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Share your favorite Podcasts or anything you've learned from Podcasts here. italki Teachers can create their own podcasts here. Listening to Podcasts is a great way to improve your listening skill.
One Minute Freestyle Speaking Challenge: Work-Life Balance The goal of my 1 minute podcasts is to have you communicate in a freestyle manner - without criticizing or over analyzing your performance. Additional goal - building up more confidence and improve your story telling skills. Listen to the recording and inspire yourself to speak today! Some idioms to use in today's story: 1. Burning the candle at both ends Refers to working excessively hard, both early and late, leading to exhaustion. 2. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy Suggests that without time off from work, a person becomes both bored and boring. 3. Keeping your nose to the grindstone Indicates staying focused and working hard, but can imply neglecting other important aspects of life. 4. Work hard, play hard Encourages balancing intense work with equally intense leisure activities. 5. Finding the sweet spot Refers to achieving the perfect balance between work and personal life. Include some of them in your short story and pat yourself on the back for achieving another goal! To your success Anatoly
One Minute Freestyle Speaking Challenge: Work-Life Balance
2024年12月7日 12:17
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One Minute Speaking Challenge: Praise Did y ou know that self-prase is linked to higher confidence? Lets go step by step. How do you define praise in your terms? How often 'does' it happen in your life? Are you a praise giver or a praise receiver? Listen to the recording and learn how you build your confidence even more! Let me know how I can help you gain more confidence in your life! To your success, Anatoly Here are some useful idioms to praise people: 1. Sing someone’s praises: To praise someone highly. 2. To be head and shoulders above: To be significantly better than others; deserving of high praise. 3. Beyond reproach: So good that it cannot be criticized. 4. A cut above the rest: Significantly better than others. 5. The cat’s pajamas: (Similar to “the bee’s knees”) Informal and highly complimentary. I hope it helps :)
One Minute Speaking Challenge: Praise4Confidence building.
2024年12月6日 10:33
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In Zen, the act of sitting down and doing nothing isn’t about idleness. It’s about allowing the mind to rest and reset. When you stop forcing progress, you invite understanding to emerge naturally. This stillness isn’t passive—it’s active receptivity. In language learning, this means stepping back from constant effort to allow the language to settle into your subconscious. Play a podcast in your target language without trying to grasp every word. Let the rhythm of the language flow through you. Over time, your brain will pick up patterns and nuances effortlessly. Research supports this approach: studies on the brain’s default mode network (DMN) show that periods of quiet reflection are crucial for consolidating memories and integrating information. In short, doing nothing allows your brain to do its most creative and productive work.
Tip 56 - How the Zen principle of Sitting Down, Doing Nothing can help you
What is the primary cognitive benefit of integrating Zen principles, such as non-duality, with language learning?
Multitasks for broader skills.
Promotes memorization mechanically.
Reduces intuition, favors structure.
Enhances focus, removes divide.
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2024年12月4日 22:20
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One Minute Speaking Challenge: Conflict at work The goal for these challenges is to inspire you to express your opinions and have you think in English more. How do you define a conflict? Why might it arise? What 'position' do you want to take in a conflict? Are you the blamer or are seeking for a win-win scenario? Some useful idioms that you can incorporate in your story are: 1. Backlog: A large accumulation of uncompleted work. 2. Get the ball rolling: To start a project or task. 3. Bend over backward: To make a significant effort to help someone. I hope today's topic will inspire you to express yourself more leaving no space for not practicing :) Share it with friends and let me know how I can help you. To your success Anatoly
One Minute Speaking Challenge: Conflict at work
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