*This story contains graphic and explicit material it is not recommended for children, for mature audiences only*
The Cat and The Baboon is a short story about gossip and the service industry involving a cat and a baboon, by David Sedaris.
Send me a message for your free digital copy of this book and if you would like to discuss it. 


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

The Cat and The Baboon (Adult 18+)

If you learn to play with your accent, you can be taken for an American in very little time.

English for IT Pros

Why Not Speak English Without a Foreign Accent?

Here's the first Dictée / Dictate for your kid! If you have any question or advice please send me a message :)

Here's the correction : 
Julien regarde la télévision deux heures par jour et il va souvent au cinéma. Le mois dernier, il y est allé 4 fois. Il ne fait jamais de sport mais il joue quelquefois aux jeux vidéo avec ses amis.

 DICTÉE POUR ENFANT / FRENCH DICTATION FOR KID

#1 L La vie de Julien / Julian's Life,  For A1 - A2

In this practice episode, you’ll train the main vowel sounds represented by the letter I in British English. Through guided repetition, minimal pairs, and sentence-level contrasts, you’ll learn to hear and produce the difference between tense and relaxed vowels — including sounds like /iː/, /ɪ/, /ə/, /ɜː/, /aɪ/, and /ɪə/. This session focuses on clarity, accuracy, and avoiding common pronunciation mistakes that can lead to confusion or awkward misunderstandings. Ideal for learners who want to sharpen their British pronunciation through focused, practical training.

Transcript:

/iː/ — machine, police, magazine, sardine, routine, vaccine, marine

/ɪ/ — sit, bit, give, live, village, image, engine

/ə/ — possible, family, pencil, medicine, original

/ɜː/ — bird, first, girl, shirt, third, skirt, dirty, birthday, thirteen, confirm

/aɪ/ — time, fine, like, nine, side, bite, mine, pipe, drive

/ɪə/ — ear, hear, pier, tier, weird, fierce, bier, experience, idea, theatre

Minimal pairs:

ship /ʃɪp/ — sheep /ʃiːp/

bit /bɪt/ — beat /biːt/

live /lɪv/ — leave /liːv/

fill /fɪl/ — feel /fiːl/

slip /slɪp/ — sleep /sliːp/

bin /bɪn/ — bean /biːn/

sin /sɪn/ — seen /siːn/

rid /rɪd/ — read /riːd/

lick /lɪk/ — leak /liːk/

tin /tɪn/ — teen /tiːn/

Mix up:

machine — sit — possible — bird — time — ear police — bit — family — first — fine — pier marine — give — pencil — shirt — like — weird routine — live — medicine — dirty — nine — fierce vaccine — village — original — thirteen — side — experience

Sentences:

“I live here.” “I leave here.”

“Did you fill it?” “Did you feel it?”

“He bit the rope.” “He beat the rope.”

“I didn’t slip.” “I didn’t sleep.”

“Can I have that seat?” “Can I have that sit?”

“He gave me a leak.” “He gave me a lick.”

“She threw a pitch.” “She threw a peach.”

“It was very cheap.” “It was very chip.”

British Pronunciation Tips 

British Vowel Sound Masterclass: Lesson 11: The letter i: One Letter, Five Sounds - Practice 

In this Podcast I am reading the introduction and one page of my book Pensieri Felici. One of my four books that I published on 2021.
In this book you can listen Italian, gain vocabulary, pronunciation and who knows maybe you even get inspired by this book.

I podcast secondo San Luca

I podcast secondo San Luca - Lettura del libro Pensieri Felici di Luca Facchini - Luca Facchini

こんにちは！日本語教師(にほんごきょうし)のNANAです👩‍🏫
Hello! I'm Japanese teacher NANA 
안녕하세요! 일본어강사 나나입니다

●YOUTUBEに英語、韓国語の字幕ver.があります
English, Korean Subtitles on YOUTUBE
유튜브에는 영어, 한국어 자막이 있습니다
https://www.youtube.com/@nanasensei777

NANAのにほんごpodcast 

日本人(にほんじん)は なんで やせてるの？Why are Japanese so thin?

En el episodio de hoy hablamos de una palabra pequeña pero que vuelve locos a los estudiantes de español por sus diferentes y variados usos. Probablemente ya te habrás dado cuenta de que vamos a hablar de la polifacética “se”. Esa palabra que parece que se puede usar en todas las situaciones, excepto en las que los estudiantes deciden usarla.

Escucha el episodio para conocer algunos de sus usos y ver algunos ejemplos para cada uno de ellos. 

Espero, como siempre que disfrutes el episodio y te ayude a aclarar las posibles dudas que tengas sobre “se”.

Después de escuchar el episodio, no te olvides de dejar a este podcast una valoración ni de decirme si este episodio te ha parecido útil. ¿Cuál es el uso de “se” más difícil para ti? ¡Cuéntame! Estoy deseando escucharte.
