In today's podcast, ex-IELTS examiner Cambridge David explains why conjunctions, discourse markers, and signpost phrases are so important in the IELTS exam. He guides you through various examples, and shows you exactly how a Band 9 student uses Conjunctions to maximise their score. 

IELTS with Cambridge David

Conjunctions and Discourse Markers - why are they so important in IELTS?

Two people discuss their weekend routines.

Beginner 

My Weekend

I will talk about Lunar New Year, a holiday that celebrates the Korean New Year.

Korean stories with Donggyu

Korean Holiday - 설날, New Year's DAY (Advanced)

Today we are talking all about different hairstyles, getting a haircut etc. Now you can get that details in your haircut next time you go to the hair salons.

Note: This podcast is intended for language learning ONLY. Not for promoting or criticizing any political party or ideology. Let’s keep it friendly and accessible to all :)

Also, all of the experiences are the hosts’ own experiences so please do your own research if you need more information.



Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

Struggle LESS When Getting a Haircut in Chinese!

Hoy vamos a viajar a un lugar muy diferente de las playas tropicales que normalmente asociamos con Venezuela.

Vamos a viajar a Cubiro, un pequeño pueblo de montaña ubicado en el estado Lara.

¿Sabías que en Venezuela puedes encontrar lugares donde hace bastante frío?

Pues sí. Y Cubiro es uno de ellos.

Hoy vamos a conocer su historia, su clima, sus paisajes, su comida, sus tradiciones, las actividades que puedes hacer y algunas palabras que te ayudarán a hablar como un venezolano.

Spanish with Nathy

🎙️CUBIRO, LARA — The town of the mountains and cool climate🎙️🌄

Here are the three books mentioned in this episode:
Enlightenment Now - Steven Pinker
Superabundance - Marian Tupy, Gale Cooley
Factfulness - Hans Rowling

In this episode, Karen and Baiwei chatted about their struggles with reading news and finding a balance between being overly worried and prepared in advance. 


杞人忧天还是未雨绸缪？Are You Being Overly Anxious Or Proactive?

In this episode we will talk about 【Chinese style blind date】, you will learn how to say 【urge sb. to get married, become non-single】 ect.
--------------------------------------------------
It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
1st time: listen without looking at the text.
2nd time: look at the text and write down the new words, later look up the dictionary. 
3rd time: listen again without looking at the text.
4th time: repeat after it without looking at the text.
大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
今天想和大家聊一聊【相亲】的话题。
在中国，读书的时候父母会反对我们早恋，所以学生时代没有谈恋爱的人很多。等到我们毕业工作，父母就开始催婚。但是因为交际圈很窄，脱单很困难，所以很多人在找对象的时候，可能会选择相亲这种方式。通过相亲可以了解对方的职业，家庭情况等，判断自己是否与对方合适。
最常见的相亲是亲戚朋友介绍，或者同事介绍。见面前先看下照片，了解下对方的情况。如果感兴趣就加个微信聊一聊，然后再见面。也有的是媒人安排大家一起吃个饭，先见个面互相了解一下。这种情况下在场的人很多，相亲的两个人比较不尴尬。
相亲的时候都看什么呢？在中国，谈婚论嫁的时候最讲究的是门当户对。也就是说：男女双方家庭的社会地位和经济状况相当，结婚很合适。因为讲究门当户对，在相亲市场上也就出现了很多歧视。
第一、地域歧视。本地人比非本地人好，因为本地人有相同背景、观念和生活习惯，更重要的是有户口，有房子。
第二、职业歧视。公务员稳定，即使收入不如私企，在相亲市场仍然是香饽饽。
第三、家庭歧视。是不是城市户口？父母有没有退休金？
第四、学历歧视。本科生不如硕士、硕士不如博士。不过有意思的是，女博士反而不吃香，大家会觉得太优秀了不容易找对象。
还有其他的年龄歧视、外貌歧视等等。
有的人觉得门当户对是好事，条件差不多的人才能一起生活。有的人觉得门当户对是把婚姻市场化了，变成了买卖，没有真情实感。你觉得呢？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
--------------------------------------------------
早恋	zǎo liàn	puppy love
催婚	cuī hūn	urge sb. to get married
交际圈	jiāo jì quān	Social circle
脱单	tuō dān	become non-single
媒人	méi rén	matchmaker
谈婚论嫁	tán hūn lùn jià	talk about marriage/about to get married
门当户对	mén dāng hù duì	be matched for marriage
歧视	qí shì	discrimination
户口	hù kǒu	registered permanent residence
香饽饽	xiāng bō bo	extremely popular
吃香	chī xiāng	popular

Daily Chinese With Yuli

中国式相亲 Chinese style blind date （Intermediate and advanced level）

This lesson will help you to learn daily used Urdu sentences about "Watch and  Time".

Speak Urdu with Mehwish

Lesson#01 Watch and Time

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1koNCEliM-QLCXISVjNEWqxyzDgs9bYmy/view?usp=drivesdk