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Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

In this episode, I talk about why elaborating real authentic language examples is ALWAYS better than simplification.

The Grammarian Podcast

A beginners guide to acquiring a foreign language - Part 3 "The importance of elaboration over simplification of language teaching materials"

안녕하세요. Hello~
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class.
선생님 읽어요.  I read it.
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog. 
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/222900466976
https://youtu.be/KiNqQ18mpQ8

The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -what are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening, 
After reading many sentences in Korean conversations sentences, 
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording. 
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording. 
And Listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely. 

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.) 
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 2. (Beginner 2) 
Please listen carefully.

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Korean Conversation 2 - Lesson 9. Part 1 -을 때/-ㄹ 때,  Part 2 -을게요/-ㄹ 게요  (Beginner 2)

There are many reasons why you should speak about money in the workplace such as salary negotiations, sales and purchasing, accounting, budgeting and resources... the list goes on.

However, whatever the reason there are always some drawbacks to discussing money:

You are talking about your money. The person you are engaging with will be focused on their money. You might need to check the basic assumptions to check that you and your opponent are talking about the same thing as often this is not the case. You need to express different perspectives and points of view on values, inputs and outputs, and ownership, etc., which can be difficult, and sometimes delicate, to do.

SHIFT THE FOCUS FROM PRICE TO VALUE

Talk in a way that places focus on the benefits you can offer your counterpart and not what claims you want to make for yourself personally. What savings can you give, what profits can you enhance? This is also particularly relevant when you are in an interview, as you can show what an economical advantage it would be for you to be hired rather than the next person, as businesses are always interested in those that can help boost business!

BizPod - The Business English Podcast

BizPod Episode 10 - Money, Money, Money!

Today we talk about meeting new people, introducing oneself and asking about directions to places to eat.

Everyday English with David

the modal verb “会”，and its negative form "不会“， how to say in Chinese

HSK vocabulary

the modal verb “会”，and its negative form "不会“

はい、こんにちは洋平先生です。
えー、今日は”どんどん”と”だんだん” のちがいのお話をしますね。じゃあ、早速（さっそく）例文を言います。 
・雨がどんどんに入ってくる。
・雨がだんだん家に入ってくる。
 
えー、知ってる人も多いと思いますが、”どんどん”と ”だんだん”、 どちらが早いですか。 どちらが強いですか。”どんどん”ですね、はい、 例えば、例文を作りますね。
『習った日本語は使わないと、どんどん忘れるでしょう。1ヶ月使わなかっただけで、かなりレベルは落ちます』
 
どんどん忘れます、早いですね。 とても早いスピードで忘れますという文ですね。えー、じゃあ、次は”だんだん” 
 
『自分の国の言葉でさえ使わないとだんだん忘れるでしょう』
”だんだん”、「少しずつ」という感じですね。はい、この2つの副詞（ふくし） adverbですね。えー、福詞に対（たい）してよく使われる動詞が
・～くなります
・～になります
・～～て来る
・～～ていく
・～～出す
・～～始める
・忘れる
 
などがよく使われます。 でえ、もう1度お伝えしますが、”どんどん” の方が強いです。えー、そのほかに細（こま）かいちがいもありますが、1番のちがいは今お話ししたことです。で、今日はもう1つ、あまり中級（ちゅうきゅう）の教科書に書いてないんですが、日本人がよく使うことを教えますね。 
えーオファー(offer)や提案（ていあん）は”どんどん” で言うことができますが、 “だんだん”　は言うことができません。えー、例えば、
『たくさん仕事があるな。どんどんやろう！』
 
これはがんばって 早く、次々（つぎつぎ）にやろうという意味ですね。で、これを
✕たくさん仕事があるな、 だんだんやろう。
 
ということはできません。はい、「だんだんやろう」は言うことはできません。
えー、代わりに『少しずつやろう』や、『ゆっくりやろう』などと言うことができますね。 
はい、他にも
『わからないことがあったら、どんどん質問してください』
 
うん、たくさん質問してください、ということですね。で、
✕わからないことがあったら、だんだん質問してください。
 
これは言うことができません
『冷める前にどんどん食べましょう。温かいスープ、冷める前にどんどん食べましょう』
 
えー、これはオッケーですが、
✕冷める前にだんだん食べましょう。
 
これは言うことができません。はい、 わかりましたか。はい、じゃあ今日も聞いてくれてありがとうございますみんな日本語の勉強がんばってくださいね。バイバイ👋


洋平先生　N3～N2クラスの生徒へ　(^^♪

#19 【　どんどん or だんだん　】やろう！

The price of bitcoin hit more than $100,000 for the first time as the value of the cryptocurrency continues to soar following the election of Donald Trump.

This came just hours after the President-elect indicated he'd take a lighter regulatory approach to the crypto industry during his presidency.

It climbed from $69,374 on the day of Trump's election on November 5 and rose as high as $103,713 on December 4, according to CoinDesk.

Just two years ago, bitcoin dropped below $17,000 following the collapse of crypto exchange FTX.

However, experts aren't sure how long the value of bitcoin will remain high as cryptocurrency is highly volatile.

Some are hopeful of future gains, but others continue to warn of investment risks.

Trump, who was once a crypto skeptic, has said he wants to make the US "the crypto capital of the planet." His campaign accepted donations in cryptocurrency and he has also launched World Liberty Financial, a new project with family members to trade cryptocurrencies.

Many in the crypto industry have welcomed Trump's victory, hoping that he'll be able to push through changes that they've long lobbied for — which, generally speaking, aim for an increased sense of legitimacy without too much red tape.

Trump has already made a move in that direction, saying he intends to nominate cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Under current chair Gary Gensler, the SEC has cracked down on the crypto industry, penalizing a number of companies for breaking securities laws.

But what is cryptocurrency, really?

In basic terms, cryptocurrency is digital money. It is designed to work through an online network without a central authority — meaning it's typically not backed by any government or banking institution — and transactions get recorded with technology called a blockchain.



Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Price of Bitcoin Soars, Boosted by Election of Trump

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wej7SznWrtfXxteVIsHWxJWuWJJF-NRq/view?usp=drivesdk