Each short episode will introduce 2 or 3 idioms with examples. Try the quiz that goes with the episode. If you would like the script, please send me a message. Music provided by Storied. 

Idiom Corner

A podcast for all learners and teachers. Learning to Learn explores aspects of language learning from motivation to pronunciation. If you would like the script, please send me a message. 

Learning to Learn 

Modern Chinese(時代華語)B1- Reading(短文)

Therapeutic English for your life. How to succeed in life and how to stay happy. 

We tend to have lots of thoughts and ideas about things but what's the quality of those thoughts?

Are they supporting us or destroyng us?

Do we know what they are ?

What if we'll ( for once ) become aware of what's in your mind and realize ( finally ) what is the real reason why we stumble from time to time.

Will that be of assistance?

This podcast will help you to explore what's in your mind so you may never need a coach or a psychologist as you'll know what you are creating.

Use it and May The Force Be With You :)

The Habits of Highly Effective English Communicators

Therapeutic English for your life. How to succeed in life and how to stay happy. 

Una colombiana y un peruano se unen para compartir contigo sus estilos de vida y cultura a través de conversaciones naturales. Prepárate para conocer un poco más sobre Latinoamérica y sus maravillosos lugares turísticos, sus antiguas tradiciones, sus exquisitos sabores, su música variada y su gente increíblemente cálida. 

Queremos ayudarte a ganar más confianza y sonar con más naturalidad en español, por eso te invitamos a ser parte de nuestras conversaciones para que mejores tu comprensión auditiva, aumentes tu vocabulario, eleves tu fluidez y aprendas algo nuevo en cada episodio.

¡Conócenos! 
📍 María: https://linktr.ee/spanishwithmariap
📍 Pablo: https://linktr.ee/pabloalejos 

Maria & Pablo Spanish

Maria & Pablo Spanish - Tráiler🎙

Host: Welcome back to the podcast everyone. I’m joined today by Naseem, an IT consultant from 
Delhi and Deepa, an HR consultant from Bangore. Today we’ll be discussing the increase in the number of people moonlighting and what the future holds for companies and workers. So, Deepa, I’ll ask you first: What has created this problem?

Deepa: Well, as with many places around the world, during the pandemic, there was a big increase in the number of people working from home and also economic instability. So, at the same time, we had more people working without any supervision and people were more worried about being able to make a living. So, the increase in online moonlighting was a consequence of that situation really.

Naseem: That’s certainly what happened to me. At the time, you read about all of these companies that were *laying off * their staff and there wasn’t much you could do about it if it happened to you. So suddenly working for just one company seemed like a bad idea. I have a family to feed: three boys and a girl. I felt a lot of insecurity and was terrified of losing money, or maybe even worse, my house. So, I took two jobs.

Host: What effect did that have on you and your family?

Naseem: It gave us some comfort, financially, as I started making more money than I had before the pandemic. But I was also working very long hours each day. I saw the children every day of course, but I couldn’t spend any real time with them as I had to work from almost as soon as I got up, until late in the evening. My wife was working as well, so it was quite hard to manage everything. When the crisis was averted, we had gotten used to having the extra money, so although I cut back on my hours in both jobs, I still continued to work at both.

Host: Do you see anything wrong with doing what you are doing?

Naseem: Not at all. I’m a professional and I work hard at both jobs. My main job is in IT as you mentioned, but my second is in design. 




English Conversation/Dialogue

MOONLIGHTING 

今回はNBAについて話しました。見始めた2008-2009シーズンごろの思い出を語っていきます！

☆目次
0:00 オープニング
0:36 ボストン・セルティックス
9:45 アレン・アイバーソン
11:14 ジャマール・クロフォード
12:56 ブレイザーズ
14:45 ナゲッツ
15:47 レイカーズ

☆語彙
中堅（ちゅうけん）
物（もの）おじせず
確執（かくしつ）
闘志（とうし）
献身的（けんしんてき）
退場（たいじょう）
真偽（しんぎ）
自伝（じでん）
策士（さくし）
不謹慎（ふきんしん）


"After 5" by Japanese Teacher

Memories of NBA from 2008-2009/NBAの思い出

A look at how the brain creates memories, so we can understand how to remember new words better.

The Social Evolutionary

The Science of Learning Vocabulary

In this episode, you’ll learn practical ways of expressing the things that bother you with the present subjunctive. 

✅ Me saca de quicio
✅ Me molesta
✅ Me enoja
✅ Me choca
✅ Me irrita 

Do you want the transcription of this episode? Send me a message. 

Mucho que decir

What bothers me is... (nivel B1)

Mensch Ärgere Dich Nicht
Jedes deutsche Kind kennt das BRETTSPIEL ‚Mensch Ärgere Dich Nicht‘. Und tatsächlich ist das ein guter Rat: Ein Mensch sollte sich nicht ärgern, wenn seine Spielfigur kurz vor dem Ziel von einem anderen Spieler vom Spielbrett geworfen wird. Man kann nicht strategisch spielen, der ERFOLG hängt nur vom Glück ab. Jeder der maximal vier Spieler versucht, mit dem WÜRFEL auf möglichst hohe Punktzahlen zu kommen. Entsprechend dieser Punkte bewegt man seine vier Spielfiguren rund um das Spielbrett und dann in das eigene ‚Haus‘, das heißt in das ZIEL. Wer zuerst ein volles Haus hat, ist der Sieger.
Besonders SPANNEND und lustig wird es, wenn ein ERFOLGREICHER Spieler kurz vor dem Ziel wieder von vorn beginnen muss. Wenn man es dann schafft, SICH nicht zu ÄRGERN, gibt es viel Spaß bei allen, die dabei sind. 
Und Spaß scheint es zu machen, denn das Spiel existiert schon seit 1914 und sollte sogar den Soldaten im Ersten Weltkrieg die ZEIT VERTREIBEN. Es wurde inzwischen 70 Millionen mal verkauft, es hat NACHAHMER im Ausland gefunden und es gibt auch eine TURNIER-Szene. Seit 2010 kann man sogar WELTMEISTER im ‚Sich Nicht Ärgern’ werden.
