In this episode you can listen to the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty being read out loud in Dutch. 

Sprookjes in het Nederlands voorgelezen

Doornroosje (Sleeping Beauty)

Today's episode is the audio to the Guide to the TOEFL - Speaking presentation. In it, you'll learn what the speaking section of the Test of English as a Foreign Language requires, as well as hear some sample questions and answers and get advice on whether using templates to form your answers is a good idea. Some of the questions depend on written text, so be sure to go to the website to download the transcript so you can read them: https://lovelangwri.com/2022/05/10/guide-to-the-toefl-speaking/

For the Love of Language and Writing

Guide to the TOEFL - Speaking

This episode explains the meaning of the proverb "Imitation is the Sincerest form of Flattery" with an example.

American English Proverbs

8 - Imitation is the Sincerest form of Flattery

The environment morning nearby my house                                                                                                                

Suasana pagi di rumah saya

Belajar Bahasa Melayu

Suasana pagi di rumah saya  - Morning around my house

What is at the end of the story?

Is the story going to end? 

What's out there, have you explored it yet?

Try to 'quantum jump there' and explore what 'there' is like?

How does it feel to 'be already there'?

Do you think you can spend more time 'being there' and 'experiencing more of it'?

Sure thing, its your imagination but the cool thing about it - you'll experience just that which you've experienced now!

Tell me how it felt and what's 'out there' like for you??

To Your Success!

The Habits of Professionals Growing Into Strong, Confident English Communicators

What is the end goal of your learning a language?

同じ気温でも　暑いと感じるか　寒いと感じるかは　人によって違います。
わたしは　大阪の近くに住んでいます。
今朝の最低気温は3℃でした。私にとっては　かなり寒いです。
朝、起きたら　暖房をつけます。
でも、ある海外の生徒さんに、「今日は寒いですか」ときいたら、「寒くない」と言います。
それで、気温は何度かきいたら、「－15℃です。」と言うんですね。
－15℃！　寒いでしょ！！　
こんなふうに、住んでいる場所によって　同じ気温でも、暑い、寒いの感じ方は　全く違うということですね。

Whether you feel hot or cold at the sam temperature depends on the person.　I live near Osaka.　The lowet temperature this morning was 3 degrees. It is quite cold for me.
Ｂut when asked one overseas student if it was cold todey, she replied tha it wasn't.
So I asked her what the temperature was, and she said minus 15 degrees.
-15℃！　It's really cold!
Depending on where you live, you may feel hot and cold at the same temperature in very different ways.

便利な　べんりな　convenient
気温　　きおん        air temperature
布団　ふとん            futon
暖房　だんぼう        heating
感じ方　かんじかた   way of feeling
違う　　ちがう        different
海外　　かいがい     overseas
にっこり笑(わら）って　smile cheerfully
答える　こたえる    answer
寒（さむ）くないはずがない = ぜったいに　さむいはずだ　It must be absolutely freezong.
人（ひと）によって   depending on the person
南の国　　みなみのくに  southern countries
それほどでもないです   not so much
平気な顔　へいきなかお   nonchalent look on one's face
おっしゃる  say
扇風機　せんぷうき   electric fan
がんがんに=とても　つよく　very strong
温度設定　おんどせってい    temperature setting
やっぱり   also
南北に長い　なんぼくにながい   long north-south
服装　ふくそう   attire





やさしい日本語（にほんご）

暑い？寒い？　hot? cold?

Continuamos aprendiendo vocabulario relacionado a la comida peruana. Esta vez les traigo información sobre la torta (cake).

En otros países hispanohablantes, se le conoce como tarta, pastel o ponqué.
Transcripción disponible en: https://conpedepatria.blog/2022/09/07/la-torta/
¡Gracias por escuchar!

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7. La torta o tarta (cake)

Let's talk about what makes you. Happy. What makes you sad? What does it take for you to get on board?