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.


💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 56 - How the Zen principle of Sitting Down, Doing Nothing can help you 

😊🌈💚admirar lo bonito en otras personas nos inspira a ser mejores personas

Spanish to improve your life

Cualidades que admiramos en otros 💚

Escucha este breve audio y diferencia las palabras con los fonemas de ش  y ج, fáciles de confundir en árabe. 

Aprende árabe con Radia 

Diferencias entre  ج  y ش

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 “Japanese New Year” 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 16 : “Japanese New Year”  (13-minute episodes)

CHISTES MEXICANOS

KETCHUP

 In episode two, the focus is on acing the IELTS Speaking test with effective techniques and practice. The host, Pearl, maintains an enthusiastic and encouraging tone throughout the episode, offering practical advice and relatable examples to help listeners improve their speaking skills in real-life scenarios. The episode emphasizes the importance of structuring responses, using linking words, expressing opinions, and practicing consistently to excel in the IELTS Speaking test.

Language Power-Up: Business English & IELTS Mastery

 Excel in the IELTS Speaking Test - Effective Techniques and Practice

👉A short reading for SERBIAN BEGINERS (A1 level)! Let’s see some basic facts about Petar (eng. Peter).😉
Срећно учење! / Srećno učenje! 📚
See you in class!👋

SERBIAN TO GO

Где Петар живи и куда путује? – Gde Petar živi i kuda putuje? – Where does Petar live, and where does he travel? (A1 level)

This May, I want to plant a seed in your brain. I will water this seed during the month of May. This seed is - TO WRITE - in English.

The thought I want to water, nourish and feed - for you, this month - is the idea that this month, this MAY - you START TO THINK about writing in ENGLISH. 

May this May be the month that you begin to write! That is my wish for you. 

Until next time! 

Hear and There

7. May we write in English this May

In this episode we are going to learn how to 【Introduce families 】. 
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
1st time: listen and catch the words you know alreay, have a guess about the content.
2nd time: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
3rd time: listen one more time, repeat after it.
4th time: practise until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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我家有五口人。
wǒ jiā yǒu wǔ kǒu rén 。
There are five people in my family.
爸爸、妈妈、哥哥、姐姐和我。
bà ba 、 mā ma 、 gē ge 、 jiě jie hé wǒ 。
Father, mother, elder brother, elder sister and I.
我爸爸今年60岁了，他以前是一名医生，在医院上班。
wǒ bà ba jīn nián liùshí suì le ， tā yǐ qián shì yì míng yī shēng ， zài yī yuàn shàng bān 。
My father is 60 years old. He used to be a doctor. He worked in a hospital.
我妈妈今年57岁了，她以前在银行上班。
wǒ mā ma jīn nián wǔshíqī suì le ， tā yǐ qián zài yín háng shàng bān 。
My mother is 57 years old and she used to work in a bank.
我哥哥在工厂上班，他是一名工人。
wǒ gē ge zài gōng chǎng shàng bān ， tā shì yì míng gōng rén 。
My brother works in a factory. He is a worker.
我姐姐不上班，她在家照顾女儿。
wǒ jiě jie bú shàng bān ， tā zài jiā zhào gù nǚ ér 。
My sister doesn't work. She stays at home to look after her daughter.
我是一名老师，我在网上教中文。
wǒ shì yì míng lǎo shī ， wǒ zài wǎng shàng jiāo zhōng wén 。
I am a teacher and I teach Chinese online.