To avoid getting rusty, and to keep up your skills, you should hear and speak English every day.  This can be expensive.  Here are some free ways to keep up your English skills between classes. 

How to keep up your English level 

With 26 letters, (but 44 different sounds), and not many rules, English pronunciation is sometimes difficult.
Sometimes, reading a word, does not help you to say it.  Here is some help.


Pronunciation 

Success at work!
Vocabulary to help your career.  
These podcasts are from my 'ENGLISH IN THE OFFICE courses.   
If you need more help, please send me an italki message, to discuss your needs. 


English for Business

Do you know the difference between these words? 
Answer these questions and find out. 
Please look at the PDFs for the transcript.

Confusing words - intermediate 

A2 - B1  
Conversation Class Preparation.
Listen to the podcast and read the text. 
These podcasts are for my structured conversation class (there are over 80 topics)
(book a class to see the text).

English with Angela -  conversation 

Do you know the difference between these words?
Answer these questions and find out.

Please look at the PDFs for the transcript.


Confusing words  (A2 - Elementary)

Listen and Learn Turkish Vegatebles Names

ALL ABOUT TURKıSH

VEGETABLES (SEBZELER)

先日東京のキッザニアに行ってきました。

日本語でおしゃべり　podcast for Japanese learners

#17キッザニアに行った話

・みんなの日本語13課
verb 
遊びに行きます
食べに行きます。

noun 
映画に行きます。
食事に行きます。

むかえます→むかえに行きます。

むかえます　to welcome
日本語: 彼らは新しいメンバーを温かくむかえました。
英語: They warmly welcomed the new member.



・みんなの日本語16課
学校で日本語をおしえています。
東京に住んでいます。
アップルではたらいています。

もちます→もっています
△来年 車をもちます。
〇来年 車を買います。

lift up, hold
〇バッグ、おもいですか？もちますよ。


ようへい先生　N4～N3　レベルの生徒（せいと）へ　(^^♪

意味がかわる動詞（どうし）

One-Minute Speaking Challenge: Unleash Your Strengths!

We all have them – amazing strengths! But it’s easy to get caught up comparing ourselves to others.

The truth is, everyone does it! It’s time to shift our focus.

This one-minute challenge is all about digging deeper into what makes you great, strong, efficient, and valuable. Listen and participate!

To your success, 
Anatoly

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

One-Minute Speaking Challenge: Unleash Your Strengths!

안녕하세요. Hello~
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class.
선생님 읽어요. I read it.
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog.
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/223096418482
https://youtu.be/uY7NiKF9kJ8

The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -what are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening,
After reading many sentences with Korean grammar in Korean conversations sentences,
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording.
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording.
And Listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely.

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.)
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 4. (Intermediate 2)
Please listen carefully.

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Korean Conversation 4. (Intermediate 2) - Lesson 10. Part 1 …으로/…로 인하다,  Part 2 -는/-은/-ㄴ 데다(가)

Bruce Lee’s Empty Cup - And Why Your English is Costing You MONEY

Bruce Lee asked: Is your cup empty, or full?

The answer could be why you’re leaving money on the table every time you open your mouth in a business situation. I’m talking presentations that bore clients to death, pitches that land with a thud, job interviews where you sound like a buffoon…and even those damn IELTS tests my students sweat over.

See, you’re probably making ONE of these critical mistakes (and maybe all of them):

You’re STUCK in Your Ways: “Empty” means potential. “Full” means rigid, unable to adapt. Your English is probably stuck in a textbook from 1985.

You’re Fixated on “Perfect”: Forget perfection. Aim for impact. Trying to be flawless is paralyzing you. Stop it.

You Think You’re “Done” Learning: The moment you stop learning, you start dying (business-wise, anyway). Your English has to evolve to stay sharp.

You’re Clueless About Yourself: You have ZERO awareness of how you actually sound to prospects, clients, or even the interviewer across the table. Ouch.

But there’s a way out.

In my latest podcast episode, I take Bruce Lee’s wisdom – yes, the martial arts guy – and brutally expose exactly how you can weaponize your English.

Become instantly more persuasive.

Sharpen your message until it cuts like a diamond.

Deliver every sentence with unshakeable clarity.

Click here to listen now. This isn’t about grammar lessons; this is about MONEY. Don’t let your English hold you hostage any longer.


P.S. Are you SERIOUS about mastering high-impact business English? This podcast is just the beginning. There’s a whole lot more where that came from…

Book my limited 1-1 communication / confidence / clarity BOOSTER meetings now.

Job Interview Preparation | CEO Interview Strategies From Diverse Business Sectors!

Bruce Lee’s Empty Cup - And Why Your English is Costing You MONEY

En este episodio hablo acerca de quien es mi persona favorita, mi abuela, hablo de mi niñez, de las cosas que hacía con ella y de como su figura fue importante, la importancia de la figura de la abuela a nivel cultural en Colombia y otras cosas que hacen parte del tiempo libre en la infancia. Utilizo como tiempos verbales los tiempos del pasado como pretèrito imperfecto, pretèrito indefinido, tambièn elementos de descripción.  

Viviendo entre dos lenguas 

Mi persona favorita, mi abuela

In this episode we will talk about 【Developing your child's expression skills】, you will learn how to say 【speech,introvert,eloquence】 ect. The material helps you get used to different voice and accent. 
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It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
Step 1: Gist listening. Listen to get the main idea. (more times if necessary)
Step 2: Read the text to find out words you didn't get, then look up the dictionary. 
Step 3: Listen and imitate as much as you can without looking at the text.
Step 4: Write down what you hear if you want to practise writing.
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大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
在中国，有的孩子除了学校的课，还会上一些课外辅导班。例如，钢琴课，美术课，演讲课等等。有的父母也越来越重视孩子的公众表达能力。那么应该如何培养孩子的表达能力呢？我们来听一听著名作家、教育家、演讲家刘墉先生的建议。
小孩很内向，要如何引导他敢于社交跟表达自己的看法？很简单，要从家里开始，所有的教育从家里开始。我的儿子他的普通话说得好的，口才也很不错，参加演讲比赛，总是得奖。你晓得他怎么练出来的吗？他在美国长大，但是他中文很好，是因为我常常训他。训完了我说："儿子，现在该是你的时间了。老爸刚才训了你20分钟，现在你有20分钟可以由你来表达了。"各位，当你训孩子的时候，你有没有给孩子时间让他能够答辩呢？让他答，他知道他要答，他在被训的时候就好好在想他要怎么答，而且这个答是非常好的训练，让他表达。于是，从家里走向外面，他会知道怎么保护自己，怎么说出自己心里的道理。
你有小孩吗？你是怎么培养小孩的表达能力的？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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辅导班	/	fǔ dǎo bān	/	a tutorial class
美术	/	měi shù	/	fine arts
演讲	/	yǎn jiǎng	/	speech
公众表达	/	gōng zhòng biǎo dá	/	public expression
作家	/	zuò jiā	/	writer
教育家	/	jiào yù jiā	/	educator
内向	/	nèi xiàng	/	introvert
引导	/	yǐn dǎo	/	lead
敢于	/	gǎn yú	/	dare to
口才	/	kǒu cái	/	eloquence
晓得	/	xiǎo de	/	know
训	/	xùn	/	lecture, reprimande
答辩	/	dá biàn	/	reply,defence
训练	/	xùn liàn	/	training
道理	/	dào lǐ	/	reason,truth