How do you speak a language better. I go over some of the things I have noticed about students trying to increase their skills during my 15 years of teaching English.

 Ideas for Learning English

I lived in Russia for 13 years (2007 to 2020) and taught English to make a living. These are some of the experiences I had.

Living in Russia

供養（くよう）する　                   hold a memorial service for a departed soul
お供（そなえ）えする　　　　　place food offerings 
私の夫の実家（じっか）では、お盆にお坊（ぼう）さんに家に来てもらい、お経(きょう）をあげてもらっています。
 Buddhist priest may come to my husband's house to read a sutra. 

Japanese culture ♪

お盆（ぼん）Japanese obon

秋（あき）のスイーツビュッフェに行（い）ってきた

巷（ちまた）で流行（はや）りの生（なま）絞（しぼ）りモンブランも体験（たいけん）し、「いもくりなんきん」以外（いがい）には葡萄（ぶどう）を使（つか）ったスイーツもあって、葡萄が大好（だいす）きな私（わたし）としては大（だい）満足（まんぞく）のラインナップだった。
食（た）べ放題（ほうだい）だからたくさん食べようと思ったが、やはり「いもくりなんきん」。少し食べただけでお腹（なか）が膨（ふく）らみ、思（おも）っていた以上（いじょう）に食べられなかった・・・。もっと食べたかった気持ち（きも）がある一方（いっぽう）、苦（くる）しくて食べられない状況（じょうきょう）に悔（くや）しさがあったが、秋（あき）の味覚（みかく）を堪能（たんのう）できたことは素直（すなお）に嬉（うれ）しい。でももう当分（とうぶん）、「いもくりなんきん」は要（い）らない！

izm's room

秋のスイーツビュッフェに行ってきた２【全２話】

どんなに優秀な人でも、苦手なことはあるじゃん？
乗り物酔いは、本当に辛いね。
ほとんどの場合は飛行機に乗らなきゃ日本に来れないでしょ？


Japanese "Taka" it easy

誰にでも欠点はあるよね。

Hi everyone, this is Jesse, your story writer, and you’re listening to the Being a Cloud podcast. 

More teachers are waking up to the power of stories to teach languages, and on this show, I share the stories I’ve made with my italki students for you to enjoy. 

Are you an ESL student? Do you want to make a story? Book a lesson with me and let’s create one together. 

In this story, an orange named Orangutan gets an unexpected text message from his girlfriend. This is part 1 of 3.  

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Orangutan the Orange

Rain is pouring heavily onto a small town somewhere in Russia. It’s 8:15 in the morning on a cold Monday. 

Inside of a small, community-run gym, there is an angry-looking orange lifting some weights. It’s early, so no other members are in the gym. Not all the lights are turned on. The fourteen-year-old orange is alone lifting some dumbbells. 

8 – 9 – 10 – Rest… 

He takes in huge breathes to recover. He seems very driven to push his body to its limits. 

Again… 1 – 2 – 3… 

After completing his 5th set, the orange walks over to the bench press. He lays down on the bench, grabs the steel bar and lifts the 50kg weights. He’s very strong for such a young piece of fruit. 

Then, his mobile phone makes a sound. The orange completes his set, then grabs his phone from his bag. Two new messages have arrived. He opens the first one and scans the text. 

Hi, Orangutan, my dear, it’s me. I’m sorry to say, but our relationship is over. Please don’t visit me or call me anymore. You’re very strong and handsome, but you’re not polite or considerate. While I do care for you, sometimes I don’t feel safe around you…

The message stops there. It continues in the second message. But Orangutan feels so insulted and hurt by the message. He instantly deletes both of the messages, without reading the second. 

~~~

Wanting more? Then create your own story. Book a class with me on italki. 


Being a Cloud

Orangutan the Orange

Запрошую усіх послухати про квартиру, яка знаходиться у Львові. Уважно слухайте текст, а після тексту на вас чекають запитання до нього. Дайте відповідь на запитання та надішліть мені відповіді, а я їх перевірю та прокоментую. 
Уважно слухайте текст та візьміть листок та ручку. Вам буде легко зрозуміти текст. Намагайся перекладати нові слова, яких ти ще не знаєш. Пиши речення із новими словами , а якщо у тебе є питання - пиши мені.
Бажаю усім приємного прослуховування.

I invite everyone to listen to the apartment located in Lviv. Listen carefully to the text, and after the text you will be asked questions about it. Answer the questions and send me the answers and I will check and comment on them.
Listen carefully to the text and take a piece of paper and a pen. It will be easy for you to understand the text. Try to translate new words that you don't know yet. Write sentences with new words, and if you have any questions, write to me.
I wish everyone a pleasant listening experience.

Українська мова - це легко!

Квартира у Львові

Unaccustomed  == >  you are not familiar with something or not used to something  
1 -  I am unaccustomed to American culture  
2 -  I am unaccustomed to  this environment  

Engsavvy ( 504 Absolutely Essential Words )

Lesson 1 Word 10 ( Unaccustomed ) 

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#159〉2月10日金曜日　天気/くもり　気温/-7℃ 

函館市/はこだてし
函館大学/はこだてだいがく
長栄大学/ちょうえいだいがく
・函館大学の学生と台湾の大学生が交流を深めた
・一緒に台湾料理を作った
・日本語で交流
・台湾の大学生が台湾の調味料について説明した


［単語］
交流/こうりゅう…違う考えの人や文化の人がいっしょに話しをすること
深める/ふかめる…強くする
調味料/ちょうみりょう…砂糖や塩、しょう油


レッスン待ってます♪

北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#159〉函館と台湾の大学生が交流

One of my favorite book for mindset is ,"THINK AND GROW RICH."
I will be sharing some valuable lessons from the book that can help you improve your  mindset.