Even my most advanced students sometimes find the simple present tense in English to be tricky! Learn the 5 most common ways we use the present tense in English, and start sounding more like a native today!

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Stairway to English: Short easy to understand episodes to improve your English grammar and fluency

"Usually I am having breakfast at 7am." Don't make this common mistake! 5 ways we use the simple present tense in English

The Parts of The Holy Bible - İncil'den Bölümler

İsa Mesih'in Doğumu (Matta)

Сегодня мы читаем статью про осеннюю хандру - почему когда дни становятся короче и мы реже видим солнце, наше настроение ухудшается и мы больше хотим спать.

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https://www.fontanka.ru/2014/11/06/094/

Если вы хотите обсудить услышанное и подискутировать на эту тему - приходите на урок.

Listen and read

Почему осенью грустно и хочется спать?

Today’s episode is “未来のペット (mirai no petto)《Future Pet》.
This episode is JLPT-N5 level.

I created a quiz on this episode.
After listening, please take the quiz!

Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

☆Words
未来（みらい）：future
ペット：pet
居酒屋（いざかや）：izakaya (Japanese pub)
動物（どうぶつ）：animal
～なぁ：《suffix expressing casualness or familiarity》
ペットショップ：pet shop
店員（てんいん）：clerk
いらっしゃいませ：welcome
僕（ぼく）：I, used by males
箱（はこ）：box
ロボット：robot
本当（ほんとう）：real
同（おな）じ：same
ちがう：different
簡単（かんたん）：easy
飼（か）う：to own, to keep as a pet
笑（わら）う：to laugh
窓（まど）：window
こわい：scary
嫌（きら）い：dislike
住（す）む：to live
人間（にんげん）：human
嫌（いや）：don't like it
悪（わる）い：bad
思（おも）い出（だ）す：to remember

☆Conjugation of verbs
ます形（けい）《masu-form》
て形（けい）《te-form》
じしょ形（けい）《dictionary-form》
た形（けい）《ta-form》

☆Script for this episode
The scripts (URL) are listed in the overview section of the channel.

☆Quiz for this episode
https://www.italki.com/quiz/set/18640?utm_source=copylink_share&utm_medium=share_content&utm_campaign=share_quiz

Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#50 Short story / 未来のペット《Future Pet》/ storytelling // N5 Level / Japanese listening

Super Basic Spanish

Learn Basic Spanish: ¿Qué hizo la doctora ayer? (What did the doctor do yesterday?)

Learn about Ramadan and the important vocabulary for this time of the Muslim year. 

Aprende árabe con Radia 

Ramadan 

How to Find your Talent. How irritating strangers can teach you about your talents.
「キャリアコンサルタント」目線で、「才能の見つけ方。イラっとする他人は、あなたの才能を教えてくれるについて」具体的にくわしくお伝えします。


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[Intermediate-Upper level] Interesting Japanese Not Taught In Schools About Japanese business culture, Japanese habits & Osaka

How to Find your Talent. How irritating strangers can teach you about your talents. 「キャリアコンサルタント」目線で、「才能の見つけ方。イラっとする他人は、あなたの才能を教えてくれるについて」お伝えします。

In this American English language podcast I talk about a YouTube Interview with a famous reggae artist. https://italki.com/teacher/1947582 
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Streetwise English

SWE40 Reggae Music Festival Interview

We all want our friends and relatives to be happy, but who is responsible for their care?
Today we read a story about a 95 year old woman in the UK.

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h_1HX3Bsi1CMHmMKQoPT0G36CwgMdNBS0uekz6NK7EE/edit?usp=drivesdk


Extract: 
We're going to go through a new story today and it begins with anger as a 95 year old (is)  told to take out her bins. Now, I just want to give you some background to this first of all. So, here in the UK, we have to put our bins on the streets for them to be collected and emptied.
So we have large bins, which are referred to as wheelie bins, And we must put those on the street. Depending on your relationship with your neighbours if you live in an apartment block, someone may do this for you. But the council employees, the people who come to empty the bins, will not come upon your property to collect them. They used to. But they don't any more. Depending on the council and depending on their funding, You may be able to request them to help you if you're old or infirm. As money is tight  these days for everyone, more and more councils are refusing to do this. A council is simply a local area government.
 Now we're going to read through a story here about what's happened to a 95 year old. Now, bearing in mind that here in the UK, we don't generally mix with our neighbours unless we know them very well or are related to them.
As I’ve often told you, we view  the Government almost like a mother or father, we expect them to do the things, which perhaps in your country is done by a community.



