Aquí se describe una celebración muy partiular de Colombia, Ecuador y Venezuela, en la que se ponen velas o faroles en las calles de las ciudades los días 7 y 8 de diciembre. Es oficialmente "el comienzo de la navidad".

HABLAR ESPAÑOL

NOCHE DE ALUMBRADOS O VELITAS 

In this podcast we are going to learn the sounds of the letters

-Letra C: before e , i like in thing, everywhere else like K 
for example : 
celeste
casa
-Letter CH: like cherry
for example : chocolate- Chile
-Letter G: before a, o, u is pronounced soft, as in English good
for example : gato
In the combination gue, gui is not pronounced u and g is pronounced soft.
for example: Miguel
Before e, i is pronounced strongly like ch in German "Bach" (creek)
for example: gelatina- magia
-Letter J : like Ch in "Bach"(creek)
for example : jugo- jirafa
-Letter LL: like in  you 
for example: llave- lluvia 
-Letter Ñ: like in cognac
for example: niño
-Letter Y: like in you and at the end of the word ,like i
for example: ayer-hoy
-Letter Z: like in thing.  
for example zorro. 
-Letter R : strong at the beginning of a word or when it is double(like perro) soft between vowels and before consonants (like in pero but)
for example: rosa- carro -Perú.
-Letter Q: like k 
for example: queso 
Vocabulary: 
celeste: sky blue / casa: home/ chocolate: chocolate/Chile:Chile / gato: cat/ Miguel:Miguel /gelatina:jelly / magia:magic / jugo:juice/ jiraja: giraffe/ llave:key/ lluvia:rain/ niño:child/ ayer:yesterday/ hoy:to day/ zorro:fox/ rosa:pink/ carro:car/Perú:Perú/ queso:cheese/

Spanish  for Beginners

Pronunciación en Español.

This time, about how we got a ticket to get out of there, how we escaped the curfew, how they didn't want to put us up and how I ended up in Ezeiza (Argentina's main airport) on top of a bus with people I didn't know.

Viajes, viajes y mas viajes 🚲

ABOUT HOW I LIVED IN AUSTRALIA, WENT ON HOLIDAY IN SRI LANKA AND ENDS UP IN ARGENTINA: CHRONICLE OF A PANDEMIC - Part 2.

From Miami to global travel, discover the story behind why I keep coming back to the classroom.

Real English Skills

Meet Your Teacher

As a pessimist, you might view language learning as hard work—and you’re not wrong.
Language acquisition requires effort, repetition, and managing confusion.

Here’s the beautiful part: Pessimists tend to manage disappointment better than idealists.
When you anticipate difficulty, you're less likely to be devastated by it.

In psychological terms, this creates cognitive resilience—the ability to stay in the game even when things go wrong. You expect challenges. You face them head-on. You recover faster because you weren’t expecting ease.

You might never say, “I’m going to be fluent in a year.” That’s okay.
But you might say, “I’m going to keep learning, even if progress is slow.”
And that is the spirit of persistence.
Don’t try to change who you are. Just learn to steer with it.
Pessimism doesn’t mean you’re giving up—it means you’re prepared to endure.
And that, my dear listener, is what long-term success looks like.


💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 65 - How Pessimism Builds Resilience in Language Learning

Stop doing this if you want to communicate in English fluently.

In this podcast you'll learn what stopps you from being yourself and how to deal with is.

Here are some tags for this podcast: education system, programming, comfort zone, self-sabotage, freedom of expressions, should/shouldn't do's, anxiety, job promotion, salary raise, kids education, mentorship, coaching, consulting.

Let me know how helpful it was.

I am here to assist you to my best ability!!!



The Habits of Women Growing Into Strong, Confident English Communicators

Stop doing this if you want to communicate in English fluently.

READ the podcast whilst you listen to it. You can READ the podcast here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vZTJQE-0PVGIb8dK3ytvosYxHp_difc9/view?usp=sharing

Reading podcasts as you listen to them helps to improve you English.

Lisa's Podcast

Police Scotland Gives £60,000 to Officers Who Had Beards Banned

In this episode, we explore the difference between "идти" and "ехать" through a short, simple story told in the present continuous, using third-person examples to clarify when and how to use these essential Russian verbs. Perfect for beginners and intermediate learners looking to master these common Russian verbs!