Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is a powerful tool to conquer the anxiety, frustration, and perfectionism that hinder language learning. Discover Albert Ellis's ABC model to learn how your beliefs about mistakes—not the mistakes themselves—cause suffering. This episode provides a practical framework to dispute irrational "musts," shows how the process of learning a language can be inherently healing, and guides you in using your target language to build a more resilient and rational mindset.

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Tip 102 - How 🎭 Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) 🫶🏻 can help you learn a language

Questa puntata è dedicata alla meravigliosa città di Venezia.

Level: Intermediate B2
Source and transcription: https://travel.thewom.it/italia/veneto/venezia/cosa-vedere-Venezia.html


🗺   CITTÀ ITALIANE #QuickItalianWithMara

🛶   VENEZIA

这是我最喜欢的一本书《平凡的世界》里我最喜欢的一句话：“谁让你读了这么多书，又知道了双水村以外还有个大世界……如果从小你就在这个天地里日出而作，日落而息，那你现在就会和众乡亲抱同一理想：经过几年的辛劳，像大哥一样娶个满意的媳妇，生个胖儿子，加上你的体魄，会成为一名出色的庄稼人。不幸的是，你知道的太多了，思考的太多了，因此才有了这种不能为周围人所理解的苦恼。”

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Chilling Chinese 

《平凡的世界》节选

Tässä jaksossa kerron siitä, miten sanat 'minä' ja 'sinä' sanotaan suomen eri murteissa. Minä, mä, mää ja mie tarkoittaa kaikki samaa asiaa! Enjoy :)

Heippa hei!

Mä ja sä = minä ja sinä

Welcome to the first episode of OET Roleplay Practice with Kev, The English Native.

In this episode, you’ll hear a complete OET Speaking roleplay between a doctor and a patient recovering from a mild heart attack. The consultation covers building rapport, gathering information, explaining safe exercise, returning to work, and giving lifestyle advice.

Kevin also shares strategies for using these recordings to study effectively:

Listen once to get the flow of the consultation

Read the transcript to notice useful OET phrases

Shadow the doctor’s lines to improve pronunciation and intonation

What you’ll learn in this episode:

How to reassure patients naturally in OET roleplays

Useful phrases for explaining medical recovery and lifestyle changes

Why memorised templates lower your score

How to map your responses to the OET clinical communication criteria

Practical shadowing techniques to improve fluency and confidence

This episode is designed for doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals preparing for the OET Speaking sub-test.

👉 Download the transcript at theenglishnative.com
 and follow Kevin for more OET practice and exam strategies.

Kev's English Podcast

OET Speaking Roleplay Practice: Episode 1 – Heart Attack Recovery Consultation

What should go into your IELTS speaking preparation?

Preparing for the IELTS speaking test involves several key components. Here's what you should focus on during your IELTS speaking preparation:

1. Time management:
2. Asking for feedback
3. Analyze model answers
4. Relax and breathe to calm down

There is more details in the recording and lots of tips to help you succeed. Practice listening & get ideas on how to ace your IELTS speaking test.

Please look through my schedule to see when you can train with me personally and book my available meetings now.

To Your Succeess!

IELTS-SPEAKING 8-9 BAND IS POSSIBLE. DAILY SPEAKING PRACTICE PART 1,2 & 3. Listen daily.

What should go into your IELTS speaking preparation?

Do you go to work even when you're not feeling well?

If you do, you're not alone. A survey of workers in the US has found that 9% of people never take sick days.

Some said that's just because they don't get sick very often. But others said pressure at work makes them less likely to take sick days.

And some part-time workers said they feel financial pressure to go to work even when they aren't feeling well — because they need the money!

Yahoo News and YouGov surveyed almost 1,500 US adults — although only about half of them were actually workers, so the other half weren't able to comment.

About 16% said they take one or two sick days a year. Twelve percent said they take "a few" days, and 4% said they take "more than a few" days.

Another 3% of people said they don't have the option to take sick days where they work.

But how do your colleagues feel when you take a sick day — or when you go in to work even when you're not well?

More than one-third of people said they prefer their colleagues to stay at home if they're sick. But 5% said people should work even when they're sick.

However, only 7% of people said they always believe their colleagues really are sick when they have a day off!

Experts told Yahoo News that going to work when you're unwell isn't a sign of commitment, however — they said it just shows you're disrespecting yourself and your body.


Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Almost One Tenth of US Workers Never Take Sick Days

IELTS Speaking Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 1 - Travel.

Q. Do you enjoy travelling? [Why/Why not?]
Q. Have you done much travelling? [Why/Why not?]
Q. Do you think it’s better to travel alone or with other people? [Why?]
Q. Where would you like to travel in the future? [Why?]

Let me know how useful was it and what ideas you picked out from it that might assist you when answering different questions.