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I interviewed a Professional Teacher from iTalki about Job Interview strategies. Check him out!

Jonathan Kimball 
https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/8373369

The Global Professional Podcast

Interview with Jonathan from iTalki - Episode 72

Episode 107 explores how to harness the Metal Element (Jīn, 金) from Chinese philosophy to bring precision, beauty, and clarity to your language learning. Discover how to refine your writing, appreciate elegant prose, and crucially, let go of perfectionism and past mistakes. This episode also reveals how this discerning approach helps heal your Lungs (Fèi, 肺) and Large Intestine (Dà Cháng, 大肠), relieving grief and promoting mental clarity by releasing what no longer serves you.

Tired of being a language hoarder? 🗃️ What if the key to fluency isn't adding MORE, but refining what you have—and letting the rest GO?

In Episode 107 of 111 Tips for Learning a Language, we unlock the power of the Metal Element (Jīn, 金)! Discover how to:

⚱️ Refine your writing from "rough draft" to "elegant prose"
💎 Appreciate the true beauty of your target language
🗑️ Let go of perfectionism, mistakes, and outdated resources
🧘 Breathe new clarity into your practice and heal from the inside out

Stop accumulating. Start refining.

💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 107 - How The Metal Element can help you learn a language

Staying safe online is important. But a lot of us are making mistakes with the passwords we use for our different accounts.

Password manager company Bitwarden found that a quarter of people use the same password for at least 11 sites or apps. And more than one-third of us use personal information in our passwords.

Personal information isn't a good idea to use, because it's quite easy for others to find it out.

But here's something else that isn't a good idea: using the name of your favorite celebrity, band, singer or superhero!

A company called Mailsuite has been looking at the most dangerous pop culture passwords you can use online.

Mailsuite made a list of more than 2,600 pop culture terms and almost 64,000 different ways of writing them.

It then looked at something called the Pwned Passwords database, which gives information about hundreds of millions of passwords that have been exposed in online data breaches.

The pop culture password that came up most was "Superman." It appeared in almost 585,000 data breaches.

In second place was the US band Blink-182. Used as a password, it appeared in more than 482,000 data breaches.

"Batman," "Star Wars" and "Eminem" were also in the top five.

Bitwarden says you should choose a long password that includes letters, numbers and symbols.

You should also have a different password for each app you use. Sites like Bitwarden also let you check how strong a password is before you choose it.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Worst Online Passwords Revealed


第15课  新年就要到了

一、听力  第一部分
1. 明天我要去火车站买票。
2. 新年快要到了，我想和朋友一起去旅游。 
3. 她在公共汽车上呢，我们等她一会儿吧。
4. 今天天气不太好，有点儿阴。
5. 王方是我妹妹，她的歌唱得非常好。

第二部分
6. 女：你好！我的车出问题了，你们能来帮我看一下吗？
男：好的，请告诉我您在哪儿。
7. 男：都六点了，你怎么还不回家？
女：我在想晚饭吃什么呢。
8. 男：这是你妹妹让我买的火车票，你能帮我给她吗？
女：没问题，我一会儿就给她。
9. 女：快要下课了，还有哪位同学有问题？
男：老师，我想问一个问题。
10. 男：你的狗怎么不吃东西了？
女：它这几天病了。

第三部分
11. 男：新年快要到了，你准备做什么？
   女：我听说北京很不错，我想和妈妈一起去北京旅游。
   问：女的去过北京吗？
12. 男：你不是想回家过新年吗？买票了没有？
女：还没有呢，明天我就去火车站买。
   问：女的想买什么票？
13. 女：都等了半个小时了，公共汽车怎么还没来？
男：上班时间路上车多，再等一会儿吧，就快来了。
   问：公共汽车来了没有？
14. 男：快要下雪了，我觉得比昨天更冷了。
女：没关系，我穿的衣服比昨天多。
问：今天天气怎么样？
15. 女：儿子，多吃菜啊。
   男： 好，您做的菜比饭店的还好吃。
问：他们最可能在哪儿说话？

hsk2    第15课  新年就要到了

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Charlé con Luisa, una profe bogotana, sobre la cultura medioambiental que impera, (¡o no!), en Colombia y México.

Checa el canal de Luisa para escuchar otro episodio:
https://www.italki.com/teacher/5229881

Hablando Al Chile

Cultura Medioambiental 🎧🍃

En este nuevo episodio vamos a escuchar a Enrique, un minero del municipio de Muzo, Boyacá, quien nos cuenta sobre su vida y su trabajo con las piedras preciosas más deseadas en Colombia, las esmeraldas. 
Remember this episode is a dictation activity, listen to it as many times as you need and write what you understand; when finished check the document with the transcription, you will find it in the following link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F6-7SdhK0PzuD3gRG1XmhRf7FT3eeRXwgVI6SccX-xw/edit?usp=sharing

Real Spanish Podcast

Dictado: La vida de un minero

In this episode of English Learners Boost, discover how to avoid irreversible mistakes in both English learning and life. Learn from real experiences, practical examples, and an inspiring story about turning failure into growth. Hosted by a licensed professional science teacher and English tutor, this episode reminds you that mistakes don’t define you — your response does.
✨ Tune in for motivation, reflection, and a special invitation to book an English lesson on iTalki to experience a transformative way of learning English.

English Learner's Boost

Avoid Irreversible Mistakes 

在这集播客里，你会学习到以下词的意思和用法：
馋
熊孩子
跟屁虫
无厘头
凶
一起来看看吧！