In this podcast series, I will give helpful tips people often skip when creating a language learning plan. Each podcast will be short and will include an exercise for you to complete in the end. 

Meaningful Language Learning

Tässä jaksossa käyn läpi fraaseja, jotka voivat olla hyödyksi ruokakaupassa. Tuleeko muuta, onko sulla plussakorttia, tarvitko kuittia... Enjoy :)

Heippa hei!

Kaupassa

En el episodio de hoy del podcast, hablaremos sobre el uso de la palabra “bien”. Vamos a ver sus usos.

Son muchas las ocasiones en las que he podido observar que "bien", "bueno" y "buen" suelen ser motivo de confusión entre los estudiantes de español. Así que, para tratar de solucionar dicha confusión, hoy veremos qué significan y cuándo usamos estas palabras en español y cuál es la diferencia entre ellas.

Te invito a revisa mi perfil https://teach.italki.com/teacher/4041493

ASI HABLAMOS  ESPAÑOL CON MARISENY

Uso de la palabra "bien"

本期聊了关于手机沉迷的一些话题。
希望大家听得愉快！

In this podcast, we talked about Smart Phones Addiction.
Maybe we are not serious about the content what we talked about, but hope it is helpful for you to practice your listening. 

Can check our youtube channel to watch more videos: Chinese Mandarin Cherry; Regan Radio.

Bilibili Channel: Regan Radio. 

Cherry Blablabla｜Chinese&English

手机，想说恨你不容易！｜Smart Phones.. The Love Hate Relationship

When we feel we have had a "setback" in our language learning - we often tell ourselves stories that keep us stuck. In this podcast episode, I will offer some ideas for how we can prevent that from happening, and when it does, how we can start to move forward again.

In summary, what I say is that first we need to assess what has REALLY happened. And we need to look at the STORY we are telling ourselves - about what happened. (We can do this by writing or talking to a coach or a friend or to ourselves using the questions below). 

If we can question the stories we have told ourselves about this setback - it becomes easier to take action to get ourselves moving again. Byron Katie is an author who created 4 questions that are helpful in changing our beliefs. The questions are: 1. Is it true? 2. Can I absolutely know that it’s true? 3. How do I react when I believe that thought? 4. Who would I be without that thought? 

Turning the setback into an opportunity to take action - any action - can help us get moving again. Getting support is also very helpful. 

Writing or speaking exercise (talk into your phone!) -- take 7-10 minutes and see what you discover!:

1. Think of a time when you were trying something new (learning to play a musical instrument, starting a new routine, exercise or diet) - and you had a "perceived setback" - or when you felt you hit a wall/were blocked/"failed." What did you tell yourself at that time? Was that "story" really true? What happened after that? Did you continue doing the thing? 

2. Now think of a skill you have mastered. Maybe it's cooking something or riding a bike or being a professional or an entrepreneur. Did you ever have any "setbacks" along the way? (I am sure you did!) What steps did you take to keep going forward? Did you get support to move past these obstacles - or how did you help yourself to continue? What happened next? 

If you want - save your words and share them with me! I would love to hear what you think!  


Hear and There

3. "Setbacks," the stories we tell ourselves, and getting unstuck

Mascotte, la marmotte
Pendant tout l'hiver, bien au chaud au fond de son terrier, que fait Mascotte la marmotte ?
Elle dort... Elle a accroché une pancarte à l’entrée: Ne pas déranger, j’attends le printemps !
Un jour, Oscar, le lézard, a voulu lui faire une farce, il est entré dans le terrier et a crié :
- Réveille-toi, Mascotte, c'est le printemps !
On était en plein hiver, il y avait même de la neige ! Mascotte, encore tout endormie, a fait quelques pas, mais, quand elle a senti le froid, elle est repartie à toute vitesse, pas contente du tout.
Oscar riait beaucoup.
- Quand tu dormiras au soleil, j’irai te tirer par la queue, a-t-elle promis. Puis elle s’est rendormie en rêvant à l'été et aux fleurs qui recouvrent la montagne.


Des Milliers D'histoires

Histoire 22 - Mascotte, la marmotte

穴場（あなば）あまり知ってる人が少ない場所、お店のこと。
似ている言葉で　“隠れ家（かくれが）”

石川県の金沢市も　”穴場”だと思うよ。

Japanese "Taka" it easy

穴場（あなば）なレストランとかカフェ見つけてね😊

In this episode we are going to learn how to talk about【My holiday】. 
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
1st time: listen and catch the words you know alreay, have a guess about the content.
2nd time: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
3rd time: listen one more time, repeat after it.
4th time: practise until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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春节我去北京玩儿了。
chūn jié wǒ qù běi jīng wánr le 。
I went to travel in Beijing in the Spring Festival.
我是和家人去的。
wǒ shì hé jiā rén qù de 。
I went with my family.
我们是坐飞机去的。
wǒ men shì zuò fēi jī qù de 。
We went there by plane.
我们去了长城、故宫、天安门。
wǒ men qù le cháng chéng 、 gù gōng 、 tiān ān mén 。
We went to the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and Tian 'anmen.
我们吃了烤鸭，太好吃了。
wǒ men chī le kǎo yā ， tài hǎo chī le 。
We ate roast duck. It was so delicious.
我认识了几个新朋友。
wǒ rèn shí le jǐ gè xīn péng yǒu 。
I made some new friends.
北京的冬天有点儿冷。
běi jīng de dōng tiān yǒu diǎnr lěng 。
Beijing is a bit cold in winter.
我想秋天再去一次。
wǒ xiǎng qiū tiān zài qù yí cì 。
I'd like to go again in the fall.

Yuli's Chinese Channel

我去北京了 I went to Beijing（for beginner）

This episode introduces three idioms that use the word weather. Listen to the examples to hear how to use them. Please send me a message if you would like a copy of the audio script.