Learning English has uncomfortable moments, but reasonable natives will accept non-natives! Never give up.  Also, I provide commentary on the TOEFL and IELTS exams. I based some of my ideas on "Tower Of Babble: Nonnative Speakers Navigate The World Of 'Good' And 'Bad' English" on NPR (the news company).  

The Inside Scoop on English

Uncomfortable Comes with Learning

lessen and repeat the sounds of the alphapets and words 

ADEL ALBANNA: A PROFISSIONAL ARABIC TEACHER

Similar sounds in Arabicc Alphapete practice

A New year’s story🎄 written by H. C. Andersen and called “A Little Match Girl”. You can always help people in need, when your heart is moved by this story. 🙏
Срећно учење! / Srećno učenje!📖


SERBIAN TO GO

Девојчица са шибицама (Х. К. Андерсен) – A Little Match Girl (H. C. Andersen) (A New year’s story for B1 and above)

Easy Steps to Chinese Grammar⭐

"个 (gè) " is the most generous measure word! Whenever you can't find an appropriate measure word, you can always turn to "个 (gè) ". 😎


Easy Steps to Chinese Grammar 

15. Measure word "个 (gè) "【A1】

こんにちは、あかりです。今回(こんかい)は引(ひ)っ越(こ)しについてのエピソードです！お知(し)らせもあります。

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", and listen again to the episode while seeing the list.
STEP 3. Check the whole script, it'll fill the gap in your understanding.

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Slow Japanese

Episode #38 - Moving to another country

En este episodio, Jon, un profesor de español de Madrid (España) nos cuenta cómo comenzó su viaje como profesor de español EN LÍNEA. ¡Relájate y escúchanos!

¡Qué Pasa! Podcast en Español

¿Cómo me convertí en PROFESOR ONLINE?

¿Cuál es tu película favorita? Hablemos sobre eso en este nuevo episodio de hablar por hablar 

Hablar por hablar (Listening)

¿Vemos una pelí? (Listening) 

After 15 months, three Israeli hostages have left Hamas captivity as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold on the morning of January 19.

Dozens of Palestinian prisoners also walked free from Israeli jail as the skies above Gaza and Israel were silent for the first time in over a year, stirring modest hopes for ending the Israel-Hamas war.

The ceasefire deal, with an initial phase lasting six weeks, calls for the entry into Gaza of 600 trucks carrying humanitarian relief daily. Over the course of the deal's first stage, 33 Israeli hostages in Hamas captivity in Gaza will also be released in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.

Many Israelis stayed glued to TV screens to glimpse the three hostages — Emily Damari, Romi Gonen and Doron Steinbrecher — being released as militants handed them over to the Red Cross on a packed street in Gaza City.

In videos released by the Israeli government, the women were seen weeping and hugging family members. Damari raised a bandaged hand in triumph.

The military said she lost two fingers in the Hamas-led militant attack on October 7, 2023, that killed over 1,200 people and resulted in the abduction of some 250 others.

Meanwhile, in the occupied West Bank, crowds flooded the streets around 1 a.m. on January 20 as white buses carrying 90 Palestinian detainees — all women or teens — exited the gates of Ofer prison.

Fireworks erupted, and several men climbed atop one of the buses to raise Hamas flags.

All of those being released had been detained for what Israel called offenses related to its security, from throwing stones and promoting violence on social media to more serious accusations such as attempted murder.

Khalida Jarrar, one of the freed detainees, told The Associated Press: "There's this double feeling we're living in, on the one hand, this feeling of freedom, that we thank everyone for, and on the other hand, this pain, of losing so many Palestinian martyrs."


Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Gaza Ceasefire Brings Exchange of Prisoners and Hostages

More about celebrations in the UK and Shadowing, joining the words together. 

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IneEgMi6ecf8zqpuHnLbIhADoJwPjD29/view?usp=drivesdk