Fao nos cuenta cómo llega a tocar en las calles de Taiwan, va en búsqueda del camino del Tao,  el Taichi, la caligrafía  y el Guqin, y en el camino, hace bailar a los taiwaneses.  

Ritmos del mundo

#14 Taiwan

Over that past four years I have met many wonderful people from around the world.   I have gained more from these relationships than I have given.   Thank you!   Also I will talk a bit about group classes.



Reflections

Thanks To My Students!

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 

This story is about a small mischevious mouse. 



Hindi Short Stories

Story 5 

En este episodio escuchamos sobre la diversidad del español y la influencia de idiomas indígenas.

Español con Victor

01 Diverso español

好，黄山松，我大声为你叫好，
谁有你挺得硬，扎得稳，站得高
九千里雷霆，八千里风暴
劈不歪，砍不动，轰不倒!
要站就站上云头
七十二峰与你峰峰皆到:
要飞就飞上九霄
把美妙的天堂看个饱!
不怕山谷里阴风的夹袭
你双臂一抖，抗得准，击得好!
更不畏高山雪冷寒彻骨
你折断了霜剑，扭弯了冰刀!
谁有你的根底艰难贫苦啊，
你从那紫色的岩上挺起了腰
即使裸露着的根须。
也把山岩紧紧地拥抱!

你的雄姿像千古高峰不动摇

每一根针叶都闪烁着骄傲，
那背阳的阴处，你横眉怒扫，
向着阳光，你进出劲枝万千条!
啊!黄山松，我热烈地赞美你
我要学你艰苦奋战，不屈不挠
看!在这碧紫透红的群峰之上，
你像昂扬的战旗在呼啦啦地飘

听优美短文，提升中文阅读和写作

《黄山松》节选

Nihongo Hiyori | Japanese Podcast

[EP084] ポケモンの名前の由来 | The Origin of Pokémon Names

Cada año la Real Academia Española incorpora nuevas palabras o expresiones al diccionario. En el episodio de hoy te hablo de algunas de las nuevas incorporaciones.

Después de escuchar el episodio no te olvides de decirme qué piensas, ¿habías escuchado alguna de estas palabras? ¿Conoces alguna otra que se añadió en la última actualización? 


Blanca to go 

72 – Nuevas palabras españolas  

Be entertained as you hear yourself imitate the speaker's rise and fall of his/her voice. 