easier, higher-paid job.

Teachers all over the world are leaving because it is a difficult job and they feel overworked. Perhaps the question is not 'Will robots replace teachers?' but 'How can robots help teachers?' Office workers can use software to do things like organise and answer emails, arrange meetings and update calendars. Teachers waste a lot of time doing non-teaching work, including more than 11 hours a week marking homework. If robots could cut the time teachers spend marking homework and writing reports, teachers would have more time and energy for the parts of the job humans do best.

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Will robots replace teachers? Improve your listening

Complete the questions with a suitable word.
1 Can couples have a religious ceremony or a ......................................... ceremony in a
......................................... office?
2 Does the ......................................... usually wear a dress of a particular colour? If so,
what colour?
3 Is there usually a ......................................... after the ceremony?
4 Do people often ......................................... speeches7 If so, who does it?
5 Is it the ......................................... for the wife to wear a wedding ring on her left hand?
6 Do couples often go on a ......................................... after the wedding?
7 Do couples usually ......................................... their wedding ......................................... every year?
8 Do most ......................................... last forever in your country?
9 Do couples usually get  .................. before they get married?