Well it depends! On so many factors. Native like fluency is a must at least for higher levels but at lower levels, it's incredibly helpful when a teacher speaks your native language.....

British English with Maria

Teachers MUST be native to help you...right?!

Olá a todos, no episódio de hoje estarei falando sobre o Zoológico, o que podemos ver nele e para que serve, sua função educacional e social, escutem com atenção e respondam as perguntas.

A Voz da Madrugada

S01E06 Zoológico

主要介绍1.往好里说…往坏里说… 2.钻牛角尖 3.跟…过不去 的意思及用法。

A Course in Chinese Colloquial Idioms

How To Use 1.往好里说…往坏里说… 2.钻牛角尖 3.跟…过不去 in Chinese Colloquial Idioms

An introduction and a start. The first episode and the beginning of an adventure. Hope you'll come along for the ride! 

Hear and There

1. Introduction to Hear and There

Everything about business related phone calls

Business English with Ali

Mastering the Art of Professional Phone Calls

Spanish México

EL REBOZO

Fewer young people in the US are vaping this year than at any point in the last decade, government officials have reported.

The latest survey numbers show the teen vaping rate fell to under 6% this year, down from 7.7% in 2023. More than 1.6 million students aged between 11 and 18 reported vaping in the previous month — about one-third the number in 2019, when underage vaping peaked.

Brian King from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said the decline was good news but added: "There's clearly more work to do to further reduce youth use."

It is illegal for a retailer to sell any tobacco product to anyone aged under 21.

King and other officials noted that the drop in vaping hasn't led to an increase in the use of other tobacco industry products, such as nicotine pouches.

Sales of small, flavored pouches like Zyn have increased among adults. The pouches come in flavors like mint and cinnamon and slowly release nicotine when placed behind the lips. This year's US survey shows 1.8% of teens are using them, which is about the same percentage as last year.

The survey involved more than 29,000 students, who completed an online questionnaire in the spring.

Officials from the FDA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention attributed the big drop in vaping to recent age restrictions and more aggressive enforcement against retailers and manufacturers, including Chinese vaping companies who have sold their e-cigarettes illegally in the US for years.

Use of the most popular e-cigarette among teens, Elf Bar, fell 36% in the wake of FDA warning letters to stores and distributors selling the brightly colored vapes, which come in flavors like watermelon ice and peach mango.

Nearly 90% of the students who vape used flavored products, with fruit flavors the most popular.

In 2020, FDA regulators banned fruit and candy flavors from reusable e-cigarettes like Juul. 

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Number of US Teens Vaping at 10-Year Low

こんにちは！Atsushiです。
今日の天気は晴れ。
気温は27℃。北海道もさすがに暑いですね。

今回は都道府県シリーズ5つ目の山形県です。
私のオンライン日本語レッスンを受けてくれている方で、今、山形に住んでいる方がいてますので、いろいろと教えてもらいました！ありがとうございます。

ではいきましょう。


山形県は秋田県の下、南、宮城県の左、西にあります。
面積、大きさは、9,300km2
人口は、104万人です。

県の木は、サクランボ
県の花は、ベニバナ
県の鳥は、オシドリ
です。


有名な食べ物は、芋煮があります。
1600年代からあったようです。長い歴史ですね。
食べ方は地域や家庭によって具材や味付けが違うようです。

農産物は、さくらんぼやラフランスなどが有名です。

そして、山形の祭りは花笠祭りが有名です。毎年、8月にあります。私のレッスンを受けている方は、今年、浴衣を着て踊るそうです。日本の方が浴衣を着付けてくれるそうです。いいですね、楽しそうです。

ぜひ、日本の祭りという特別な文化を楽しんでほしいと思います。

ということで、今回は以上です。
最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！
ではまた！


Atsushi のJapanese podcast (travel/news /文法・漢字・語彙/Osaka/Hokkaido/🇹🇷🇬🇪🇦🇲🇪🇸🇵🇹)

36  山形県について(47都道府県シリーズ5)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13KKNDcHq0FE5DH2BnCTN0OGk_YreZpiY/view?usp=drivesdk