Beginner Chinese Listening：圣诞节  Christmas

Beginner Chinese Listening

In this episode, you will learn three breathing exercises that will help you reduce your anxiety so you can feel calm and confident before a meeting, presentation or interview.

Get more Business English and confidence tips at TanniaSuarez.com/blog.

Business English with Tannia

How to Decrease Anxiety and Avoid Burnout

HSK 3-6 passage audios

HSK3 Lesson1 Passage 2

東北地方の方言「ごみを投げる」の紹介⇒一般的な使い方「投げる」との違い⇒どの場面で使うのか⇒会話の例の紹介⇒まとめ

Nihongo tokidoki Inaka hougen with Megumi Na

When do you use this 「ごみを投げる」in Tohoku area?? Is it a dialect?

This is the last episode in the series "A beginners guide to acquiring a foreign language." titled "Task-Based Language Teaching." In this episode I will talk about what Task-Based Language Teaching is, how it is different from other methods, and how it may be the perfect method for you to achieve your Language Learning Dreams and Goals. 

If would like more information about Task-Based Language Teaching, and would like me to send you a Needs Analysis, contact me here:
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I am looking forward to meeting you, and helping on your Language Learning Journey!

The Grammarian Podcast

A beginners guide to acquiring a foreign language Episode #4 - Task-Based Language Teaching

A : 안녕하십니까? 저는 마이클 존슨이라고 합니다.
B : 네. 이쪽으로 앉으세요.
      존슨 씨는 어느 나라 사람입니까?
A : 저는 미국 사람입니다.
B : 전공이 무엇입니까?
A : 저는 컴퓨터 그래픽을 전공했습니다.

A : Hello. I am Michael Johnson.
B : Well, have a seat here, please. 
     Where are you from, Mr. Johnson?
A : I am from the States.
B : What is your major?
A : I majored in Computer graphics.

** Grammar points.

A/V-ㅂ/습니다, N-입니다, A/V-았/었습니다, N-였습니다/이었습니다.
In the formal situations such as interviews, news, and public announcement, the formal style of speech is used as stated below.
For the present tense, A/V-ㅂ/습니다, N-입니다 are used.
A/V-ㅂ/습니다
* verb or adjective stems ending with a vowel + -ㅂ니다 : 가다 -> 갑니다.
* verb or adjective stems ending with a consonant + -습니다 : 먹다 -> 먹습니다.
N-입니다 : 의사 + -입니다 -> 의사입니다 
For the past tense, A/V-았/었습니다, N-였습니다/이었습니다 are used.
A/V-았/었습니다 : 가다 -> 갔습니다 / 먹다 -> 먹었습니다
N-였습니다/이었습니다 : 학교 -> 학교였습니다 / 월요일 -> 월요일이었습니다.


Reading Korea.

Having an interview

Have you ever heard the phrase, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do"?

It means you should follow the customs of the place you're visiting or the people you're with. So in Japan, for example, you should take off your shoes before entering someone's home, because it's the custom.

However, people often shorten this phrase to just, "When in Rome."

Phrases like this, where part of the sentence is not spoken but the meaning is still clear, are called "anapodotons" ("an-uh-PAW-duh-tuns"). People don't say the second part of the phrase, but everyone knows what they mean.

But why do people leave phrases unfinished?

According to Instagram linguist Adam Aleksic, it's because we like to save time and effort when talking. By saying less, we can still share the full idea, as long as others know the rest of the phrase.

Anapodotons are very common in English. Let's look at some more now!

"Speak of the devil" is something people say when someone appears just as you were talking about them. The full phrase is, "Speak of the devil, and he shall appear." But it doesn't mean you think the person who appeared is a bad person!

"It takes a village" is another example. The full phrase, "It takes a village to raise a child," means raising children is easier with help from others. It can also be used to talk about teamwork or group tasks.

"If you can't stand the heat" comes from, "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen." This means if something is difficult or stressful, you should either deal with it or stop complaining and leave!

Anapodotons may be short, but they have a lot of meaning!