Estrés, ¿entrenador personal que nos prepara para lo impredecible o enemigo cercano al cual todos estamos a merced? ¿Cómo se relacionan el estrés y el aprendizaje de un idioma, en concreto el español? Conozcamos más de esto, acompáñame.

Español con todo 

¿CÓMO INFLUYE EL ESTRÉS EN EL APRENDIZAJE?

Un premier épisode pour vous faire découvrir un produit emblématique du sud de la France : le savon de Marseile. 

Simple comme bonjour

Le savon de Marseille

14 Listening tips for your IELTS exam

    Attempt all questions – there are no penalties for incorrect answers.
    Watch out for plurals in answers. If the question requires a plural answer, a singular answer is incorrect.
    Answers appear in the order they are heard in the audio. They come quickly or with large gaps between them.
    Prepare to hear a potential answer that is not the actual answer. This is common when two people are making plans. They first agree on meeting at a certain time, but then one remembers that they cannot so they decide on a new time.
    Take care when you transfer your answers and pay attention to the word limit for your answers on your answer sheet!
    Multiple-choice answers will ask for a letter (a, b, c, d). Write the letter and not the corresponding answer.
    When asked to complete a sentence using no more than two words, and the correct answer is “leather coat,” then “a coat made of leather” is incorrect. Same goes for numbers.
    Hyphenated words (like “part-time”) are considered as one word.

    Focus on what the speaker is saying not how they say it.
    Don’t take notes in complete sentences – jot down the key points and abbreviate. You only need to write down enough to help your memory later.
    Get the habit of distinguishing between essential and non-essential information. If two people are talking about making plans for a dinner date, the important information is the date/time they finally agree upon. Other dates/times they considered become irrelevant.
    Try to guess what the speaker is going to say. Speakers, will often drop clue words or outline what they will to talk about beforehand. This gives you the ability to start your own outline to then fill in.
    Listen to the audio while reading the audio script. This will help you get a sense of how questions are spaced out, as well as learning some useful common expressions that are frequently used in listening tests.

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14 Listening tips for your IELTS exam

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
6月14日火曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/16℃ 

当麻町/とうまちょう
・高級すいか「でんすけすいか」の初競りがあった
・「でんすけすいか」は、真っ黒な見た目
・高いもので、1玉60万円の値段がついた

［単語］
高級/こうきゅう…値段が高いこと
すいか…食べ物のひとつ。丸くて大きい、中は赤。
初競り/はつせり…今年はじめて売ること
真っ黒/まっくろ…とても黒い
見た目/みため…目で見て、知ることができるもの
玉/たま…すいかのように、丸くて大きいものを数える時に使う。
60万円…600,000円

レッスン待ってます♪


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#79〉6月14日火曜日　すいか1玉60万円！

How to speak to a police officer in the US.
Some explanations are in 中文.
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Streetwise English

SWE #6 How to talk to the police when you get a speeding ticket!

I had a fascinating dream with three parts to it, all of which involved a stage. 

Vocabulary:
wakefulness- the state of being awake
stabilize- to make something stable
unravel- to come apart

Learn English with Stories

I had a Dream about a Stage

In dieser Episode von Business-Deutsch leicht gemacht dreht sich alles um Small Talk am Telefon. Ich erkläre, warum Small Talk im beruflichen Umfeld wichtig ist, besonders bei Telefongesprächen, wo Körpersprache fehlt. Du erfährst, welche Themen sich gut für Small Talk eignen – wie Wetter, Reisen oder berufliche Neuigkeiten – und bekommst praktische Tipps, um das Gespräch locker und professionell zu gestalten. Außerdem stelle ich dir typische Redewendungen vor, mit denen du deine Telefonate freundlich und souverän einleiten kannst.

Business-Deutsch leicht gemacht

Small Talk am Telefon - Wie du im Business-Deutsch punktest!

Hoy en día, es difícil pensar en el Día de Muertos sin que nos venga a la mente la imagen de las calaveras. Este motivo se ha convertido en un elemento esencial de esta celebración y, si bien el culto a la muerte en México existe desde la época prehispánica, su popularidad puede ser atribuida a una persona: el grabador y caricaturista José Guadalupe Posada.

Posada es conocido por ser el hombre detrás de La Catrina; sin embargo, sus contribuciones al arte popular mexicano van mucho más allá de esta ilustración, sirviendo como inspiración a grandes artistas del siglo XX como Diego Rivera y José Clemente Orozco. A través de sus caricaturas y grabados humorísticos, las calacas de Posada sirvieron como un instrumento de crítica social y política, ayudando a establecer la imagen de la calavera en el imaginario colectivo mexicano.



Spanish México

José Guadalupe Posada

"Less is more," they say. And a new social media trend is supporting this idea by encouraging people to stop buying new things, and use what they already have.

"Underconsumption core" content shows people using items and wearing clothes they've had for a long time, instead of buying new things often promoted by influencers.

In the last decade or so, social media has become the home of influencer marketing, where popular content creators use their platforms to promote products to their followers.

This might be anything from showing clothes they've recently bought to opening — or "unboxing" — new products and reviewing them.

According to Statista, 28% of TikTok users bought products influenced by celebrity content in 2022. But some people are growing tired of being told what to buy.

Diana Wiebe, a TikTok creator and self-named "de-influencer," went viral in 2023 when she posted a video of herself reacting to an influencer shopping at Target, an American discount retail chain.

In the video, Wiebe can be seen calling almost every item she sees "garbage," adding, "You don't need that." Many TikTok users supported her message in the comments.

Talking to Atlanta-based Scripps News, Wiebe explained that the new trend is "a direct rejection of overconsumption."

Another TikTok creator, Sabrina Pare, is sharing the same message to her 250,000 followers through videos showing her using items she's had for years, as well as reusing old materials and wearing secondhand clothes.

The content shows followers how underconsumption saves money and is better for the environment.

A 2017 report estimated that 83 million metric tons of shoes and clothing was thrown away in 2015, and that could increase to 134 million metric tons by 2030.

While Wiebe told Scripps News that companies making new products may have the biggest impact on the environment, she added, "If we consume less, they're not going to produce as much, and hopefully there will be less waste as well."