 A short story about a character who collects things to make something. A story by Julia Ronaldson based on the stage 3 phonic system for the Oxford Reading Tree series.

Story time with Debbie

The Scrap Rocket

In this video, you can join me for a nice walk with a cute dog and learn some vocabulary which you might not learn from the text book. Hope you learn some Chinese in a relaxing way . 
annie

Story learning Chinese with Annie

You can even learn something by walking the dog with me(INTERMEDIATE CHINESE IN CONTEXT)

Put theory into practice! This follow-up episode helps you master the four pronunciations of the letter Y in British English through targeted exercises and common error corrections. Learn how to avoid over-articulating "yes," distinguish between short and long E sounds in words like "gym" and "happy," and properly pronounce the diphthong /aɪ/ in words like "my" and "fly." 
Find me on italki: https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/9446274 

Transcript: 

/j/ - yes - year - young - yacht, beyond, canyon, you, yellow, yoke, yet. 
Short /ɪ/ — short i: symbol, lyric, typical, crystal, syrup, mystery, gym, rhythm. 
Long i: happy, funny, city, puppy, busy, baby, story, pretty 
/aɪ/ — diphthong: my, try, fly, sky, cry, reply, apply, rely, satisfy, terrify, tyre, dynamite 

Scenario 1: 
 /j/ - yes, year, young, yacht, you, yellow, yoke, yet. 
Minimal pairs:
yes - chess
year - cheer
yellow - cello
you - chew
yoke - choke, 
yam - jam
yet - jet
Yale - jail
yoke - joke 
yard - guard 
year - gear 
yum - gum

Scenario 2 (Minimal pairs): 
gym - gene 
myth - meet
symbol - seem 
rhythm - read 
crystal - cream 
lyrics - leaks

Scenario 3: 
/ai/:  my, try, fly, shy, cry, why, reply, apply, satisfy, terrify

British Pronunciation Tips 

The Mysterious case of the letter Y - Practice 

➡️ Avete mai provato il senso di fallimento nella vostra vita? In che situazione? Come avete reagito? Che sensazioni avete provato? 

➡️ Che cos’è per voi la vera libertà? Vi sentite liberi nella società in cui vivete?

➡️ Vi siete mai sentiti ansiosi o stressati? O conoscete persone che soffrono di ansia? E secondo voi, da che cosa è dipeso?

In questo episodio potrete ascoltare riflessioni e citazioni al libro "Le coordinate della felicità", di Gianluca Gotto.  Ideale per chi vuole uscire dalla propria zona di confort e per chi vuole riflettere insieme a me sui concetti come il fallimento, la libertà e l'ansia, oltre che scoprire le coordinate della felicità! 
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Puro Parlare

8. Le coordinate della felicità

ずっと、雪が降っていたのに、今度は暖かい。

・今日は2月の最終日
・３月中旬くらいの暖かさ
・落雪注意
・歩道が歩きずらい

［単語］
あっという間に...短い時間
解（と）ける...水が氷になる
中旬（ちゅうじゅん）...11日〜20日くらいのこと
落雪（らくせつ）...雪が落ちる
歩道（ほどう）...人が歩くための道

北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#5〉2022年2月28日月曜日　暖かくなって、雪がとける

This is the first episode in the Transcripted English Audio podcast series. I introduce a bit about myself and my experience as a teacher and language learner. 

My teacher profile on iTalki: www.italki.com/teacher/2889545

My Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEA_Time_Tayvin

Background music
Valse Gymnopedie by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7928-valse-gymnopedie
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

T.E.A. Time with Tayvin Bayless 

Nice to meet you, I'm Tayvin

Tatsuki-san and I are both Japanese teachers.

Tatsuki-san's podcast
https://tatsukisjapanese.buzzsprout.com

Akari's information
https://linktr.ee/akari.japanese

Akari Talks Japan

海外で活躍する若者を応援したい A Japanese university student blamed on Twitter about staying in Ukraine.

今日は「一休さんのとんち」について話しました。
無理難題を"とんち"で解決する、一休さん。
誰しも見たことがある有名なアニメですが、そのとんちの中で、僕は長年、納得がいってない解決法があります。
今日はその納得がいかないとんちについて話しました。
なぜ納得がいかないか、またどうすれば納得がいくかを話しているので、僕の一休さんへの文句にぜひ付き合ってください笑
☆目次
0:00 オープニング
0:30 一休さんの説明
1:30 とんち①: この橋渡るべからず
3:35 とんち②: 水あめ
7:00 納得いかないとんち: 屏風の虎
9:20 納得いかない理由
12:58 一休さんはどう答えるべきか？
☆語彙
とんち
無理難題
見せ所
堂々と
水あめ
和尚さん
育ち盛り
精進料理
茶碗
罰する
屏風
将軍
家来
準備万端
手が付けられない
成り立つ
詰めが甘い
盲点
虚をつく
折れる
自白
力技
書き置き
バックレ