Just dropped our very first episode and honestly? You've got no excuses now 😄 In just a few minutes you'll know how to say hello, introduce yourself, and — crucially — ask someone to repeat themselves when you have absolutely no idea what they just said. We've all been there. Start here, start simple, start speaking. 🎧✨

Practical Spanish for beginners

Your Spanish Survival Kit

la Rubrica di Simona

🎁 La rubrica consumistica🎁

🎙️ Pronti per un nuovo gustoso viaggio? Benvenuti al secondo episodio di ItaliAMO! 🇮🇹

In questo episodio ci immergeremo nel delizioso mondo del cibo italiano! 🍕🍝 Vi porterò alla scoperta dei piatti più amati, ma anche di quelli più strani e curiosi che l’Italia ha da offrire! Dalla pizza che ha conquistato il mondo al famoso (e un po' coraggioso) Casu Marzu… siete pronti? 😋✨

💬 Non vedo l’ora di sentire cosa ne pensate! Condividete nei commenti i vostri piatti italiani preferiti o raccontatemi se avete mai provato qualcosa di davvero particolare! E se siete curiosi di saperne di più, prenotate una lezione con me – sarà un viaggio indimenticabile tra sapori e tradizioni italiane! ✈️📚

🎶 Non perdete il prossimo episodio: parleremo delle canzoni italiane che hanno fatto la storia! 🎧

Ci sentiamo presto! 👋

ItaliAMO - due chiacchiere insieme 🇮🇹✨🎙️

ItaliAMO - 2 L'Italia dei sapori che non ti aspetti

Whether you're going on vacation, a business trip or to see friends or family for the weekend there is one thing you can't avoid — packing. And many of us pack too much, which might mean heavy bags, paying extra for flights and lots of unpacking.

So, here are a few ideas for how to pack light.

Make a list
This might be the most important thing. Think about what you really need to take — and if you're flying, how much luggage you're allowed.

Make a list, then see if you can make it shorter, and shorter. This should also make packing quicker, as long as you stick to your list!

Pack small
Do this by rolling up clothes, or you can buy compression bags that squash things into a smaller space inside your luggage. Packing cubes can also help — they're little bags you can use to organize your suitcase.

Forget the "just in case" things
Unless you're going to a place that doesn't have any shops, you don't need to take too much "just in case" stuff. If you find you need something extra, you might even get a good deal in a local market.

Be ready to do some washing
Okay, so this isn't the most exciting idea, but it could save you space. Most hotels offer laundry services or you could even wash your clothes by hand in the bathroom sink if you run out of things to wear!

Wear what you can
If you have big walking boots, wear them on the journey, along with any big jackets that will only waste space in your bag. And don't forget that you'll have to repack everything before returning home!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Lighten Your Load: How to Pack Light for Travel

En este episodio Hablaremo sobre El cocuy que no es solo un licor venezolano, sino es historia, cultura, tradición y resistencia.

Tan sencillo como una bebida puede enseñar sobre la identidad de un pueblo.

Así que, si algún día visitas Venezuela, ¡no te vayas sin probar un trago de cocuy!
🥂 🥃 🍹

Spanish with Nathy

🎙️El Cocuy tradition, history and culture of Venezuela🎙️🥂 🥃 🍹

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
6月7日火曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/14℃ 

札幌市/さっぽろし
・子どもたちが犯罪から身を守る方法を学ぶ防犯教室が小学校であった。
・子どもたちは、「伝える」や「逃げる」ということを覚えました。
・「おかしをあげる」と言ってくる不審者に、「できません」と言うことを学んだ。

［単語］
犯罪/はんざい…悪いこと
身を守る/みをまもる…自分の体を守る
学ぶ/まなぶ…勉強する
防犯/ぼうはん…悪いことが起きないようにする
教室/きょうしつ…授業
不審者/ふしんしゃ…変な人

レッスン待ってます♪


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#74〉6月7日火曜日　小学生が犯罪から身を守る方法を学ぶ

Hoy os quiero decir mis impresiones sobre estas ciudades:

- Barcelona, Gerona, Tarragona, Lleida
- Valencia, Alicante, Castellón
- Madrid, Zaragoza, Toledo, Murcia, Cartagena, Andorra la vieja, Ceuta
- Sevilla, Granada, Córdoba, Málaga, Cádiz, Huelva
- Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Lima, Quito, Bogotá, Cartagena

Dime si estás de acuerdo :)

"Pa arriba, pa abajo, pal centro y pa dentro"

3. Las ciudades españolas y latinas

An online quiz might tell you that you're more outgoing if you like hip-hop, or that you're more conservative if you like classical music.

But is it true?

A number of studies have looked into this over the years.

For example, a 2010 study from Scotland's Heriot-Watt University asked over 36,000 people about 104 different types of music from around the world.

It found some connection between people's personalities and their musical tastes — in particular, creative people were more likely to enjoy classical music.

However, connections for other personality types weren't so strong. Instead, people's gender, income and age had more connection to their musical taste — with older people more likely to enjoy folk and jazz, and less likely to enjoy dance music, for example.

In fact, when researchers in Germany compared the results of 30 different studies in 2017, they found nearly no connection between musical taste and personality. Instead, they noted that age seemed to be the most important factor — since people tend to have the strongest connection to the music they heard as teens and young adults.

However, these results haven't satisfied everybody.

In 2022, for example, researchers in Israel, the UK and the US looked at data from nearly 360,000 people across six continents. And they said they did find connections between music and personality.

Creative people were again found to prefer classical music — as well as jazz, opera and dance music. Outgoing people preferred things like hip-hop and reggae. And empathetic people preferred country and gospel — as well as pop.

So that's it, right?

Well, not exactly.

Other studies have found different results — for example, that empathetic people prefer gentle music like soft rock and R&B, or that outgoing people enjoy folk and country.

So what does your taste in music say about you?

Well, it depends on which study you trust — and it might just tell people how old you are!

What Does Your Taste in Music Say About You?

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#122〉9月30日金曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/22℃ 

北見市/きたみし
・果樹園でりんごの収穫作業が始まった
・700本のりんごの木
・真っ赤に色づいたりんごをていねいにもぎ取った

［単語］
果樹園/かじゅえん…果物の木がたくさんある場所
りんご…赤い果物
収穫/しゅうかく…おいしくなった食べ物を取る。
作業/さぎょう…仕事
真っ赤/まっか…とても赤い。ほかに、「真っ黒」「真っ白」
色づく/いろづく…果物などの色が赤や黄色などに変わること
もぎ取る/もぎとる…むりにとる。ちからを使ってとる。

〈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♪

［レッスンLesson］
italki日本語教師　美和Miwa 
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