Reliving my youth, remembering "Monkey", a Japanese TV show which was broadcast in the UK in the 70s and 80s. It was dubbed into English.

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

Monkey Magic

Um importante vocabulário que pode ser útil em qualquer ocasião

Portuguese Audios for Intermediate Advance B2 -Áudios em Português para Intermédios Avançados B2

Diálogo no consultório médico

En este episodio hablamos acerca de la Coca-Cola: ¿Por qué culturalmente en México se consume mucho?, ¿Por qué nos gusta?, las consecuencias de consumirla en exceso, remedios caseros y una reflexión final.

Apapachando en Español

Episodio #5. La Coca-Cola en México

Vamos a hablar del género de las palabras que terminan con -ma

Cami basic Spanish

Problema, sistema... ¿él o la?

何が楽しい？
どんなことに喜びを感じますか？

Natural Nihongo Chat

2026年はどんな一年にしたい？

「少年」と「若者」の違いは？

少年　７，８歳から１５歳くらいまでの男の子
　　　少年野球　一般的には小学生がする野球として使われている。　
少女　７，８歳から１５歳～１８歳くらいまでの女の子
若者　政府の平成２６年版「子ども・若者白書」では、若者を１５歳から３４歳までの男女としている。
青年　青春期の男女。１０代後半から２０代、３０代の男女
　　　青年団　地域に住む２０代から３０代の青年男女で組織されている団体
＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊
The difference between Shoonen and Wakamono

Shoonen : boys around age from 7 and 8 to 15 years old
  　　　　　Shoonen Yakyu(baseball): It’s usually used for baseball played by elementary school students
Shoojo  : girls around age from 7 and 8 to 15 or 17 years old
Wakamono: according to the white paper for children and young people by Japanese　government, Wakamono is used for people aged from 15 to 34.
Seenen : people from late teens to 30’s
 　　　　Seenen-dan is a group organized in the region by the youth who live there.


ことばコトバ言葉kotoba

vol.2 少年と若者のちがいはなに？　What’s the difference between Shoonen and Wakamono?

If you want to say HELLO, it depends on the time of day.
If it's morning, it's better to say ДОБРОГО РАНКУ.
If it's afternoon, it's ДОБРИЙ ДЕНЬ
If it is evening - then ДОБРИЙ ВЕЧІР or ДОБРОГО ВЕЧОРА
If it's night -- ДОБРОЇ НОЧІ
If you want to wish someone good night, you can use the previous phrase or ДОБРАНІЧ
It is also possible to say ВІТАЮ, but this word has two meanings: HELLO or Congratulations
These are formal greetings.
However, if you're talking to a friend, it's okay to say ПРИВІТ.

So how to say goodbye or bye? 
Goodbye is до побачення. By the way, побачення means “a date” and до in this context means “till”, but this phrase still means “goodbye”.
If you want to say “see you”, you can say “до зустрічі”. 
These are kind of formal ones.
And if you are talking to a friend and want to say “bye”, you can say:
– па-па (bye bye)
– бувай (bye)
So we can say it like “Як справи”.
“Як ти” – which is informal.

And what should we answer? 
We can say: 
Добре – which means good.
Дуже добре – very good 
Нормально – normal
Не дуже – not much. As I have said before, дуже – means very. So we literally say “not very”.
Чудово – great
Погано – bad
It is also possible to say “непогано” which means “not bad”


Український подкаст для початківців з Альоною / Ukrainian podcast for beginners with Alyona 

Basic words in Ukrainian 

Welcome to the American English Pronunciation Guide. My name is Trevor Kafka, and I am your host.

There are many different varieties of American English. I was born and raised in New York, which has given me General American English pronunciation. The English that I speak has 15 vowel sounds. 

Please view the transcript for help while listening.

Today, we will talk about the vowel sound number 2 of 15: /eɪ/ grey day. This vowel is what we call a diphthong, meaning that it’s really two vowel sounds smooshed together as one. The mouth begins very open when the sound begins, but then turns into a smile as the teeth come together.

Listen to me saying this sound and repeat: /eɪ/, /eɪ/, /eɪ/

Listen to and repeat the following single-syllable words:
gray
day
pain
whale
waste
straight
tail
wait
shade

Listen to and repeat the following multiple-syllable words:
chamber
embrace
greatest
labor
vacation
translate
Canadian
information

Listen to and repeat the following sentences:
The way you say “gray” makes my day quite okay.
I embrace the shade to stay out of the sun’s rays.
The greatest of Canadian vacations have no space for rain.

I would like to thank Shirley Thompson and Karen Taylor for their work in developing the set of key phrases that I use with each vowel, such as /æ/ black cat, /eɪ/ grey day, etc. 

📢 American English Pronunciation Guide

Episode 2 - Vowels: /eɪ/ gray day (2 of 15)

Affirm Your Way to Fluency! 
Do you speak kindly to yourself when you study a language?

In Episode 90 of 111 Tips for Learning a Language, we explore how affirmations + meditation can transform your study sessions. 

✨ Discover 10 affirmations for confidence and focus.
✨ Learn a short calming meditation to begin before study.
✨ End with a gentle gratitude meditation that seals your progress.

Affirmations are not magic—they’re reminders. With each breath, they replace fear with calm, and stress with confidence.

In Episode 90 of 111 Tips for Learning a Language, you learn how affirmations and meditation create calm, focus, and confidence in your study routine. Research shows that self-affirmations reduce stress and activate brain reward pathways, making you more motivated and resilient. You are guided through ten affirmations for language learners and two meditations—one to begin before studying and one to close after studying. Affirmations remind you that every effort matters, mistakes are part of growth, and fluency comes step by step with kindness.