In this episode, we explore why it is important to understand and embrace your motivation for learning a new language. (Hint: It's different for everyone!)

Motivation Monday

Validating Your Language Learning Experience

Charlotte rencontre Pierre

7 - Au café

Live, raw, and uncut footage of English learners. Can you spot the mistakes?

AngliaEnglish

Is organic food better for you?

Reading a book in Japanese/Relaxing reading 

''Buying Mittens'' #10　(Written by Nankichi Niimi)
『手袋を買いに』(てぶくろを かいに）
新美南吉・著　第十話
It's a heartwarming story with
beautiful winter portrayal.

You can practice shadowing, and repeating with
this reading and the text below.📚
Also, it's a relaxing story reading for sleep🌛
📚My lessons: https://www.italki.com/ja/teacher/6185061

「お母さんは、人間は恐ろしいものだって
おっしゃったが　ちっとも恐ろしくないや。
だって僕の手を見てもどうもしなかったもの」

と思いました。
けれど子狐は いったい人間なんてどんなものか見たい
と思いました。
ある窓の下を通りかかると、人間の声がしていました。
何というやさしい、何という美しい、何と言う
おっとりした声なんでしょう。

「ねむれ　ねむれ
　母の胸に、
　ねむれ　ねむれ
　母の手に――」

子狐はその歌声は、きっと人間のお母さんの声に
ちがいないと思いました。
だって、子狐が眠る時にも、やっぱり母さん狐は、
あんなやさしい声で ゆすぶってくれるからです。


【漢字】

お母さん・・・おかあさん
人間　　・・・にんげん
恐ろしい・・・おそろしい
僕　　　・・・ぼく
手　　　・・・て
見て　　・・・みて
思いました・・おもいました
子狐　　・・・こぎつね
窓の下　・・・まどのした
通り　　・・・とおり
声　　　・・・こえ
何という・・・なんという
美しい　・・・うつくしい
母　　　・・・はは
胸　　　・・・むね
眠る　　・・・ねむる


朗読クラブ📚Reading to Japanese language learners 

朗読 『手袋を買いに』第十話 Buying Mittens #10 

Un corvo aveva rubato un pezzo di formaggio e si era posato sul ramo di un albero per mangiarlo in tranquillità. Una volpe, che passava sotto quell’albero, lo vide e volle prendergli il formaggio. Così, gli disse che lui, il corvo, era il migliore tra gli uccelli e presto sarebbe diventato il loro Re: aveva delle piume meravigliose, un becco possente e delle belle zampette slanciate. 
«Peccato solo che tu sia muto!» aggiunse la volpe. Il corvo, pieno d’orgoglio per tutti i complimenti ricevuti, volle dimostrare alla volpe che anche lui aveva una bella voce: spalancò il becco e cominciò a cantare. 
La volpe, non appena il formaggio gli cadde dal becco, fece un gran balzo e lo afferrò con i suoi artigli.
«Caro corvo, potresti senza dubbio essere il Re degli uccelli, se solo tu avessi un po’ di cervello.»

Spesso, la verità ci acceca e ci porta a commettere delle sciocchezze.

Favole di Esopo 

Favole di Esopo - Il corvo e la volpe 

In questo episodio parleremo dell'influenza dei dialetti sull'italiano parlato in situazioni poco formali. Per darvi un'idea cercherò di imitare solo alcuni dei vari accenti esistenti nella penisola. La percezione delle differenze fra le varie parlate è qualcosa di soggettivo ed è fortemente influenzata dai pregiudizi linguistici di ogni singola persona. Per quanto mi riguarda, amo gli accenti e i vari dialetti che rendono più colorata e vivace la situazione linguistica della Penisola. Buon ascolto 👂 

The Italian Miscellaneous Podcast🖐 

La lingua italiana e alcuni dei suoi accenti

Host: Welcome back to the podcast everyone. Now we’re moving on to the part of the show that we call ‘Explain yourself!’. This is where our guests talk about a topic and say what they think and why. Listeners, you can tell us who was the most convincing. So we’ve got Jake with us, Jake is from New York in the United States. Then we’ve got Andrew who’s from York in the UK.

Andrew: The original York before the Americans made a worse one.

Jake: No one knows where York is, or cares.

Host: Whoa! We’ve started already. Don’t worry, Jake, Andrew’s just trying to provoke you. This could be an interesting discussion! And today’s topic is Food and Drink. Which is better: American or British?

Jake: Well, this is going to be a short discussion. It’s American food and drink. It’s definitely the most well-known food around the world. What’s the next topic?

Andrew: Just because American food is the most well-known, which it is, it doesn’t mean it’s good. I think most of it is really unhealthy. Yes, he’s definitely an American male. Do all of you just sit watching games on TV that no other countries are interested in, drinking ice cold beer-flavored water and shouting (Mimics) ‘We’re the best at everything! USA!’

Jake: Oh you’re talking to me about beer? Good luck with tempting people to come to your barbecue on a hot day with a nice glass of warm beer. Not that you have barbecues because it’s always raining. You just sit inside with your warm beer and your fish and chips feeling sad.

Andrew: (laughs) I’m not going to apologize for enjoying beer that is slightly warmer than ice. There are things that are more important than how cold it is, you know? Like, oh I don't know - taste?

Host: Beer wars! Are we going to be able to resolve this difference at all, gentlemen?

Andrew: Obviously I’m a little more favorable toward British beer, but Jake has a point about the weather. It doesn’t actually rain all the time, but it’s not usually as hot as it gets in most places in the US. 