In this episode, I answer the question many of my students ask me, "Which English test is easier?". As you will hear, it is not quite so simple...

Kev's English Podcast

Kev's English Podcast: Episode 17: Which English test is best for you?

①如果让你回到小时候，你愿意选择在家上学吗？
②如果你有了子女，你会为他/她选择哪种学习方式？

Ruby say Chinese culture

在家上学（一）在家上学的孩子

Learn Mandarin from a short story. You can also watch the video about this story here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIaxmrfa97M

Learn Mandarin with Mandy

E01 小猫钓鱼【The Kitten Goes Fishing】

Bienvenidos al podcast "aprende español hablando". En esta segunda parte de este nuevo podcast, aprenderemos varias frases hechas para expresar cansancio y enfado a través de ejemplos fáciles y prácticos y mejor aún, utilizando el verbo estar para formar las frases.

Aprende español con Manu

Nuevo episodio de expresiones idiomáticas. Enfado y cansancio 2/2.

안녕하세요. Hello~ 
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class. 
선생님 읽어요. I read it. 
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog. 
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/223021997191
https://youtu.be/2chJ8us9PwY

The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -what are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening, 
After reading many sentences with Korean grammar in Korean conversations sentences, 
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording. 
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording. 
And Listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely. 

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.) 
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 3. (Intermediate 1) 
Please listen carefully.

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Korean Conversation 3. (Intermediate 1) - Lesson 14. Part 1 -아도/-어도/-여도, Part 2 -지 그래(요)?

Ъ - the hard sign, it seems what could be easier? But no, the Internet can change even that. 💡

A word to read in the episode "объект".

All about Russian language 🌟

Слова, которые я объясняю в эпизоде: авторитетно - со знанием дела, уверенно - authoritatively, decisively; утверждают - уверенно говорить, доказывая что-либо - claim, affirm; правы - right;
принадлежал - быть чьим-то - belong; над собой - over/on yourself; власти - power, authority; покидает - перестать жить, находиться, общаться с кем-нибудь - leave; выказываю - показывать, давать возможность увидеть - show; поползновения - нерешительная, боязливая попытка - feeble/faint effort; удрать (разг.) - поспешно убежать, обычно тайком - run away; стало быть (разг.) - следовательно, таким образом - that is; прочная - lasting, strong, stable; завидуйте - envy; читательница - reader (feminine); трогательная - вызывающий умиление, способный тронуть - touching, heartwarming; несчастий - беда, горе - misfortune, unhappiness, disaster; не отступая - не отходить, быть рядом - without retreating; мешает - создавать препятствия, беспокоить - interfere, disturb; наслаждаться - enjoy; строки - ряд слов, букв, написанных в одну линию - line, string; толкает - push, hustle; локоть - elbow; ежесекундно - every second; манит - звать, делая знаки рукой, взглядом, (разг.) привлекать, соблазнять - attract, invite; ложу - постель, кровать - bed, couch; разоряет - делать бедным - ruin, devastate; кокотка - courtesan; привязанность - чувство близости, основанное на преданности, симпатии - attachment; пожертвовал - donate, sacrifice; по её милости - by her grace; раздет - без одежды - undressed, unclothed; ерундой - (разг.) пустяки, чепуха - nonsense, rubbish; бледными чернилами - pale ink; пожирает - есть, кушать - devour, gobble, consume; ненасытная - не может наесться - insatiable, greedy; презираю - despise, scorn; пора развестись - time to divorce; развод - divorce; до сих пор - still, yet; адвокаты - lawyer, attorney; извольте - (стар.) позвольте, разрешите - please; напоминает - похоже на что-то - remind, recall, bring to mind; лень - laziness.
Хороших вам книг, друзья!

Reading Russian

"Моя "она" А.П. Чехов

My mom and I take a quiz about American dialects to discover whether we speak the same way as other people from our region.

FULL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE HERE⁠⁠: https://american-idiom.com/f/006-exploring-american-dialects-part-one

During our conversation, we also discuss regional vocabulary and accents from distinct sociocultural regions across the United States, including the South, the West Coast, New England, Texas, the Midwest and more.

You'll certainly learn a bit more about regional American cultures as well!

(This is just the first half of the quiz. I'll be posting the rest next week.)

And if you'd like to try the quiz yourself, it's available at the following link if you scroll to the bottom and click on 'How Y'all, Youse and You Guys Talk': ⁠https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/learning/what-does-your-accent-say-about-who-you-are.html⁠

***Detailed vocabulary lesson begins at 23:30***

Episode Outline:

 Explanation of 'Dialect' and 'Accent' (Starts at 2:20)
 Question 1 (You All vs. You vs. Y'all) - (Starts at 3:52)
 Question 2 (Pajamas) - (Starts at 4:25)
 Question 3 (Boulevard vs. Traffic Island) - (Starts at 5:25)
 Question 4 (Crayons) - (Starts at 7:32)
 Question 5 (Kitty Corner vs. Kitty Wampus) - (Starts at 11:12)
 Question 6 (Caramel) - (Starts at 12:54)
 Question 7 (Roly Poly, etc.) - (Starts at 13:54)
  Question 8 (Roundabout vs. Traffic Circle) - (Starts at 15:30)
  Question 9 (Sub, etc.) - (Starts at 17:05)
  Question 10 (Soda vs. Pop) - (Starts at 18:05)
  Question 11 (Crayfish vs. Crawfish) - (Starts at 20:18)
  Question 12 (Berm, etc.) - (Starts at 21:18)
  Question 13 (Semi-truck, etc.) - (Starts at 22:24)

Vocabulary and examples (Starts at 23:30)

  without further ado (used at 3:31 explained at 23:44)
  it is what it is (used at 8:42 explained at 26:08)
  to go off something (used at 10:08 explained at 28:23)
  to pop up (used at 16:44 explained at 31:11)
  to grow out of something (used at 18:39 explained at 33:19)