This time I'm talking about Onomichi in Hiroshima. It's a very special place and I hope you all have a chance to go there one day. 

Good luck with your studies and I hope to see you all in a lesson :) 

April in Tokyo

#2: 尾道、広島

Today I am inviting Maroun from Lebanon to answer the question: "What was the best time of your life?"
This is a new concept I want to do, invite French speakers with various accents and have a nice casual chat with them in French so that you can get to see how we speak! I hope this will be entertaining for you and that you will learn some words and pick up some expressions! This should be some quality French input for you, especially when paired with this PDF (or Google doc): 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vmiWtx_t7eAAvvnX7UaEw0pmSuNbqClfcO7QmhQ7H-E/edit?usp=sharing

Comment what subject you would like to see next!

The French of the world

That was the best time of his life! Podcast (FR) #1

Il diavolo sulle colline di Cesare Pavese

Incipit

Incipit # 1 - Il diavolo sulle colline

El Duende es una leyenda que se escucha en muchas regiones rurales de Colombia. Se dice que es una pequeña criatura traviesa que vive en los bosques y cerca de los ríos. El Duende suele ser inofensivo, pero le encanta hacer bromas a las personas, especialmente a los niños y a los campesinos.

Una de las características más conocidas del Duende es que le gusta trenzar el cabello de los caballos durante la noche. Los campesinos a menudo encuentran a sus caballos con las crines y colas llenas de trenzas imposibles de desatar. También se dice que el Duende secuestra a los niños que se portan mal o que desobedecen a sus padres, llevándolos a los montes y dejándolos allí hasta que prometen comportarse bien.

Para ahuyentar al Duende, algunos campesinos colocan tijeras abiertas o cruces en las puertas de sus casas, ya que se cree que estos objetos lo asustan.

Colombian Legends

El duende 

Nivel A2 en Adelante. 
Tema: Cultura Latinoamericana. Vocabulario.

Hoy les hablo DE PANA, si... de la palabra "PANA" en uno de sus tantos significados. Expresión muy común con un sentimiento de amistad. Comparto ejemplos y comentarios sobre su origen y uso. Gracias por sugerir el tema, por sus comentarios y por suscribirse. Los espero en clase de PANA que si 😉. Chao mis panas.

Rocío en Español Podcast

12. ¡Epa mis PANAS!. Saludo con sabor caribeño.

Мы говорим об отпуске на работе и о том, как попросить у начальника отпуск.

Molodets! Подкаст по изучению английского языка и американской культуре для носителей русского языка

Molodets (3.3) Время отпуска и время болезни

Today’s Theme is “１年間（ねんかん）の挑戦（ちょうせん）！勉強（べんきょう）を続（つづ）けてわかったこと”.
This episode is JLPT-N3 level.

Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

☆Words☆
挑戦（ちょうせん）：challenge
法律（ほうりつ）：law
駅弁（えきべん）：Ekiben《Train station boxed lunch》
景色（けしき）：view
モチベーション：motivation
資格試験（しかくしけん）：qualification exam
ただ：only, just

☆Script for this episode
The scripts (URL) are listed in the overview section of the channel.

Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#46 １年間の挑戦！勉強を続けてわかったこと // N3 Level /Japanese listening

An annual event involving dirt, beer and cash once again drew dozens of competitors to a ski resort in Maine on October 12.

More than 30 couples competed in the North American Wife Carrying Championship, a 254-meter race during which competitors splash through water, jump over logs and trudge through mud — all while carrying their partner on their backs or shoulders.

The event began in Finland, with the first official event taking place in 1992. It has grown in popularity since then — the World Championship is held annually in the region of Sonkajärvi, and the North American Championship has taken place in Maine every year since 1999.

Traditionally, the Finnish event involved male competitors carrying a woman. At the competition in Maine, couples didn't have to be married to compete, nor did they have to be a man and a woman.

One participant — the carrier — was dressed as Mr Incredible, while his "wife" was dressed in pink. They and others were cheered on by crowds on both sides of the course at Sunday River ski resort.

Most of the participants use a technique in which the "wife" is carried like a backpack — upside down — to keep their arms free as they run. Wearing smiles and grimaces, competitors end up wet and muddy.

The champion leaves with the weight of the "wife" in beer and five times their weight in cash. To estimate the amount they win, the winning partner is put on one side of a see-saw-like scale that organizers balance out on the other side with cases of beer.

"We come each year for the fun," said Wade Porterfield of Cuba, New York, who competed with his wife, Sara Porterfield. "There is really a low chance of us winning. Pretty much everybody cheers everybody on and it's a blast."