Beginner Chinese Listening

Beginner Chinese Listening：春节  Spring Festival

In this empowering episode of English Learners Boost, discover how to stop waiting and start unlocking your potential in English learning today! a licensed professional science teacher and English tutor, shares inspiring stories, practical strategies, and actionable tips to help you break through fear and hesitation. Plus, learn how booking a personalized lesson on iTalki can accelerate your progress. Don’t wait—your journey to fluency starts NOW!

English Learner's Boost

Unlock Your Potential NOW: No More Waiting!

Uyu mugani bawuca iyo babonye umuntu ufashe undi akamuniga akamunegekaza;ni bwo bagira bati “Bamutereye k‘uwa Kajwiga“ . Wakomotse kuri Kajwiga k‘i Munyaga mu Buganza( Kibungo); byabayeho ahasaga umwaka wa 1700.

Jimmy Mpano

BAMUTEREYE K'UWA KAJWIGA

From coast to coast, Canada is home to a vast array of fascinating and unique wildlife that has captured the imagination of people around the world. In this episode, we will be exploring ten of the most iconic Canadian animals, from the majestic polar bear to the elusive lynx. We'll gain a deeper understanding of what makes them so special. So sit back, relax, and get ready to discover the fascinating world of Canadian wildlife. English on the Road is an English Podcast for English learners. The themes are geography, nature and travel. This is the third episode. Listen to the previous episodes and book and English lesson with me on italki. I hope you enjoy your studies. 

English on the Road 

Iconic Canadian Animals

What's up every one?
For this 2nd episode, I'll talk about Soma, a pretty inspiring game, developed and published in 2015 by Frictional Games. This title mixes classical elements of survival-horror with a rather thought-provoking history.
Don't hesitate to give your feedback if you wish, enjoy.

Transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/102hMITEP3yiQPI6btYF0GQQoGPlSXn5-YryUFuLb0BM/edit?usp=sharing

For gamers out there

Soma: a dark but inspiring exploration of the fusion between humans and machines

Listening Practice in Turkish

Listening Practice in Turkish -3 (A2 Level)

Make mistakes - it's good for you. The Method Of Paradoxical Intention. Episode 400

If you have anxiety, fear of speaking, worry about making mistakes when speak English, listen to this recording. It can revolutionalize your development!

What is Paradoxical Intention?

Paradoxical intention is a therapeutic technique, primarily developed by Viktor Frankl, that involves intentionally doing or wanting the very thing you are trying to avoid. 

The idea is to break free from the anxiety or fear that fuels the unwanted behavior or symptom.

Here’s the core concept:

The Problem: You’re struggling with a particular issue, and the more you try to fight it, the worse it seems to get..
The Paradoxical Approach: Instead of fighting the problem, you intentionally try to create or exaggerate it. 
The Paradoxical Approach: Instead of fighting the problem, you intentionally try to create or exaggerate it. 

That's it in a nutshell. If you want to go deeper into it, please read the works of Victor Frank - Logotherapy and be amazed on how it can potentially help you in your success in life!

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Make mistakes - it's good for you. The Method Of Paradoxical Intention. Episode 400

Please let me know if you have any requests of words or phrases that you wish you’ll be able to say in casual Japanese so I’ll make an episode about it!🙌 
In this episode, I’m gonna talk about “Japan vs Sweden” in the way not like Japanese textbooks tell you but how Japanese people actually talk. Could you listen to it well?😏 Thank you very much for listening to this podcast😁



Super Casual Japanese with Teppei

Season 2 : Episode 17 : “Japan vs Sweden” (10-minute episodes)


You just got into bed after a long day, and you're exhausted. You plan to spend a few minutes on your phone — maybe scrolling Instagram or TikTok — and then sleep.

But when you try to sleep, it's not as easy as you thought it would be. You were so tired — what happened?

According to a new study, your phone may be the problem.

The study, done by researchers at New Zealand's University of Otago, involved 85 kids aged 11 to 14. They each spent a week wearing a body camera on their chest starting from three hours before they got into bed.

A second camera was also placed in their bedrooms to monitor their phone use once they were in bed. They also wore a device that tracked their sleep.

The researchers found that 99% of the participants used their phones in the two hours before bed. More than half used their phones while they were in bed, and about a third used their phones after trying to go to sleep.

The results showed that screen time in bed affected participants' sleep — it stopped them from going to sleep for about half an hour, and also reduced the amount of sleep they got.

The impact was larger when participants had a more interactive experience — such as playing a game — or if they used more than one screen. For every additional 10 minutes of this type of screen time, sleep time was reduced by the same amount.

Interestingly, phone use in the two hours before bed had little impact on sleep.

According to lead researcher Bradley Brosnan, the results suggest that, while current guidelines recommend no screen time in the hour or two before bed, keeping phones out of the bedroom might be enough for a better night's sleep.