This podcast series gives you strategies to succeed on each part of the IELTS Speaking Exam. The three parts are very different from one another so you need to use strategies that are specific to each part. In this episode I look at the ways to succeed on Part 2 of the exam.

IELTS Speaking Success

IELTS Speaking Strategies 1 2 3 - Episode 3: Part 2 of the Speaking Exam

Hi everyone, in this episode I talk about which flavor I prefer, Chocolate or Vanilla. Which do you prefer? Let me know in the comments :)

What's Your Opinion?

What's Your Opinion? Chocolate or Vanilla

One Minute Speaking Challenge: Work Related

If you to give a quick description about your studies or work - what would you say about it?

Which words can you use to describe the details?

Here are some that you can use: project, meeting, manager, schedule, presentation, break, lunch, hurdle,strategy, challenge, opportunity, client, attitude.

Or you can come up with yours.

To help & inspire you even more you can listen to one minute podcast & find useful questions to help you practice speaking even more!

Enjoy and let me know what you've got!

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One minute speaking challenge - Challenge yourself to speak English daily!

One Minute Speaking Challenge: Work Related

Affirm Your Way to Fluency! 
Do you speak kindly to yourself when you study a language?

In Episode 90 of 111 Tips for Learning a Language, we explore how affirmations + meditation can transform your study sessions. 

✨ Discover 10 affirmations for confidence and focus.
✨ Learn a short calming meditation to begin before study.
✨ End with a gentle gratitude meditation that seals your progress.

Affirmations are not magic—they’re reminders. With each breath, they replace fear with calm, and stress with confidence.

In Episode 90 of 111 Tips for Learning a Language, you learn how affirmations and meditation create calm, focus, and confidence in your study routine. Research shows that self-affirmations reduce stress and activate brain reward pathways, making you more motivated and resilient. You are guided through ten affirmations for language learners and two meditations—one to begin before studying and one to close after studying. Affirmations remind you that every effort matters, mistakes are part of growth, and fluency comes step by step with kindness.

💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 90 - How 🪬Meditative Affirmations🪬 can help you learn a language 

请选用合适的词填空。 
Please finish the sentences with the proper interrogative pronoun.

主要的疑问代词：
什么—What； 几—how many, how old (less than ten), what time;  
多少—how many, how much;  多（大）了？--how old; 
哪儿，哪里----where;   为什么—why; 
小测试 - 1
我妈妈今年50岁，她正好比我哥哥大25岁，猜猜（guese)我哥哥 ——大了？
什么；      几；       多少；       多     ✔；

小测试 - 2
丽丽今天没有上班，你知道 ————吗？
为什么        ✔；    多少；      哪儿；      怎么样；

小测试 - 3
老师的大女儿今年都8岁了，你知道她的小儿子——岁了呢？
什么；      哪里；      几        ✔；         哪儿； 

小测试 - 4
我给小丽打电话，一直没有人接，也不知道她去——了。
哪儿      ✔；      多少；      几；          什么； 

小测试 - 5
这苹果——钱？要10块钱一斤呢，太贵了，我们还是去那边超市里买吧。
几；        多少     ✔；       哪；         什么；

小测试 - 6
我的家就在学校旁边，走路5分钟就到了。你的家在————？
什么；       多少；      为什么；     哪里     ✔；

小测试 - 7
看，这是我最喜欢的口红颜色，就买这支吧。你呢？ 你喜欢————颜色？
哪；         什么      ✔；      为什么；     多少； 

小测试 - 8
我们都走了一个小时的路了，还不见你说的那家商店，它到底在————？
什么；       哪儿       ✔；      多少；       为什么

你都清楚了吗？继续加油，我们下期再见！


Correction notebook   错题本 (Mandarin)

疑问代词的使用 Interrogative pronoun (HSK1-2)

Impariamo alcuni proverbi e modi di dire. 
Continuiamo a conoscere Simone.

Il dolce far niente

1. Proverbi e modi di dire

In this episode we are going to learn how to talk about【Weekend plan】. 
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
1st time: listen and catch the words you know alreay, have a guess about the content.
2nd time: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
3rd time: listen one more time, repeat after it.
4th time: practise until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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明天是星期六。天气很好。
míng tiān shì xīng qī liù 。 tiān qì hěn hǎo 。
Tomorrow is Saturday. The weather is good.
我想和朋友一起出去。
wǒ xiǎng hé péng yǒu yì qǐ chū qù 。
I want to go out with my friends.
早上9点我们去麦当劳吃早饭。
zǎo shàng jiǔ diǎn wǒ men qù mài dāng láo chī zǎo fàn 。
At 9 o 'clock in the morning we go to McDonald's for breakfast.
上午我们在图书馆看书。
shàng wǔ wǒ men zài tú shū guǎn kàn shū 。
We read books in the library in the morning(A.M.).
中午我们去吃中国菜。
zhōng wǔ wǒ men qù chī zhōng guó cài 。
At noon we go to have Chinese food.
下午我们在公园聊天。
xià wǔ wǒ men zài gōng yuán liáo tiān 。
In the afternoon we chat in the park.
晚上7点我们去吃日本菜。
wǎn shàng qī diǎn wǒ men qù chī rì běn cài 。
At 7:00 in the evening we go to eat Japanese food.
8点半我们去看电影。
bā diǎn bàn wǒ men qù kàn diàn yǐng 。
We go to the cinema at 8:30.
10点半我们回家。
shí diǎn bàn wǒ men huí jiā 。
We go home at 10:30.

Yuli's Chinese Channel

周末计划 Weekend plan（for beginner）

LECTURA COMPRENSIVA.


ESTE CUENTO NOS HABLA DE LAS AVENTURAS DEL GORRIÓN.


Antes de comenzar la lectura.

1. ¿Cual es tu estación climática favorita?

2. ¿Cual es tu estación climática no favorita?

Presta atención a la lectura de tu profesor.


Dime: ¿ Cuánto pesa un copo de nieve?

Dime cuánto pesa un copo de nieve, preguntó un gorrión a una paloma.
Nada de nada, le contestó.

Entonces debo contarte algo maravilloso, dijo el gorrión:

Estaba yo posado en la rama de un abeto, cerca de su tronco, cuando
empezó a nevar. No era una fuerte nevada ni una ventisca furibunda. Nada
de eso.

Nevaba como si fuera un sueño, sin nada de violencia. Y como yo no tenía
nada mejor que hacer, me puse a contar los copos de nieve que se iban
asentando sobre los tallitos de la rama en la que yo estaba. 

Los copos fueron exactamente 952. Al caer el siguiente copo de nieve sobre la rama que,
como tú dices, pesaba nada de nada, la rama se quebró.

Dicho esto, el gorrión se alejó volando.

Y la paloma, toda una autoridad en la materia desde la época de Noé, quedó
cavilando sobre lo que el gorrión le contara y al final se dijo:

Tal vez esté faltando la voz de una sola persona para que en este mundo
tenga lugar la paz.

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The Sparrow

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