Teacher Joseph's Podcast

What is Looting?

The single, most powerful thing you can do on your own to improve your fluency in any language is to read out loud from a good book. 

The Language Journey

The single, most powerful thing you can do ON YOUR OWN to improve your fluency in any language

はい、こんにちはよう平先生です。
今日はN4N5の ボキャブラリーで、あまり　よくない発音（はつおん）のしかたの話（はなし）をします。
えー、今から話す あまりよくない発音（はつおん）のしかたですが、たくさんの生徒（せいと）が しています。 
はい、じゃあさっそく、例（たと）えば、”切手（きって）” スタンプ(stamp)ですね。これをたくさんの生徒（せいと）が　“きぃ  て”と言います。えー、じゃあ、もう一度いい発音(はつおん）を言ますね。
”きって”。わるい発音が”きぃ て”、 はい、これはちがいは分かりますか。えー、そうですね、『き』小さい『っ』『て』なんですが、この小さい”っ”は音楽（おんがく）のスタッカートえー英語のstaccarto ですねえー中国語で”断音”ですねえ、そのすか、スタッカートを使わなければいけません。
”きって”ですね、もし使わなかったら”きぃて”。これは”来ます”のて形動詞（けいどうし）、te form verb の”来て”と思ってしまうんですね。はい、いいですか。 
えー、他（ほか）にも”帰（かえ）って”、”帰ります”のて形動詞、te form verbですね。これをスタッカートを使わなかったら”かえぇて” 、これはチェンジ(change)の”変（か）えて”　”変えます”のて形動詞（けいどうし）、”変（か）えて”と思ってしまうんですね。
じゃ、他にも”買（か）います”のて形動詞”買（か）って”、これをスタッカートを使わずに言うとか。”かぁて”、 えー、”勝（か）ちます”の命令形（めいれいけい）、imperative verb、命令系の”かて” と思ってしまうんです。
他にも10分ten minutes ですね。十分（shi fen）ですね。えー10分、これをスタッカートを使わないで言うと”じゅうぶん” えーenough”じゅうぶん”に えー聞こえます。はい、ですから、あ、小さい”っ”はスタッカートを使ってください。はいえー今日も聞いてくれてありがとうございます。 
はい、日本語の勉強がんばってくださいね。バイバイ👋


ようへい先生　N4～N3　レベルの生徒（せいと）へ　(^^♪

＃7　小さい　”っ”　をきちんと 言いましょう！ ......？　

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Teacher Robert's Podcast

My Byrek Store Block - Tirana, Albania (with transcript)

Many students ask me "is a 45 minutes class long enough?" Or "how many minutes should our future classes be?" My advice is always the same...

Transcript here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Me6ol5u8H20IcAMVKEIDoN1BnCv6HFjq/view?usp=sharing

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Lisa's Podcast

How long should the lesson be? 

聊中西文化，也聊很多东西！
第十四期，也是今年的最后一期，感谢大家一年以来的陪伴。圣诞快乐！新年快乐！

聊聊东西 - Talk to Me in Chinese

014. Merry Christmas and thank you! 圣诞快乐! 谢谢你们! - ttmiChinese

Learning multiple languages at the same time is like learning to play piano, violin and the guitar all at once.  My teacher profile: https://italki.com/teacher/1947582

Streetwise English

SWE 119  Learning multiple languages and musical instruments

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