Une lueur d'espoir dans cette actualité sombre.

Douce France

Demain est un autre jour

Greetings everyone! You'll hear a brief intro on what this podcast is about and what kind of learners would benefit the most from it. I'll be making new episodes regularly so any ideas and opinions are welcome!

I Speak Mandarin Now

Introduction

Beginner Chinese Listening

Beginner Chinese Listening：元宵节  Lantern Festival

Have you ever been in a conversation with someone, or maybe they were just listening while you spoke to someone else, and you accidentally said something inappropriate? How do you back out of that situation? Interesting question.

English with Uncle Billy

English with Uncle Billy having a Discussion. Oops.

Analysing Lyrics of Hindi Movie "Majboor" - Dekh Sakta Hoon

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Dekha fulon ko kaanton pe sote hue
Dekha tufaan ko kashti dubote hue
Dekh sakata hun main kuchh bhi hote hue 
Nahin main nahin dekh sakata tujhe rote hue

Hindi with Vivek

Episode 1. Dekh Sakta Hoon [Understanding MAY in Hindi]

"Надо" and "нужно", is there a difference? Let's debunk another myth.

All about Russian language 🌟

Надо vs. Нужно

みなさんには子供の頃から大事にしている、お気に入りのぬいぐるみはありますか？
私はおととしのクリスマスプレゼントにゴリラのぬいぐるみをもらいました。
このぬいぐるみはドイツの有名なメーカー、シュタイフ（Stiff）のものです。
シュタイフは世界で初めてぬいぐるみを作った会社と言われていて、すべてのぬいぐるみが手作りです。
特にテディベアは世界中で人気があります。
私のぬいぐるみの好きなところはぷっくりした丸みのあるおなかとくりくりした目です。
とてもかわいくて、見るたびにいやされます。

ぬいぐるみ：stuffed toy
〜を大事（だいじ）にしている：take good care of 〜,  treasure it〜
有名な：ゆうめいな famous
世界で：せかいで in the world
手作り：てづくり handmade
丸（まる）みのあるおなか：curvy belly 
見るたびに：every time I see
いやされる：it soothes me  

Nihongo Short Story by Noriko

お気に入りのぬいぐるみ

In this podcast you will know what Buñuelo is and how it is prepared.

1/2 cucharadita de sal
2 cucharadas de mantequilla blanda sin sal
2 huevos batidos
aceites suficiente para freír
1/4 taza de leche tibia
1/4 taza de azúcar
1 taza de fécula de maíz
2 tazas de queso costeño
1 taza de almidón de yuca
1/2 cucharadita de bicarbonato

Remember that I teach Spanish on italki, you can book a class for more information you can look at it on my profile :)

Colombia

¿Que es El buñuelo y como se prepara?

They say you can't have too much of a good thing — but according to a new study, maybe you can!

Researchers from the University of Toronto in Canada found that people are feeling more bored than in the past, even though there are endless types of entertainment available.

Could this endless entertainment actually be causing increased feelings of boredom?

Possibly, the researchers say.

In their study, published in Communications Psychology, Katy Tam and Michael Inzlicht looked at data from 2009 to 2020. They also looked at the relationship between digital media and reported feelings of boredom.

They found that people are reporting higher levels of boredom than ever before, with young people and college students feeling bored more often.

Many people reported feelings of boredom after engaging with digital media, leading Tam and Inzlicht to believe this type of entertainment is increasing feelings of boredom.

Digital media, they explain, is highly stimulating, which could cause people to be less interested in activities with lower stimulation, like reading a book.

And with technology offering so many distractions, people find it more difficult to focus on a single activity and take enjoyment from it, the researchers added.

For example, looking at your phone while watching television makes it difficult to focus on what you're watching on TV, which makes it more difficult to enjoy the show.

There's also so much information available online that people often engage with quick, unrelated pieces of media, instead of longer, more meaningful information, which can leave people feeling unsatisfied and bored.

Earlier research by Tam and Inzlicht supports this idea, after it showed that switching between short videos resulted in increased feelings of boredom.

The researchers said we may need to become more comfortable with feeling bored — since not everything in life is meant to be constantly interesting!