Folktale Fridays will be an exploration of folktales. Aimed at students of all levels to follow along as I read, transporting us to distant lands, learning English vocabulary along the way. 

Folktale Friday

Если ты часто слышишь такие слова, когда говоришь по русски, то ты обязательно должен прослушать этот подкаст. 
If you often hear such words when you speak Russian, then you should definitely listen to this podcast.

Russian-Rushka

Не понимаю... (I do not understand...)

Explicamos dos frases en relación con la palabra cara (face), sus usos y efectos.

Che, ¿qué significa en español?

Dar la cara vs echar en cara.

I am talking about my favorite Nepali food. Which is Momo & Dal Bhat.

Let's talk Nepali 

My Favourite Nepali Food | मलाई मन पर्ने नेपाली खाना

Bedside Italian

Bedside Italian #45 - Sono ancora vivo!

Jaksaa, jaksaa vai jaksaako? Tässä viidennessä jaksossa pureudun henkilökohtaisempaan aiheeseen miettiessäni jaksamista uuden kielen opiskelutaipaleella. Kieltä opiskeltaessa on hyvä pitää taukoja ja antaa aivojen levätä. Miten itse jaksoin opiskella venäjää ja miten kieliopintoni Venäjällä meni? Kerron myös omista toimittajakokemuksistani ulkosuomalaisessa sanomalehdessä ja miltä tuntui työskennellä venäjänkielisessä ympäristössä.

Suomea for you

5. jakso: Jaksaminen

Unlike her grandmother's generation, Chloe's age group is spending so much time on their phones at home that they are missing out on spending time with their friends in real life. Sheila, on the other hand, has made contact with old friends from school she hasn't heard from in forty years. 'We use Facebook to arrange to meet all over the country,' she says. 'It's changed my social life completely.'

Teenagers might have their parents to thank for their smartphone and social media addiction as their parents were the early adopters of the smartphone. Peter, 38 and father of two teenagers, reports that he used to be on his phone or laptop constantly. 'I was always connected and I felt like I was always working,' he says. 'How could I tell my kids to get off their phones if I was always in front of a screen myself?' So, in the evenings and at weekends, he takes his SIM card out of his smartphone and puts it into an old-style mobile phone that can only make calls and send text messages. 'I'm not completely cut off from the world in case of emergencies, but the important thing is I'm setting a better example to my kids and spending more quality time with them.'

Is it only a matter of time until the generation above and below Peter catches up with the new trend for a less digital life?

The Habits of Highly Effective English Communicators

Digital habits across generations P2

In Chinese there’s a word called 衣食住行 (yi1 shi2 zhu4 xing2), representing the 4 essential aspects in our life: clothing, food, place to live and going out. In today’s episode we are tackling the last aspect ‘行’. What are the most popular transportations in China? What transportation we DO NOT have in China? And many more! 

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

Transportation Information! Best Way to Get Around in China?

In today's podcast for ESL Learners:

1. Making Light of..... a useful phrase to make a situation better
2. Cats to get microchipped - but only in England
3. Courteney Cox claims Matthew Perry visits her from the dead. 


Full transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S5_73AKbPjlSZOwPLVjlF_556pnXMd3chHXcTZckIEw/edit?usp=sharing

