Konnichiwa! Welcome to Slow Japanese! In this episode, Akari will talk about home and furniture. What kind of furniture do you have?

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Scripts and key vocabularies of this episode are here:
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Slow Japanese

Episode #6 - Home

In this episode on Samhain, otherwise known as Halloween, we will briefly look at where this festive holiday came from and learn some new words and phrases in just under 6 minutes.

Philosophical Friday

Samhain or Halloween

Using English at work as a second language can be challenging. If you spend a lot of time on the phone this is even more true! Today we're talking about Business English vocabulary and communication skills that you can apply to your phone calls to sound more natural, native, and professional when you make or answer phone calls. We might call it telephone English! We talk about how to clarify information, how to ask someone to wait, how to transfer a call, and more. At the end of the podcast we'll have a quiz to check your understanding and find out how much of the new vocabulary and ideas you can remember. 

Don't forget, if you want to work with me in one on one, private sessions then I am a full time Business English coach and tutor. I spend my whole professional life helping international professionals to improve the way that they communicate at work. You can book some of my time at right here on iTalki and I look forward to speaking with you soon!

Breakout Business English

Using English on the phone - BUSINESS ENGLISH vocabulary and communication tips

[Conversation 1]

A : 소피아 씨, 오늘 뭐 해요?
B : 학교에 가요.
A : 몇 시에 학교에 가요?
B : 열 시에 학교에 가요.

[Conversation 1]

A : Sophia, what are you doing today?
B : I am going to school.
A : What time do you go to school?
B : I go to school at 10.


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[Conversation 2]

A : 리사 씨, 수요일에 뭐 해요?
B : 수요일에는 학교에 가요.
A : 목요일에도 학교에 가요?
B : 아니요, 수요일에는 학교에 가지만 목요일에는 학교에 안 가요.                 

[Conversation 2]

A : What do you do on Wednesday?
B : On Wednesdays I go to school.
A : Do you go to school on Thursday too?
B : No, I go to school on Wednesday but not on Thursday.


***


[Vocabulary]

월요일:Monday / 화요일:Tuesday / 수요일:Wednesday / 목요일:Thursday
금요일:Friday / 토요일:Saturday / 일요일:Sunday


Reading Korea.

Telling time

通过这篇播客，我们知道了有一些动物它进化成黑白相间的样子是有些原因的。但绝不是单一的原因造成的。比如说斑马它的黑白相间的颜色可以让蚊虫产生视觉上的错觉，而不再叮咬它。比如说熊猫它黑白相间的颜色可以很好的隐藏，不被捕猎者发现。

Nina的碎碎念

为什么有些动物是黑白相间的？

Hokoku-ji was one of the place Ireally wanted to visit and finaly I did!

Everyday japanese with maki

Exploring Hokoku-ji Temple in Kamakura and Trying special matcha ice cream!

Short story 「手ぶくろを買いに《 Buying Mittens》ep2」
This story is written by Nankichi Nīmi.
He is a Japanese author of children's literature.
Although his life was only 29 years, he left us with many stories to tell.
（※About Nankichi Nīmi【Wikipedia】：https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nankichi_Niimi）

This episode is JLPT-N3 level.

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☆Buying Mittens ep1
#21 Short story /  Buying Mittens ep1 / storytelling // N3 Level

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Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#24 Short story /  Buying Mittens ep2 / storytelling // N3 Level

Vidéo avec sous titres: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fNmhWYO8UI


French Stories For All

 French Listening Practice - Covid Long

Neil McTaggart makes his first journey into town after settling in Canada.
The air is clean, the world quieter than the mills of Kilbirnie he left behind. In a warm little café, he meets Mrs Brant, a woman with her hair pinned up and a strong puritan look that reminds him of his grandmother. Through her quiet kindness, Neil begins to sense what belonging might feel like in this new land.

This gentle, reflective story captures the rhythm of early immigrant life in rural Canada — the small kindnesses, the silence, and the slow building of community far from home.

🎧 Part of the “Neil McTaggart” storytelling series — following a young Scottish man’s journey of migration, memory, and identity in 1920s Canada.