Welcome to the More than English Podcast! I'm your host Stephen. I'm from the UK and I have been teaching English lessons online since 2016. The purpose of the More than English podcast is not to chat about frivolous topics but rather, to discuss existential ideas and concepts that can literally change the way you see the world, and act in it, in areas such as philosophy, culture, business, tech, politics, health psychology, history, all my favourite topics! But using English that is more accessible to English learners than regular native English podcasts. Not by using basic vocabulary, but instead by speaking clearly, and highlighting advanced-level vocabulary that you can learn in every episode. 

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한국에서 크리스마스에 하얀색 크림에 딸기가 올라간 케이크를 먹는 걸 알고 있나요?
Did you know that in Korea, it’s a tradition to eat strawberry whipped cream cake on Christmas? 🍰

그런데 이 문화가 언제 어떻게 시작되었는지 궁금해 본 적이 있어요?
Have you ever wondered when and how this culture started?

자세한 내용이 알고 싶다면 이 팟캐스트를 들어 보세요.
If you’d like more details, feel free to check out this podcast!"

이 주제로 이야기해 봐요!

[B1+] 한국의 크리스마스 케이크

Neste episódio vamos saber como a Teresa passa as férias!

Portuguese Audios for Beginners A2 -Áudios em Português para Principiantes A2

Férias no Algarve

여러분은 평소에 졸릴 때 어떻게 잠을 깨나요?
여러분만의 잠 깨는 비결이 있나요?

Do you have any tips for how to stay awake or to wake up when you're sleepy?
I could use some help from you!

Yejin's Podcast for Korean Learners

How do you stay awake? What is your 비결?

Hey there, this is Teacher Smith speaking and you're listening to this right now because you are looking for and English teacher who will help you learn how to express yourself in English and it's not that you don't know a lot of vocabulary it's just that you don't know how to use them to express yourself. If this is your problem then Book a lesson with me and I'll teach you how to express yourself in English

LEARN BY LISTENING

I Am Your English Teacher

Here I will read the 4th chapter of the book. Are you still following all the characters?

Beginner book Dutch A1-A2

Chapter 4 Page 1 - Stamppot 

In this episode, I talk about what we usually say when we're losing to circumstances 
Конструкция Мне/тебе/ему...пришлось...

RUSSIAN BRIDGE PODCAST

Russian in 3 minutes. Мне пришлось...

They say you can't have too much of a good thing — but according to a new study, maybe you can!

Researchers from the University of Toronto in Canada found that people are feeling more bored than in the past, even though there are endless types of entertainment available.

Could this endless entertainment actually be causing increased feelings of boredom?

Possibly, the researchers say.

In their study, published in Communications Psychology, Katy Tam and Michael Inzlicht looked at data from 2009 to 2020. They also looked at the relationship between digital media and reported feelings of boredom.

They found that people are reporting higher levels of boredom than ever before, with young people and college students feeling bored more often.

Many people reported feelings of boredom after engaging with digital media, leading Tam and Inzlicht to believe this type of entertainment is increasing feelings of boredom.

Digital media, they explain, is highly stimulating, which could cause people to be less interested in activities with lower stimulation, like reading a book.

And with technology offering so many distractions, people find it more difficult to focus on a single activity and take enjoyment from it, the researchers added.

For example, looking at your phone while watching television makes it difficult to focus on what you're watching on TV, which makes it more difficult to enjoy the show.

There's also so much information available online that people often engage with quick, unrelated pieces of media, instead of longer, more meaningful information, which can leave people feeling unsatisfied and bored.

Earlier research by Tam and Inzlicht supports this idea, after it showed that switching between short videos resulted in increased feelings of boredom.

The researchers said we may need to become more comfortable with feeling bored — since not everything in life is meant to be constantly interesting!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

'Endless Entertainment' May Actually Increase Boredom

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