La culpa es de la vaca" ilustra la externalización de la culpa. Un investigador encuestó almacenes en Colombia sobre productos de cuero: precios altos y baja calidad. Los fabricantes culparon a las curtiembres por aranceles. Las curtiembres a los mataderos por mala calidad de cueros. Los mataderos a los ganaderos por poco uso de venenos y marcas en las reses. Los ganaderos a las vacas por restregarse en alambres. Conclusión: ¡las vacas son estúpidas! Esta historia, resumida por Fernando Cepeda en El Tiempo, se basa en investigación del libro "Changing the Mind of a Nation" (Harrison & Huntington), cap. de Michael Fairbanks. © 2002 Jaime Lopera G. y Martha Inés Bernal T.

The Macondo man stories

La culpa es de la vaca

In today's podcast, I will give you the vocabulary you need to give a great answer to the new IELTS Speaking question about a great meal you enjoyed with family or friends.

IELTS with Cambridge David

IELTS Part 2 Describing a great meal you had with family or friends

En este nuevo episodio de la serie "Hablemos de Viajes" voy a compartir 3 habilidades que desarrollé como viajera, y que aplico constantemente, no solo cuando subo a un avión, sino también en mi vida diaria. 

Estas 3 capacidades las fui entrenando en el tiempo, y cada vez me resultan más útiles: la adaptabilidad, la comunicación efectiva y la toma de decisiones.

En el audio te dejo unas preguntas para responder si te animas.

Disfruta de aprender

Hablemos de viajes, parte IX!

「台風 たいふう」＝「typhoon」のように、母国語（ぼこくご mother tongue) と にている言葉は覚えやすいですね。じゃあ、そうでないものは、どうやって覚えるか。今回は、ほとんど「ダジャレ pun, play on words 」です。実は  1974年に「日本語の起源（きげん origin ）は英語だ！」という意見を、本気で発表した人がいます。ん～、ほんとに困ってしまうんですが、きっとこの人は、「ラッキーな言葉」をたくさん発見しちゃったんですね。それでは、日本人が英語を覚える苦労を、せひ、お聞きください。そして笑ってください。

スクリプトと文法や言葉のリストはこちら。
https://chivalrous-wallaby-f5c.notion.site/29-e157ac24bb194d4da10979666f91c0fb
楽しみ方は、こちらを見てください。
https://chivalrous-wallaby-f5c.notion.site/116c436c16ed4055a68ddb2c4624cd96
じゃあ、またね。

すずまりの日本語「ききみみ」ずきん

第29話　台風は「タイフーン」？

Привет! It's Ira and Curtis. We are teachers and decided to record a podcast for you on different topics, where we will speak two different languages: Russian and English.


In today's episode, we discussed our plans for how we are going to raise our children as bilinguals.


For each next podcast, we will pick a specific topic and discuss it. If you have any ideas for topics that you would like to listen to - write us =)



Pro bilingual 

ПРО Bilingual 02: raising a bilingual child.

🎧 New Series of Mini Podcasts for Beginners! Practice essential phrases in Spanish — Me llamo, soy de, vivo en, me gusta… and more. Perfect for listening, repeating, and gaining confidence.
🎙 Whether you’re a complete beginner or just want to practice the basics, these mini podcasts will help you gain confidence, without pressure or embarrassment. 

#LearnSpanish #SpanishForBeginners #ListeningPractice 

Hola, me llamo Ana. Soy de México y vivo en Guanajuato. Tengo 22 años. Soy estudiante de universidad. Me gusta leer libros y jugar al tenis. Hablo español e inglés. Mi número de teléfono es 123-456-7890.

✨ Listen, repeat, and learn at your own rhythm! 

¡Hola! Spanish for Beginners

🟢 Series Mini Podcasts in Spanish for Beginners 1

Book my class!  https://teach.italki.com/teacher/1947582
Welcome back to another episode of Streetwise English podcast. My name is Carl. Today I want to talk about breaking the ice. So breaking the ice means meeting someone new that you don't know for the first time. So when you go to a party or you go to a new workplace or a new school, you're always going to have the occasion where you need to meet people for the very first time.


And sometimes this can be awkward and you can feel embarrassed about talking to someone if you don't know them and they don't know you and you're not friends yet. So I just wanted to talk really briefly about some advice that I have for you to meet people for the first time in any environment. And this is especially true if you are not a native speaker of their language.


So the first tip I have is to simply smile. Make your face look friendly and welcoming and give eye contact to the person that you want to talk to. It sounds really simple and obvious, but if you missed this step um, you know, this is a very important step and this is half the battle. So make sure that you look approachable yourself and you smile And you might even make a slight hand gesture, like, uh, a mini wave of some sort.  And the next thing is to simply say hello.


You don't have to come up with any kind of clever saying or pick up line or joke just simply saying hello. And you can see if the other person is interested in having a conversation with you.


And another tip is that you can be observant of what the person looks like or what clothes they're wearing and use that as a clue um, to tell you about who they are. For example, if the person is wearing very nice running shoes you kind of have the idea that this person likes to run or this person may be a runner or if you notice that the person has, um, cauliflower ears, you know, scarred ears from wrestling OK, this guy is probably a fighter. (please subscribe to the Streetwise English Podcast)





Streetwise English

SWE17 How to Break the Ice?

You can read the podcast here>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xtm_gM4yQ1hzFd8tTfL3G-4Ors2UCOCr/view?usp=sharing

Lisa's Podcast

McDonalds Opens CosMc's Coffee

Hi there! This is Ken, your Japanese teacher.
Today I am going to talk about "favourite drinks"
Hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to take a comprehension check quiz after listening to the episode.