Set a goal,and try work hard to achieve it .
Let's  finish reading  one book each month.
We will go further together.

Ruby's  Reading club of  Chinese

Ruby's HSK

Practise your listening ability and pronunciation
My voice will accompany everyday.
Follow me please!

Ruby's Listening Studio

Learning Chinese is not just learning the language,knowing about culture can help you understand  better and enlarge your knowledge.
Come on !Follow me!

Ruby say Chinese culture

In this video, you can join me for a nice walk with a cute dog and learn some vocabulary which you might not learn from the text book. Hope you learn some Chinese in a relaxing way . 
annie

Story learning Chinese with Annie

You can even learn something by walking the dog with me(INTERMEDIATE CHINESE IN CONTEXT)

Put theory into practice! This follow-up episode helps you master the four pronunciations of the letter Y in British English through targeted exercises and common error corrections. Learn how to avoid over-articulating "yes," distinguish between short and long E sounds in words like "gym" and "happy," and properly pronounce the diphthong /aɪ/ in words like "my" and "fly." 
Find me on italki: https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/9446274 

Transcript: 

/j/ - yes - year - young - yacht, beyond, canyon, you, yellow, yoke, yet. 
Short /ɪ/ — short i: symbol, lyric, typical, crystal, syrup, mystery, gym, rhythm. 
Long i: happy, funny, city, puppy, busy, baby, story, pretty 
/aɪ/ — diphthong: my, try, fly, sky, cry, reply, apply, rely, satisfy, terrify, tyre, dynamite 

Scenario 1: 
 /j/ - yes, year, young, yacht, you, yellow, yoke, yet. 
Minimal pairs:
yes - chess
year - cheer
yellow - cello
you - chew
yoke - choke, 
yam - jam
yet - jet
Yale - jail
yoke - joke 
yard - guard 
year - gear 
yum - gum

Scenario 2 (Minimal pairs): 
gym - gene 
myth - meet
symbol - seem 
rhythm - read 
crystal - cream 
lyrics - leaks

Scenario 3: 
/ai/:  my, try, fly, shy, cry, why, reply, apply, satisfy, terrify

British Pronunciation Tips 

The Mysterious case of the letter Y - Practice 

➡️ Avete mai provato il senso di fallimento nella vostra vita? In che situazione? Come avete reagito? Che sensazioni avete provato? 

➡️ Che cos’è per voi la vera libertà? Vi sentite liberi nella società in cui vivete?

➡️ Vi siete mai sentiti ansiosi o stressati? O conoscete persone che soffrono di ansia? E secondo voi, da che cosa è dipeso?

In questo episodio potrete ascoltare riflessioni e citazioni al libro "Le coordinate della felicità", di Gianluca Gotto.  Ideale per chi vuole uscire dalla propria zona di confort e per chi vuole riflettere insieme a me sui concetti come il fallimento, la libertà e l'ansia, oltre che scoprire le coordinate della felicità! 
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Puro Parlare

8. Le coordinate della felicità

ずっと、雪が降っていたのに、今度は暖かい。

・今日は2月の最終日
・３月中旬くらいの暖かさ
・落雪注意
・歩道が歩きずらい

［単語］
あっという間に...短い時間
解（と）ける...水が氷になる
中旬（ちゅうじゅん）...11日〜20日くらいのこと
落雪（らくせつ）...雪が落ちる
歩道（ほどう）...人が歩くための道

北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#5〉2022年2月28日月曜日　暖かくなって、雪がとける

This is the first episode in the Transcripted English Audio podcast series. I introduce a bit about myself and my experience as a teacher and language learner. 

My teacher profile on iTalki: www.italki.com/teacher/2889545

My Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEA_Time_Tayvin

Background music
Valse Gymnopedie by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7928-valse-gymnopedie
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

T.E.A. Time with Tayvin Bayless 

Nice to meet you, I'm Tayvin

Tatsuki-san and I are both Japanese teachers.

Tatsuki-san's podcast
https://tatsukisjapanese.buzzsprout.com

Akari's information
https://linktr.ee/akari.japanese

Akari Talks Japan

海外で活躍する若者を応援したい A Japanese university student blamed on Twitter about staying in Ukraine.

今日は「一休さんのとんち」について話しました。
無理難題を"とんち"で解決する、一休さん。
誰しも見たことがある有名なアニメですが、そのとんちの中で、僕は長年、納得がいってない解決法があります。
今日はその納得がいかないとんちについて話しました。
なぜ納得がいかないか、またどうすれば納得がいくかを話しているので、僕の一休さんへの文句にぜひ付き合ってください笑
☆目次
0:00 オープニング
0:30 一休さんの説明
1:30 とんち①: この橋渡るべからず
3:35 とんち②: 水あめ
7:00 納得いかないとんち: 屏風の虎
9:20 納得いかない理由
12:58 一休さんはどう答えるべきか？
☆語彙
とんち
無理難題
見せ所
堂々と
水あめ
和尚さん
育ち盛り
精進料理
茶碗
罰する
屏風
将軍
家来
準備万端
手が付けられない
成り立つ
詰めが甘い
盲点
虚をつく
折れる
自白
力技
書き置き
バックレ