The area you live in is one of the compulsory part 1 topics. Lets have a listen to some example questions and answers for this part 1 speaking topic.

IELTS 85 Speaking

How to describe the area you live in

Knowing Everything About Chinese Cultrue

7 qin,  chess, calligraphy,  and painting

I’ll introduce Japanese culture in easy Japanese.
Today’s Theme is “日本酒の歴史《The History of SAKE》”.
This episode is JLPT-N3 level.

I created a quiz on this episode.
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☆Words☆
代表的（だいひょうてき）な：typical
～に夢中（むちゅう）になる：into ～
「君（きみ）の名（な）は。」：”Your Name.”
※Your Name. is a Japanese film written and directed by Makoto Shinkai.
巫女（みこ）：shrine maiden
天皇（てんのう）：Emperor of Japan
免許（めんきょ）：license

☆Script for this episode
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☆Quiz for this episode


Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#33 Japanese culture / 日本酒の歴史《The History of SAKE》 // N3 Level /Japanese listening

Добрый день, уважаемый студент!
Сегодня мы вновь рассмотрим глаголы, а именно "идти" и "ехать". Очень часто иностранцы, изучающие русский язык путают эти 2 глагола, считая их одинаковыми по смыслу, но в этом подкасте вы увидите разницу между этими двумя глаголами с похожим смыслом.



! Russian Cocktail 4 you !

Разница между глаголами "идти" и "ехать"

Hoy aprenderemos cuándo usar "tú" y "usted" en español. 

Español en Acción

Temporada 1 Episodio 20 Diferencias entre Tú y Usted - Aprender Cuándo Usar el Formal e Informal

How to develop 'selling stories' in a job interview?

Developing compelling stories to sell yourself in a job interview involves showcasing your skills, experiences, and achievements in a way that captivates the interviewer's attention. Here's a step-by-step guide to help you develop these stories effectively:

There will be 4 areas that we'll dive into today:

1. Identify relevant experiences
2. Choose impactful examples
3. Structure your stories using the STAR method

- The STAR Method explanation:
Situation: Describe the context and provide background information about the situation you encountered.
Task: Explain the specific task or challenge you faced within that situation.
Action: Detail the actions you took to address the challenge or task. Be specific about what you did, how you did it, and why you chose that approach.
Result: Share the outcome of your actions, emphasizing the positive impact you made. Use quantifiable results whenever possible to demonstrate the value you added.

4. Focus on the problem-solving aspect

Remember, the goal is to demonstrate your skills, experiences, and achievements in a compelling and memorable way. Developing and refining your storytelling abilities will help you effectively sell yourself during a job interview. Good luck!

Please let me know how I can prepare you personally to help you succeed in your next job interview.

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How to develop 'selling stories' in a job interview?

I've used a voice-to-text transcription for you (it may not be grammatically correct). I hope you enjoy reading and listening, enjoy :)

Hi, I'm Anatoly here and today I'd like to talk about vague language in an interview. 

So what is vague language? 

When you're trying to communicate something to an interviewer and you use vague terms like I'd like to help the company achieve its goals, I like this industry overall. Or this position is very exciting. 

Can you hear that there's no specificity when it comes to showing exactly that you've thought about an issue, showing the recruiter that you've gone through their website, you've looked at their products, you've considered their mission and vision and maybe you've seen their market share or the size of the company or if you've dug a little deeper. 

Maybe you've seen some reviews from people who work there, like on Glassdoor, right? 

Because you want to come into an interview from the perspective of being an employee. What does that mean? It's knowing enough so that when they're communicating with you, they feel like you're one of them.

And when they feel that you are one of them, what happens? They start to, well, it starts to diminish the doubt in them or they start to have less and less doubt about you because they are like, well, he or she is one of us. They communicate as if they know exactly who we are or they use the vocabulary that we use or they are aligned with our mission.

Enjoy the rest of the podcast and let me know how valuable it is to you.

And if you want 1-1 support, check my availability and book the coaching call now.

To your success!

How To Destroy Your Chances of Being Hired In A Job Interview With Vague Language?

Life's too short to read the small print, right? The small print, sometimes called the "fine print" is the name for the terms and conditions you find on websites, contracts and other documents.

The size of the text is often a little smaller and there can be quite a lot of it. For these reasons, some of us don't read it all — even though we know it can be very important.

A company from the UK decided to test how many people really do read the small print.

The company, called Tax Policy Associates, hid a little surprise in the privacy policy on its website, offering to send a nice bottle of wine to anyone who read it.

It was the idea of company founder Dan Neidle. He wrote in the policy: "We will send a bottle of good wine to the first person to read this."

The policy was posted online in February, but the company was only contacted about the wine in May!

He told the BBC that it was a "childish protest" because "all businesses have to have a privacy policy" even though no one reads them.

Neidle added: "Every tiny coffee shop has to have a privacy policy on their website, it's crazy."

He said that the person who found the sentence about the wine had been writing their own privacy policy, and they were looking for examples.

That lucky person was sent a bottle of French red wine and the sentence offering the free wine has now been taken out of the policy!

