Today's episode is the audio to the Guide to the TOEFL - Speaking presentation. In it, you'll learn what the speaking section of the Test of English as a Foreign Language requires, as well as hear some sample questions and answers and get advice on whether using templates to form your answers is a good idea. Some of the questions depend on written text, so be sure to go to the website to download the transcript so you can read them: https://lovelangwri.com/2022/05/10/guide-to-the-toefl-speaking/

For the Love of Language and Writing

Guide to the TOEFL - Speaking

Текст «Молодец» на этой неделе рассказывает о женщине из северного штата США, которая посетила южный штат США и у которой возникли проблемы с пониманием местного диалекта, когда она спрашивала дорогу.

Molodets! Подкаст по изучению английского языка и американской культуре для носителей русского языка

2.5 Американские диалекты

Hey there English learners, welcome to this episode! Let's get into the fascinating realm of "operate" verbs with Teacher Smith. Ever thought about what it means to "operate up," "operate down," or even "operate away"? Stick around as we unravel the cool and unexpected ways these phrases can shake up their usual meanings!

LEARN BY LISTENING

Phrasal verb-OPERATE

Regine e Giulia si incontrano in piazza. 

Imparare Ascoltando

INCONTRI IN CITTÀ

Had a lovely convo with a friend of mine, give it a listen! 😁☺😅

Spontaneous Phone Call With My Iranian Friend

Chi di noi non si è mai chiesto "Perché si dice così?" studiando una lingua?
In questo episodio alcune riflessioni sulle difficoltà del dare una risposta a questa domanda... e se valga veramente la pena porsela.

Il podcast del modenese!

Live riflessioni: perché si dice così?

晚 wǎn — late
快 kuài — fast, quick
慢 màn — slow
远 yuǎn — far
近 jìn — near
菜 cài — dish, course
好吃 hǎochī — delicious
照片 zhàopiàn — photo
照 zhào — to take a photo
流利 liúlì — fluent
开心 kāixīn — happy, glad

中文每日一练

每日一练

안녕하세요. Hello~ 
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class. 
선생님 읽어요. I read it. 
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog. 
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/222955614812
https://youtu.be/n49qzcv2MGo

The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -what are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening, 
After reading many sentences with Korean grammar in Korean conversations sentences, 
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording. 
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording. 
And Listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely. 

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.) 
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 3. (Intermediate 1) 
Please listen carefully.

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Korean Conversation 3. (Intermediate 1) - Lesson 4. Part 1 …에다(가) …도/까지,  Part 2  반말 2 -아(라)/-어(라)/-여(라)/-자

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