Humans have evolved over milennia to learn and use language, and we didn't evolve with textbooks!  How can we use our hardwired language superpower when we are learning second languages too?

Teacher Zoe- The Easy Way to Learn Natural English!

The Easy Way to Learn English

Quindi…. mi è capitato di leggere questo articolo sul New Yorker, che mi ha inviato questo mio studente. Per chi non lo sapesse, il New Yorker è una rivista settimanale, americana certamente, pienissima di articoli, come dire, IMPEGNATIVI. E quello che Paolo mi ha inviato era sul ”caso contro il turismo”. E l’ho trovato molto colto, anzi di più: estremamente raffinato. Anzitutto per come era scritto, con parole e citazioni di alto livello – e già sono un pezzo avanti, perché vuol dire che posso riconoscere delle buone parole.
Per questo quindi io direi che il pezzo del New Yorker sul turismo, sul viaggio, sul viaggiare, eccetera, l’ho trovato un po’ provocatorio. Potremmo dire che è un invito a farci desistere dal partire; è quasi un invito a farci sentire stupidi, negletti e non so cos’altro, solo perché partire è diventato un affare comune; cioè come se in realtà la cosa più snob che possiamo fare sia non partire, cioè snobbare tutto il resto del mondo, perché non ci renderà migliore.
Alcuni giovani, e meno giovani, italiani decidono spesso di non usare più un paio di scarpe o una borsa, oppure decidono di non vedere più i film in inglese, SOLO PERCHE’ ORMAI TUTTI indossano quelle scarpe, TUTTI possono vedere un film in inglese. Non è più un’esclusiva!
Ma come sapete, un po’ da antropologa – la quale avrei ardentemente voluto essere e non sono, ma che aspiro ancora a diventare - e un po’ come insegnante nel mondo, sono molto curiosa (e tutti sappiamo che essere curiosi è sinonimo di intelligenza…. E vai!), mi piace scoprire non so bene cosa, mi piace vedere forse un nuovo panorama.
E il fatto che ora sempre più persone possano avere questa curiosità, è una cosa buona (imho).
E il fatto che molti possano immaginare soltanto di poter arrivare qui, o lì, secondo me è magnifico.


la Rubrica di Simona

SI, VIAGGIARE....

日本でよくある結婚式のスタイルについてお話ししました😊

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In this SPECIAL episode, it is finally time for you to start speaking and practicing yourself.

It's simple. You will just listen to me and respond to whatever I'm saying. Yo don't have to pause the track since I do wait for you to speak your sentence.

In order to be able to respond to all questions effectively and correctly, you need to have studies all three previous episodes very well. Feel free to get back to them and practice more before you start this episode for best outcome.

Enjoy your test 😉

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Я играю в шахматы уже 25 лет, и научил меня этому мой дедушка. Он был отличным игроком и всегда делился со мной своими знаниями. Я помню, как мы сидели за шахматной доской и обсуждали разные стратегии. Это было очень интересно!

Когда я немного подросла, я начала ходить в шахматный клуб. Там я встретила много людей, которые также любили эту игру. У меня был тренер, который помогал мне улучшать свои навыки. Он учил меня новым тактикам и стратегиям, и благодаря ему я стала лучше играть.

Я также участвовала в турнирах. Это было волнительно и интересно! Каждая игра давала мне новые уроки и опыт. Я научилась не только играть, но и справляться с эмоциями, когда выигрывала или проигрывала.

Шахматы стали важной частью моей жизни, и я благодарна дедушке за то, что он научил меня этой замечательной игре. Я надеюсь продолжать играть и развиваться в шахматах еще много лет!

Enjoy Russian with Yanchik ❤️

I have been playing chess for 25 years!!

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you're having a wonderful time now. As a Christmas gift from Japanese Santa, I made this podcast for you! I recommend you not to just listen to this, but also find differences between Christmas in your country and Japanese one and write about it on italki or talk about it to someone else (ideally in Japanese)! メリークリスマス！

たつきのにほんご

日本のクリスマス (Advanced)

You've just gotten a new job! That means you'll be earning a bit more — so you go out to celebrate and buy yourself that nice car you've been looking at.

Or perhaps you've finally finished paying off your mortgage, so you let yourself eat at restaurants more often, and start getting a nicer coffee on the way to work every day.

Then you look at your bank account and wonder where all the money went!

Something called "lifestyle creep" might be to blame.

Lifestyle creep, also called "lifestyle inflation," is when you find yourself with some more money — for example, after getting a new job or paying off a mortgage — but then spend more as a result.

You find a new lifestyle creeping up on you like a monster from behind the sofa!

It's easy to do: you feel you've earned the right to enjoy yourself and treat yourself to some small luxuries.

But experts warn that this can quickly get in the way of your financial goals — if you're saving for retirement, for example.

And if you get used to the changes you've made to your lifestyle, you could even end up in a worse position than you were in before.

Of course, we all need to treat ourselves from time to time. But if you find you're not saving any more even as your income has increased, that may be a sign that you need to make a change, according to finance expert Robin Aiken.

The trick is to stick to a budget, even as you begin to earn more.

You can still enjoy nice things, says financial planner Paco de Leon, but try to avoid too much impulse buying — that's buying something without giving it much thought.

With some smart saving, you can make that extra income go a long way — and keep the monster behind the sofa!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Spend and Save: How to Beat 'Lifestyle Creep'

I had a dream about a magical garden paradise.

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Dream- Magical Garden Paradise

德商银行经济学家表示，最近，欧元看起来更有吸引力了。自11月初以来欧元兑美元的复苏可能主要是由于美元的修正。然而，对欧元的负面观点也越来越缺乏说服力。昨日公布的Ifo指数进一步证明，欧元区经济状况正在逐步改善。但经济学家仍警告称，要警惕对欧元过度乐观的态度，因为能源危机的风险仍存。因此，有限的风险溢价似乎是合理的
