Life sometimes challenges us with difficult circumstances. Getting through these complicated times takes support, motivation and skill, even though failure feels both scary and possible.

In this episode, we discuss how to stay motivated and consistent even during times of personal challenge.

Motivation Monday

Resilience, Grit & the Art of Not Giving Up

Diferenças entre sotaques, palavras, expressões e gramática!

BRASILEIRIM DE CORAÇÃO

Diferenças entre Português do Brasil e Português de Portugal!

In this episode, we’ll explore common work-related expressions in Levantine Arabic

My Levantine Arabic Diary 

Work-Related Expressions in Levantine Arabic -Arabic, Turkish & English

Master the difference between the short /ɒ/ (as in what and hot) and the long /ɔː/ (as in water and talk). In this lesson, you’ll practice mouth positioning, tongue placement, and vowel length through repetition, word pairs, and tongue twisters. Perfect for sharpening your ear and improving your British English pronunciation. Exaggeration techniques included for maximum effect.
Transcript: 
  /ɒ/- What,  hot, not, dog, lot, shop, clock, pocket, follow, hobby, What, watch, want, wallet, wash, wander,
/ɔː/-  water, law, talk, walk, warm, thought, short, more, board, quarter, water, walk, talk, warm, wardrobe, warning,
(Minimal pairs 1)
hot — haaaawl, not — nooorth, dog — dawwwwrn, what — waaa-ter, cot — cooourt
(Minimal pairs 2)
what — water, dog — talk, watch — walk, lot — law, want — warm, clock — caught, pocket — board, shop — short, follow — fall, wander — warning, wash – warm, wallet – wardrobe, quantity – quarter, not — north
(Minimal pairs 3)
dog — dawn, cot — court, rot — road,  got — gore, pop — pour, shock — shore, cross — coarse, body — board, hobby — hoard,  off — or
(Tongue Twisters)
“Tom’s small shop sold lots of hot chocolate pots.”
“Tall Paul taught four warm dogs to walk by the shore.”
“Wanda watched Walter walk past the shop with a long, warm stopwatch.”
“Short dogs got lost on the long walk to the old forest.”


British Pronunciation Tips 

British Vowel Sound Masterclass – Lesson 3: What & Water Practice - The Short /ɒ/ and Long /ɔː/

Learn the most common used phrases for every first meeting conversation in Egyptian Arabic.

Mister Bakur

Most used Phrases for every first meeting conversation in Egyptian Arabic

Listen to Paco and Marina getting to know each other.


Español Práctico 

Presentación & Conversación Básica / Self-introduction & Basic Conversation (Level A1-A2)

こんにちは、あかりです。夏(なつ)といえばフェスティバルです。私はメタル音楽(おんがく)のフェスティバルが好(す)きです！

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Slow Japanese

Episode #57 - Metal music festival!

“才”和“就”都可以放在动词前做状语。
“就”表示说话人认为动作发生得早，进行得快、顺利。
“才”表示说话人认为动作发生得晚，进行得慢、不顺利。

坐火车八个小时才能到。——坐飞机一个小时就到了。

Eva Wang的channel ——汉语语法对比合集

汉语语法对比之“才”和“就”

🔴Nivel B1-B2❗ 
Alerta de Spoiler❗  Si no viste aún la película, te recomiendo que no esuches el episodio⚪

Te comparto algunos detalles en español sobre la película que dura como 3 horas🎬😱 También menciono algunas curiosidades de cómo funciona el cine en Latinoamérica. 
Konrad Rovira Tutor de Español Italki.