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غَالِبًا السوشال ميديا تِعْرِض أَشْيَاء مْفَلْتَرَة مِن الحَيَاة, لأنو الناس يشَارْكُوا الأَحْدَاث المُهِمَّة بَس.
وهَذا الشِي يِعْكِس صُورَة مِثَالِيَّة لحَيَاة بَعْض النَاس اللي هي عَكْس الصُورَة الحَقِيقِيَة.
بَس كَمَان هَذا الشَي يِسَبِّب ضَغْط عَالِي على هَذُول الأَشْخَاص لأنو لازم يِظْهَرُوا دَائِمًا بِصُورَة مِثَالِيَّة.
بِالمُقَابِل, الأَشْخَاص الآخَرِين يقَارْنُوا حَيَاتْهُم مَع حَيَاة هَذُول الأَشْخَاص. 
بَس لِلْأَسَف هذه المُقَارَنِة ممكن تْأَدِّي للشُعُور بِالإِكْتِئَاب.
لازم نِتْذَكَّر دَائِمًا إِنُّو الأشياء اللي قَاعْدِين نْشُوفْهَا على السوشال ميديا ما بِتْكُون الصُورَة الكَامْلِة, وكُل إِنْسَان عِنْدُه مَشَاكِل بِالحَيَاة والحَيَاة المَثَالِيَّة مَا مَوجُودِة!

Mostly social media shows filtered things from life, because people share only the important events.
And this reflects a perfect image of the life of some people which is the opposite of the real image.
But also this thing causes high pressure on these people because they always have to appear in a perfect image.
In contrast, the other people who compare their life with the life of those people.
But unfortunately, this comparison can lead to the feeling of depression.
We should always remember that the things that we are seeing on social media are not the full picture, and every human has problems in life, and the perfect life does not exist.

Gulf Dialect (Level 2)

السوشال ميديا / Social Media 🎭

Hi, everyone! A new season has started! It's about my sister's baby and how we're taking care of him. Have fun!

Keywords
・赤ちゃん（あかちゃん）　baby
・世話をする（せわをする）to take care of
・手伝う（てつだう）　　　to help, to assist
・生まれる（うまれる）　　to be born

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Baby at Home (Beginner)

Successful Job Interview Tips and Tricks

Imagine being trained by the one who is a trainer-language coach to top executives in global companies?

Imagine learning from the one, who was able to interview global champions in certain trades?

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Imagine seeing how they think and based on that figure out your Job Interview Preparation strategy for success?

Lastly, imagine having this attitude at work - to project your bosses thinking, to inject your bosses thinking into how you do your work, imagine this! Will you be promoted if done so? No doubt!!!

This is what you get in my private 1-1 immersion coaching APPLICATION only meeting!

In this podcast here are few things I cover to help you prepare better for a job interview:

1. Hard skills vs soft skills on a  job intervnew

2. It's not about your competitiveness or competitive advantages

3. It is about your successes

4. It is about your results and your attitudes!

5. Next, how to influence HR people consciously and unconsciously?

6. How to know what they are looking for IF IT IS NOT JUB ABOUT A LIST OF JOB RESPONSIBILITIES?

7. How 'to make you and them click'?

8. Secret persuation tool!

9. Positive attitude

10. How will you feel if you are stretched 3 times? I also talk about it, don't skip this part!

And so much more, plese set aside 10 minutes of your life and these 10 minutes can turn into massive successes both at work, in IELTS speaking performance and in life as a whole!

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Successful Job Interview Tips and Tricks

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#102〉8月10日水曜日　　天気/くもり　気温/23℃ 

札幌市/さっぽろし
円山動物園/まるやまどうぶつえん
・蒸し暑い日
・動物たちに札幌の建設会社から氷のプレゼント
・とまとやぶどうなどの果物が入った氷
・ホッキョクグマには、たくさんのクラッシュアイスをプレゼント！

［単語］
蒸す/むす…空気に水が多い
建設会社/けんせつがいしゃ…建物を作る会社
氷/こおり…水がもっともっと冷たくなったもの
ホッキョクグマ/ほっきょくぐま…とても寒いところに住んでる白くて大きい動物。「しろくま」ともいう。
クラッシュアイス/くらっしゅあいす…小さい氷

〈美和Miwa〉
日本語の先生
Podcast「どこでも.JAPANESE」も放送中！

レッスン待ってます♪



北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#102〉8月10日水曜日　動物園に氷のプレゼント！

As it's already May, a lot of the part 1 and part 2 topics are changing in the IELTS speaking exam. Let's start with the topic "Describe a positive change you made in your life" with some good idioms which are explained below.

Remember this is just an example answer, and you should never learn example answers off by heart. It's very important to speak naturally in the speaking exam.


