Get familiar with the most important Brazilian greetings and polite expressions. These are little words and phrases that will help you in daily conversations and make you sound more natural when speaking.

Target audience: English-speaking beginners
Length: ~7 minutes

Music used in the podcast
Song: Brazilian Sunsets, by Ketsa
Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/
Free to use with attribution

Braziliant

🎙️ Episode 2: Essential Greetings and Expressions in Brazilian Portuguese

        如果问学中文普通话的朋友：哪一部分最难？相信很多人都会说：“声调，四个声调。” 我经常对学生说：“说中文普通话就像唱歌一样，其实不难。” 或许有人会说：你这是：“站着说话不腰疼”，我要说的是：如果您把最困难的“四声”问题解决好了，说好普通话其实还是一件挺愉快的事情。

四季人生（The Four Seasons of Life）

4-四声与四味Four sounds and four tastes

Bienvenidos a español en 1 MINUTO

En este episodio les cuento un poco de mi experiencia creando mis propias oportunidades para aprender un nuevo idioma de la forma que me emociona.

Transcripción:
En la actualidad creo mis oportunidades para aprender inglés de la manera que me emociona, así que a través de whatsapp busco grupos de extranjeros en Medellín con el objetivo de conectar con angloparlantes en persona. También, estoy trabajando en  desarrollar una comunidad multicultural en donde el movimiento sea el puente para hacer amigos en inglés y español.  


1 MINUTO en Español

Episodio 2: Creo mis propias oportunidades 

jūn wèn guī qī wèi yǒu qī ，
君问归期未有期，
bā shān yè yǔ zhàng qiū chí 。
巴山夜雨涨秋池。
hé dāng gòng jiǎn xī chuāng zhú ，
何当共剪西窗烛，
què huà bā shān yè yǔ shí 。
却话巴山夜雨时。

最美古诗词Chinese poetry

夜雨寄北

Here's today's news. Please share your thoughts at the end when I ask a question.
You can check the script at the link provided.

今日(きょう)のニュースです。最後(さいご)に質問(しつもん)をしますので、感想(かんそう)を聞(き)かせください。スクリプトはリンクで確認(かくにん)できます。

■富士山に静岡県から登る人 - A person climbing Mount Fuji from Shizuoka Prefecture -
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/k10014507391000/k10014507391000.html

NEWS for beginners - Native Japanese Accent -

富士山に静岡県から登る人 - A person climbing Mount Fuji from Shizuoka Prefecture -

Listening for beginners

الأسرة - 4 - The family

It is always impossible to learn a language without knowing the culture and customs. Today I'm talking about the Soviet alternative to the western genre, the comedy film "White Sun of the Desert".

RUSSIAN BRIDGE PODCAST

Culture Vultures. Советское кино: имена и фильмы III (B1+B2)

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#97〉7月29日金曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/25℃ 

苫前町/とままえちょう
・高校生が日本海沿岸をツーリングした
・220キロ
・学校の魅力を広くPRするため
・ツーリングをSNSなどで発信する予定

［単語］
日本海/にほんかい…日本の西にある海の名前
沿岸/えんがん…海や川に近い場所
ツーリング/つーりんぐ…自転車や車などで長く走ること
キロ/きろ…k。長さを知るためのもの
魅力/みりょく…良いところ
PR/ぴーあーる…みんなに伝える
SNS/えすえぬえす…ツイッターTwitterやインスタInstagramのこと
発信/はっしん…知らせる

〈美和Miwa〉
日本語の先生
Podcast「どこでも.JAPANESE」も放送中！

レッスン待ってます♪


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#97〉7月29日金曜日　高校生がツーリングで学校のPR！

"If you were an ice cream flavor, which one would you be, and why?"

This may be your idea of a nightmare interview question — and yes, employers really use it.

Your answer won't reveal anything about your ability to, say, use Microsoft Excel or drive a forklift truck. But it may tell your potential boss something about your "soft skills."

It's been said that hard skills will get you an interview, but soft skills will get you a job.

Hard skills are things you might learn at university, like how to write computer code or speak French.

Soft skills are the things you might not be able to prove with a qualification, but that will help you succeed in the workplace.

These could include being good at things like problem-solving, time management, and communicating with others or understanding how they feel — even being a good listener.

Employers say soft skills are more important than ever as the world adapts to remote and hybrid working patterns, because being able to communicate clearly and adapt to new situations is even more vital to success.

Some have called soft skills innate. But can we learn them or at least improve them?

"Yes," says jobs website Indeed.

It says the keys are to communicate regularly with the people on your team, be open to feedback, and pay attention to the way others overcome challenges including how they interact with people to do so.

Indeed also says it's important to simply get to work on time. This will help with time management, and also helps you achieve your goals and stand out from your colleagues.

Amanda Vickers, CEO of training company Speak First, told The Guardian that it's also important to try to understand what other people's needs and motives might be. This will help you adapt and work successfully with different people.

So, which ice cream flavor are you?

Well, the flavor isn't important but your answer could demonstrate soft skills such as creativity, quick thinking and even self-awareness.

Just don't choose vanilla.