How to talk about ingredients and tastes of unfamiliar foods using English phrases and adjectives.

The English Toolbox

Describing Food

In dieser Episode lernst du mehr über die reichhaltige Tier- und Pflanzenwelt Vietnams. Im ersten Teil hörst du einen kurzen, von mir verfassten Text in Form von einem kurzen Hörbuch, anschließend teile ich einige meiner persönlichen Erfahrungen, die ich während meiner eigenen Abenteuer in der Natur gemacht habe.

Vietnam: Fakten und persönliche Erfahrungen 

Episode 2: Flora und Fauna

En este pequeño podcast veremos diferentes expresiones con la palabra "echar"

Spanishwithbarbara

Expresiones con "echar"

Hi everyone! Do you like animals? Do you have any pets? In this episode, I introduce my lovely pets to you! Have fun and please send your love to them after you listen to this!

Some words you may want to check beforehand ↓
・怖がり（こわがり）    people/animals who get scared really easily, coward
・以下（いか）                    less than

たつきのにほんご

My pets (Beginner level)

Questa volta la rubrica si è spinta oltre. E quindi anche io.
Ho viaggiato per due giorni all’andata, e più di due giorni al ritorno, per coronare un sogno.
Che ho realizzato solo in parte, però.
Ma partiamo con ordine: decidere di andare in Australia, o meglio, a Sydney.
Ma cosa mi avrà mai detto il cervello?
Senza stare a spiegare perché e per come, sono atterrata dall’altra parte del mondo (l’altra parte per noi europei chiaramente).


la Rubrica di Simona

LA RUBRICA AUSTRALIANA 🦘

Olá, tudo bom? 

Neste episódio vamos falar sobre como se apresentar e falar um pouco sobre sí. 
Segue abaixo o texto de apoio: 
Support TEXT:

Meu nome é Sérgio Ferraz, tenho 28 anos e moro em Juiz de Fora, cidade que amo de paixão. Trabalho no Centro de distribuição de cartas dos correios da cidade. Isso significa que sei trabalhar com cuidado e dedicação com o que é dos outros e falta de responsabilidade não é uma característica minha. Sou casado há três anos com a Noêmia e ela está esperando nosso primeiro neném. Escrever é uma paixão recente que tem lugar de destaque em meu coração, assim como ler bons livros.

FREE E-BOOK reference: 
https://oportuguesdobrasil.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/apostila-2014.pdf


Easy peasy Portuguese

Introducing yourself - Apresentando-se

I've used a voice-to-text transcription for you (it may not be grammatically correct). I hope you enjoy reading and listening, enjoy :)

Hi, I'm Anatoly here and today I'd like to talk about vague language in an interview. 

So what is vague language? 

When you're trying to communicate something to an interviewer and you use vague terms like I'd like to help the company achieve its goals, I like this industry overall. Or this position is very exciting. 

Can you hear that there's no specificity when it comes to showing exactly that you've thought about an issue, showing the recruiter that you've gone through their website, you've looked at their products, you've considered their mission and vision and maybe you've seen their market share or the size of the company or if you've dug a little deeper. 

Maybe you've seen some reviews from people who work there, like on Glassdoor, right? 

Because you want to come into an interview from the perspective of being an employee. What does that mean? It's knowing enough so that when they're communicating with you, they feel like you're one of them.

And when they feel that you are one of them, what happens? They start to, well, it starts to diminish the doubt in them or they start to have less and less doubt about you because they are like, well, he or she is one of us. They communicate as if they know exactly who we are or they use the vocabulary that we use or they are aligned with our mission.

Enjoy the rest of the podcast and let me know how valuable it is to you.

And if you want 1-1 support, check my availability and book the coaching call now.

To your success!

Job Interview Preparation | Build Strong Communication Under Pressure

How To Destroy Your Chances of Being Hired In A Job Interview With Vague Language?

Use these tips to improve your IELTS speaking band score.

When we are preparing for our IELTS speaking part 2, we must make sure that we use connectors.

But what are connectors?

Connectors, also known as linking words or discourse markers, are words and phrases we use to connect our sentences.

For example, let’s imagine we’ve been given the subject of speaking about a member of our family that we get on well with.

It’s a good idea to introduce your speaking with a phrase like “Let’s begin” or “let’s make a start.” These are both connectors.

Secondly, use a variety of adverbs: actually, surprisingly, similarly, really, very, extremely, rarely, sometimes, never, always etc.

Thirdly, if you can, use an idiom. In the following example I used an idiom at the end. See if you can spot it.

Here is an example of the speaking part 2 exercise.

Let’s make a start.

Surprisingly, I get on really well with my sister. In fact, my sister is a really inspiring person. Actually, she’s younger than me. 

I find her inspiring because she’s a champion swimmer. I would never race her. She’s so fast. To be honest, she trains really hard, especially when she has to finish her homework and then go to the swimming pool as well.

Unfortunately, I don’t get to hang out with her very much, because she’s always busy. But when we do meet up, we always have fun. Usually we go shopping. Sometimes we play video games. 

My sister is extremely funny. She has a great sense of humour. We always have a laugh when we spend time together. We rarely argue. Mostly, we get on like a house on fire.

Please do the exercises and find the missing words.


IELTS Speaking Practice

IELTS Speaking Part 2

Three pieces of natural and native vocabulary for asking for help at work. These are struggle, to give someone or lend someone a hand, and to help out. 

These are part of a larger vocabulary set that you can find in the "vocabulary" section of my iTalki profile and also part of my "asking for help at work" business English class. 

If you'd like to improve your ability to ask for help at work then feel free to book some of my time and let's get started!