Idioms used in the example answer:

Out of shape

If someone is unhealthy or not able to do a lot of physical activity, we can say they are out of shape.

“He drinks and smokes too much, and has become very out of shape.”



In good shape

If you’re in good shape, you are fit and healthy. This  especially refers to the physical condition of your body ( being at a healthy weight, not overweight, getting plenty of exercise)


Run down

If you’re feeling run down, you are tired and lacking energy, usually after a sustained period without enough rest.

“After working late in the office every night for the last 2 weeks, he started to feel very run down.”


Full of beans

Someone who has a lot of energy might be described as full of beans.

“Young children are always full of beans, and love to run around, and play.”


Fit as a fiddle

Fit as a fiddle means ‘in very good health’ and may more often be used to refer to older people.

“My grandfather is 86, but is still as fit as a fiddle, and goes to exercise in the park every morning.”


Picture of good health

To look the picture of health simply means to look very healthy and well.

“Wow! Have you been going to the gym recently? You look the picture of health.


IELTS 85 Speaking

Describe a positive change you made in your life - IELTS speaking part 2

From Two Sales to Bestseller: UK Author Goes Viral
When English author Vicky Ball sold two of her books at an event in December, she was delighted.

She shared the news on X, and said she was pleased because at some previous events she had not sold any books at all.

But she's now sold many more copies than that, after her post went viral and was seen millions of times by people around the world.

Her first novel, called Powerless, quickly climbed up Amazon's bestseller lists in the teen and young adult categories.

Ball, who is 48, told The Guardian that it was "amazing" to hear from people around the world who had bought her books.

Her second novel — Abandoned — has also been doing well on Amazon, and has gotten good reviews from customers.

Like so many authors, Ball had to fit in her writing around her work and family life.

She wrote her first book during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. She was working as a teacher at that time, so she spent weekends writing with her laptop on her knees.

Now Ball works at a university, and she's also studying writing in her free time.

She also said she's gotten lots of support from other writers on social media.

Asked by The Guardian if she had advice for other authors she said: "Just write!"

She said she begins writing before she has planned all of her story. "It's like a journey," she said. "You never know where it's going to go."

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From Two Sales to Bestseller: UK Author Goes Viral

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Imene:
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Mucho que decir

Choques culturales Ft. Imene (Argelia) 

こんにちは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を楽しく勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。

ぼくの日常生活の話を聞くことで、日本語のリスニングをよくしたり、新しい言葉を知ってもらえたらいいなと思います。


今回はテスト勉強について話します。
12月はじめにJLPTのテストがありますね。

何回も受けている人は勉強の方法を知っていると思うので、そのままがんばってください！

初めて受ける方や、テストの準備をどうしたらいいかわからない人はぜひ聞いてください。


ちなみに、ぼくはJLPTのテストを受けたことはないです。なので、だいたいのことは知っていますが、本当のテストを受けた経験はありません。

ですが、日本語教師の資格の試験や、英語のテスト、TOEICなどは受けています。ですので、試験の勉強法はわかります。今日はその話をします。

こういう試験は過去の問題をたくさんするのが1番良いです。
いろんな勉強をたくさんするより、過去の試験の情報を手に入れて、それの勉強をしましょう。

過去の問題、日本語ではよく過去問と言います。
この過去問の本を買って準備しましょう。


手順はいろいろありますが、
①1度、過去問をはじめから最後までする
②答え合わせをする(答えの確認をする)
③自分の得意と苦手を理解する
④苦手なカテゴリー、分野を重点的に練習する
⑤定期的に過去問を通してする

①②③は最初にすることですね。
その後は④⑤を繰り返すのがいいと思います。

ぼくもTOEICの試験を受ける時は、
7つに分かれたパートの2にしぼって勉強しました。
ぼくはそこが苦手でしたが、重点的にそこを勉強したことで、点数を上げることに成功しました。

何回も同じパートを勉強すると、傾向、パターンを覚えますね。すると答えやすくなります。

時に今年のテストを受ける人はもう1か月ぐらいしかないですね。ですので、いろいろやるんじゃなくて、苦手なパートをやりましょう。

読解なのか聴解なのか。
読解なら文字なのか語彙なのか、文法なのか。

ぜひ自分の得意、不得意を理解して、テストに臨んでくださいね！


自分で勉強しているけどわからないところがあるから教えてほしい！という方はぜひオンラインレッスンでお話しましょう！全体的に教えてほしい、ではなくて、この文法がとか具体的に質問した方が理解が進むと思います。



ぼくも英語や、今はトルコ語の勉強をがんばっています！
一緒に日本語の勉強もがんばりましょう！


ということで、今回は以上です。
最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！
ではまた！
