Have an American guest who lives and works in Japan.

日本語🇯🇵とEnglish🇺🇸のポッドキャスト🎙 Japanese and English Bilingual Podcast for fun!!

Life in Japan

The amount of courses and teachers promising and encouraging you to speak like a native is overwhelming! But is that or should it be the ultimate goal? I discuss this, giving mine as well others' points of view on this subject.

British English with Maria

To speak like a native or not  - that is the question!

今天我们就来听听“Long time no see ”用中文怎么说？
Real Life Chinese:
hǎo 
“好”   “very”
jiǔ 
“久” “long” 
bú
“不”  “no/hasn’t/ haven’t” 
jiàn
“见”  “meet” 
hǎojiǔbújiàn
“好久不见”就是很长时间没有见面了
hěn jiǔ bú jiàn、 
1.  很 久不见 、 
hǎo cháng shí jiān méi jiàn le
2.  好长时间没见了
Hǎojiǔbújiàn，zuìjìnzěnmeyàng？
好 久 不见，最 近 怎 么样？
Long time no see. How have you been?
Hǎojiǔbújiàn，nǐbiànhuàzhēndà！
好 久 不见，你变  化 真  大！


Iris' screening room

‘’Long time no see ‘’用中文怎么说？—Improve Chinese with movie clips

In this episode, we talk about what we like about travel, its benefits, and the places we visited!

Real Native Vocabulary

Travel

Юмористический рассказ о приметах! 
Какие приметы вы знаете? Верите ли вы в них?

Russfriend  (all about russia) 

"Одиннадцать слонов" Аверченко (краткое содержание)

❥ In this podcast, Melo reads from The Aesop for Children found for free online at: https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥ Listen and learn the moral of each story.
❥ Practice listening and reading comprehension by answering the quiz questions.
❥ Today's fable is called “The Crow & the Pitcher” and can be found here:
https://www.read.gov/aesop/012.html
❥The moral of today’s fable is: 
“In a pinch, a good use of our wits may help us out.”

❥ 在这个播客中，梅洛朗读了《儿童伊索》，可在网上免费找到：https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥聆听并学习每个故事的寓意。
❥ 通过回答问答问题练习听力和/或阅读理解。
❥ 今天的寓言叫"乌鸦和投手"，可以在这里找到：
https://www.read.gov/aesop/012.html
❥今天的寓言故事的寓意是： 
"在紧要关头，好好利用我们的智慧可能会帮助我们解决问题" 。

Life Lessons from Aesop's Fables

Episode 11: The Crow & the Pitcher

Cafes are a popular meeting place — whether you're meeting a friend, meeting someone for the first time or even having an informal business meeting.

But Shojo Cafe is not the place to go if you're planning to talk to people. The new cafe in Osaka doesn't allow any sound — that means no music or talking, and orders must be made silently.

The cafe opened in April, as a space where people can go to enjoy some peace and quiet in a busy city.

It's run by AB Possible, an organization that supports people with disabilities. Many of the cafe employees are deaf or have hearing difficulties, and a space like this allows them to play an active role in society, the organization said.

Customers are asked to make their orders silently, such as by writing or pointing at the menu.

Sign language is also encouraged — and if you're interested in learning, there are informal sign language classes after the cafe closes. Classes are one hour long and cost 2,000 yen — or about $13 — which also includes a cup of matcha.

The organization said that, unlike a normal cafe where people talk to each other, the silence in Shojo Cafe will help customers focus on other things — like the color and taste of the cafe's tea and sweets. Customers can even try making the matcha themselves.

Cafe owner Haruna Matsumoto told The Asahi Shimbun the idea for the cafe came after she visited a silent cafe in Vietnam, and all she could hear was the sound of rain and people walking.

"I got to know the comfort of silence and the lively way the cafe staff worked," Matsumoto said, adding that she wanted more people to learn about both things.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

No Talking Allowed at Osaka's Silent Cafe

The experience of learning is quite different for older people.

Transcript is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rm9p4AN_YUFF8iM7doV6YlwaUcA5maLd/view?usp=drivesdk

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

Older People and Learning [with transcript for study]

Being creative can speed up your learning.