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En el día a día los españoles somos muy coloquiales. Usamos muchas palabras de jerga, informales, pero también frases coloquiales, que cuando las escuchas por primera vez pueden sonar un poquito extrañas, pero que son tan comunes que una vez que las has escuchado, no puedes parar de oírlas. Son frases que los españoles usamos todo el rato. En este episodio menciono algunas de ellas.

Espero que disfrutes este episodio.




Blanca to go 

36 – frases del día a día.

✨ Your Hands Can Speak Too ✨

Did you know your sense of touch can make your language learning faster, deeper, and more enjoyable?
From the silky calm of smooth glass to the lively spark of rough bark… every texture tells your brain how to learn.

💡 In this episode, discover:

Why smooth = easier memory, rough = sharper grammar focus

How touching organic textures lowers anxiety and boosts speaking confidence

The surprising way each finger could influence your learning style

In Episode 85 of 111 Tips for Learning a Language, we explore the gentle but powerful role of touch in language learning.
Your hands are not just tools—they are memory-makers.
We talk about:

How smooth textures calm the mind for easier vocabulary learning.

How rough textures sharpen focus for grammar and pronunciation.

How asymmetrical surfaces help with irregular language patterns.

How organic textures (like leaves, fur, or fruit) lower anxiety and make speaking feel safer.

How inorganic textures (like keyboards and books) boost procedural memory for writing and spelling.

How different fingers—from the grounding thumb to the communicative little finger—may influence learning focus.

With science, sensory awareness, and a touch of metaphysical insight, this episode helps you “feel” your way into new words and phrases.

💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 85 - How 🫶The Art of Touching 🫶 can help you learn a language

¡Bienvenidos a Maria & Pablo Spanish! 

En los episodios 7 y 8 de Consejos de la abuela para tener buena suerte, hablamos de diferentes supersticiones de nuestras familias y en esta ocasión les traemos otras más, pero teniendo en cuenta las creencias y costumbres de varias culturas del mundo. Esperamos que disfruten el episodio y nos digan qué les parecieron estas supersticiones y si creen en ellas.

Te invitamos a conocernos más en: 
📍 María: https://linktr.ee/spanishwithmariap  
📍 Pablo: https://linktr.ee/pabloalejos 

Maria & Pablo Spanish

22. Supersticiones del mundo (Parte 1)

In this episode, we explore the difference between knowledge and wisdom, moving from information to deeper understanding. Starting from personal reflections and the concept of the “second brain,” we ask what it really means to be wise, and why connections between ideas may matter more than facts themselves.

Immersive Italian

From Knowledge to Wisdom - Immersive Italian Podcast Ep.9

Episode 107 explores how to harness the Metal Element (Jīn, 金) from Chinese philosophy to bring precision, beauty, and clarity to your language learning. Discover how to refine your writing, appreciate elegant prose, and crucially, let go of perfectionism and past mistakes. This episode also reveals how this discerning approach helps heal your Lungs (Fèi, 肺) and Large Intestine (Dà Cháng, 大肠), relieving grief and promoting mental clarity by releasing what no longer serves you.

Tired of being a language hoarder? 🗃️ What if the key to fluency isn't adding MORE, but refining what you have—and letting the rest GO?

In Episode 107 of 111 Tips for Learning a Language, we unlock the power of the Metal Element (Jīn, 金)! Discover how to:

⚱️ Refine your writing from "rough draft" to "elegant prose"
💎 Appreciate the true beauty of your target language
🗑️ Let go of perfectionism, mistakes, and outdated resources
🧘 Breathe new clarity into your practice and heal from the inside out

Stop accumulating. Start refining.

Tip 107 - How The Metal Element can help you learn a language

Debate trains fluency under friendly pressure. You practice “pushed output” by defending claims, rebutting opposing views, and weighing trade-offs. This strengthens vocabulary range, complex grammar, discourse markers, and prosody. Interactional back-and-forth sharpens listening and rapid retrieval, while structured rounds keep arousal helpful, not overwhelming. You learn solo (stance sprints, rebuttal drills), online (prompt exchanges, shadow-and-switch), or with a teacher (openings, cross-questions, rebuttals, closings) and get targeted feedback on clarity, structure, evidence, and language accuracy.

Tip 92 - Become a debater. 🛑LIVE 🎞️🎥 How Debates can help you learn a language

Netflix now has 10 million subscribers in Japan, according to the streaming company.

It got to that number during the first half of 2024, so it may be even higher by now — and it's double the number of subscribers Netflix had in the country four years ago.

It's believed that new Japanese shows on the platform — including Tokyo Swindlers, The Queen of Villains and The Boyfriend — have helped the streaming service get more subscribers.

"Japan in particular is a country which wants to see a lot of its own content so we strongly feel the need to produce it," said Kaata Sakamoto, Netflix's vice president of content for Japan.

He added that the company wants to produce more content that will be popular with people in Japan, including more sports and comedy shows.

Subscribers around the world have also been enjoying Japanese content on the platform. It's the third-most-watched non-English-language content on Netflix, after Korean and Spanish. And Japanese anime shows and movies have been watched more than 1 billion times on Netflix in the last year.

Sakamoto said there are plans to make more anime for the platform, but he wants to find "stories that have never been told before."

Netflix first came to Japan in 2015. In 2023, it was the most popular streaming service in the country, with about 22% of the market share.

Around the world, Netflix has more than 280 million subscribers.