In each podcast I explain the difference between words or expressions which might look or sound similar for a learner of English. 

What's the difference?

This set of podcasts will be interesting for avid readers. I read extracts from books which I find impressive. I invite listeners to share their ideas on the matter - by a message or in a lesson.

The Joy of Reading

This set of podcasts offers an insight into how to make the most of your language learning time.

Language Learning Tips and Tricks

This set of podcasts is a supplement for the General English course. Intermediate level.

Listening &  Speaking Boost. Intermediate Level.

This set of podcasts is a supplement for the General English course. Pre-intermediate Level. A2-B1.

Listening&Speaking Boost. Pre-intermediate Level

This set of podcasts aims at explaining some common phrasal verbs in context. 

Phrasal Verbs

A few more Swiss expressions coming your way :)

Swissitude 

Jargon 2

态度	/	tài dù	/	attitude
常见	/	cháng jiàn	/	common
自然	/	zì rán	/	natural
唯一	/	wéi yī	/	only
心态	/	xīn tài	/	mindset
抵触	/	dǐ chù	/	resistant
性质	/	xìng zhì	/	nature
奔着·······目的	/	bèn zhe ······· mù dì	/	Towards the purpose of
好奇	/	hào qí	/	curious
尴尬	/	gān gà	/	embarrassed
场合	/	chǎng hé	/	occasion
场景	/	chǎng jǐng	/	scene
局	/	jú	/	gathering
做客	/	zuò kè	/	be a guest
组局	/	zǔ jú	/	arrange a gathering

Yuli's Chinese Channel

Two Chinese girls talking about "Our attitudes to blind dates and some experiences 我们对相亲的态度和相亲经验"（Intermediate level）

As a pessimist, you might view language learning as hard work—and you’re not wrong.
Language acquisition requires effort, repetition, and managing confusion.

Here’s the beautiful part: Pessimists tend to manage disappointment better than idealists.
When you anticipate difficulty, you're less likely to be devastated by it.

In psychological terms, this creates cognitive resilience—the ability to stay in the game even when things go wrong. You expect challenges. You face them head-on. You recover faster because you weren’t expecting ease.

You might never say, “I’m going to be fluent in a year.” That’s okay.
But you might say, “I’m going to keep learning, even if progress is slow.”
And that is the spirit of persistence.
Don’t try to change who you are. Just learn to steer with it.
Pessimism doesn’t mean you’re giving up—it means you’re prepared to endure.
And that, my dear listener, is what long-term success looks like.


💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 65 - How Pessimism Builds Resilience in Language Learning

We look at the grammar of this popular, philosophical question. Grammar shows us that it CAN'T be half full or empty. These are "absolute" words.

The Social Evolutionary

A Glass Half Full... or Half Empty???

The Migrating Warblers concerns issues of racism. The titular birds have just returned to Texas from their migration in Guatemala. When they return, they relate tales of Central America that they find to be scandalous or gruesome. They recount their experiences in a sort of mangled "Spanglish" that disrespects the region from which they've just returned.

Send me a message for your free digital copy of this book. 

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk and other stories from David Sedaris ( Adult 18+) 

The Migrating Warblers

A woman finds herself on an empty train, and the only other person on board is the train engineer. 

Vocabulary:
train engineer: the driver of the train
locomotive: the first carriage of a train

Transcript: https://saracasalino-books.weebly.com/blog/the-driverless-train

Learn English with Stories

The Driverless Train (Story)

🤦‍♂️天啊～又地震了！感觉好可怕！
希望大家都很平安无事，也为台湾的人祈福🙏！
今天就来听听，台湾地震的消息～

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生词：
地牛翻身 dì niú fānshēn
酿 niàng
揆 kuí
余震 yúzhèn
部会 bùhuì
严阵以待 yánzhènyǐdài




News with zhe

#08 地牛翻身酿灾情

lesson on italki 
https://www.italki.com/ja/teacher/9451959/japanese

https://linktr.ee/atsushi_japanese

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


今回、Podcastが180回になりました！👏
これをはじめて、半年、6ヶ月がたちました！
みなさんが聴いてくれているおかげですね、本当にありがとうございます！

実は昨日、うれしいことがありました。
はじめてレッスンを受けてくれた方と話していたんですが、その方は、このレッスンの前にPodcastを聴いてくれていました。それもあって、レッスンを予約してくれたそうです。

これは本当にうれしいですね。
僕のPodcastは、日本語学習をしている人にとってサポートになればと思って続けています。だから、実際に聴いてくれている人の言葉が聞けると本当にうれしいです。

他のレッスンを受けてくれている方も、レッスン中にPodcastのトピックが出てきます。

日本や日本語のことを知るきっかけになるだけでなく、僕のことも知ってもらえるので、いいコンテンツだと思います。

テキスト、文章だけではわからない、性格、雰囲気みたいなものも、声を通して伝わるのかなと思います。


僕もいろんなPodcastを聴いています。
英語学習のオススメのPodcastがあれば教えてほしいです。


これからも、日本のことや、僕の普段の生活の話をPodcastでしていきますので、良かったら聴いてくださいね！

ということで、今回も最後まで聴いていただき、ありがとうございます！

ではまた！

