Books are there to give you concepts and sentence structures, as well as ideas but I always caution students that overdoing textbook English will make you sound robotic during a normal conversation. You can memorize all the advanced vocabulary but when you talk to people in a social setting, it is a different matter. You will sound like someone reading something.

FLO TALKS 

HOW TO SPEAK NATURALLY? (NOT TEXTBOOK ENGLISH)

Czech Easily: Slow & Easy

13. České vynálezy

THE POWER OF STORYTELLING

Great communicators take their audiences on a journey through storytelling, and Aristotle’s famous ‘Tell, Tell, Tell’ triptych is one of the most offered pieces of advice given to anyone hoping to become a good storyteller.

However, you don’t want to just follow the crowd, you want to stand-out and be remembered by your colleagues, your boss and your clients. So, I want to share with you an updated take on the 3-tells for the modern business era.

Firstly, share your conclusions with your audience. Start with the conclusion that you want the audience to remember. This lets them know what you are going to be communicating to them and provides a destination.

Secondly, show how and why you have reached your conclusion. This is the heart of your story and where you will spend most of your time. Because they already know the destination, this part of your presentation is more productive as your audience is already trying to convince themselves that your conclusions are correct.

Finally, tell them what you want them to do with your conclusion.

Listen to the podcast for even moe communication tips.

BizPod - The Business English Podcast

BizPod Episode 6 - Effective Communication

A 30-day positive affirmation journey with Rose

Day 28

『新完全マスター語彙　日本語能力試験N2』（2011年、スリーエーネットワーク） 教科書を1課ずつ読んでいきます。 N2、N1に必要な語彙です。 今日は、第4章2課です。

N2合格

N2　語彙　第4章2課

Konnichiwa! Welcome to Slow Japanese! What season is it now in your town? This time, we'll listen about the seasons in Hokkaido, north of Japan.

Usage of Slow Japanese:
STEP 1. Listen to the episode without seeing scripts.
STEP 2. Go to mochifika.com/podcast/ and check "Key vocabularies of this episode", listen again to the episode while seeing the list.
STEP 3. Check the whole script, it'll fill the gap in your understanding.

Scripts and key vocabularies of this episode are here:
https://mochifika.com/podcast-script/slow-japanese-episode-12-seasons/

Slow Japanese

Episode #12 - The seasons in Hokkaido

¿Cómo es posible que un lugar diseñado para castigar y restringir a los delincuentes pueda tener un efecto positivo en su vida? 

El otro lado de la moneda

¿Los criminales pueden regenerarse en las prisiones?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Rsvq1EBEJQyKPv6VqdUFpTjr6Bdivr3w/view?usp=sharing

#healthydiet  #listening #understanding

Teacher Robert's Podcast

The Benefits of Home-Cooked Meals (with transcript and quiz)

Easy News📺
I introduce Japanese news in easy Japanese.
Today’s Theme is “沖縄（おきなわ）のサンゴ《Coral reefs of Okinawa》”.
This episode is JLPT-N4 level.

I created a quiz on this episode.
After listening, please take the quiz!

Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

☆Words☆
沖縄（おきなわ / okinawa）：Okinawa （Okinawa is the southernmost prefecture in Japan. And Okinawa is one of the most popular resorts in Japan. The islands of Okinawa are surrounded by beautiful coral reefs. ）
サンゴ（さんご / sango）：coral reefs
守る（まもる / mamoru）：keep, protect
島（しま / shima）：island
石垣島（いしがきじま / ishigakijima）：Ishigaki Island（Ishigaki island is one of the islands of Okinawa. The world’s largest colony of rare blue coral is found off of Ishigaki island.）
植物プランクトン（しょくぶつぷらんくとん / shokubutsupurankuton）：phytoplankton
栄養（えいよう / eiyō）：nutrition

☆Script for this episode
The scripts (URL) are listed in the overview section of the channel.
	
☆Quiz for this episode
