Success at work!
Vocabulary to help your career.  
These podcasts are from my 'ENGLISH IN THE OFFICE courses.   
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English for Business

Do you know the difference between these words?
Answer these questions and find out.

Please look at the PDFs for the transcript.


Confusing words  (A2 - Elementary)

Do you know the difference between these words? 
Answer these questions and find out. 
Please look at the PDFs for the transcript.

Confusing words - intermediate 

With 26 letters, (but 44 different sounds), and not many rules, English pronunciation is sometimes difficult.
Sometimes, reading a word, does not help you to say it.  Here is some help.


Pronunciation 

A2 - B1  
Conversation Class Preparation.
Listen to the podcast and read the text. 
These podcasts are for my structured conversation class (there are over 80 topics)
(book a class to see the text).

English with Angela -  conversation 

To avoid getting rusty, and to keep up your skills, you should hear and speak English every day.  This can be expensive.  Here are some free ways to keep up your English skills between classes. 

How to keep up your English level 

Learn how we pronounce the articles a, an, and the.

English Syndicate

Pronunciation of the articles

A short tour of Colombian biodiversity. Join me


Un pequeño recorrido por la biodiversidad colombiana. Acompáñame


Hablar por hablar (Listening)

COLOMBIA 

Odyssea and Nausico snoop around Cycla's fortress to search for Polyphema.

Transcript: https://saracasalino-books.weebly.com/blog/the-adventures-of-odyssea-ch-6-cycla

Learn English with Stories

The Adventures of Odyssea: Ch 6.2 - Cycla

Cafes are a popular meeting place — whether you're meeting a friend, meeting someone for the first time or even having an informal business meeting.

But Shojo Cafe is not the place to go if you're planning to talk to people. The new cafe in Osaka doesn't allow any sound — that means no music or talking, and orders must be made silently.

The cafe opened in April, as a space where people can go to enjoy some peace and quiet in a busy city.

It's run by AB Possible, an organization that supports people with disabilities. Many of the cafe employees are deaf or have hearing difficulties, and a space like this allows them to play an active role in society, the organization said.

Customers are asked to make their orders silently, such as by writing or pointing at the menu.

Sign language is also encouraged — and if you're interested in learning, there are informal sign language classes after the cafe closes. Classes are one hour long and cost 2,000 yen — or about $13 — which also includes a cup of matcha.

The organization said that, unlike a normal cafe where people talk to each other, the silence in Shojo Cafe will help customers focus on other things — like the color and taste of the cafe's tea and sweets. Customers can even try making the matcha themselves.

Cafe owner Haruna Matsumoto told The Asahi Shimbun the idea for the cafe came after she visited a silent cafe in Vietnam, and all she could hear was the sound of rain and people walking.

"I got to know the comfort of silence and the lively way the cafe staff worked," Matsumoto said, adding that she wanted more people to learn about both things.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

No Talking Allowed at Osaka's Silent Cafe

En este episodio te hablaré sobre mi idioma nativo, es decir, el español. También, te contaré el origen y significado de los nombres de los días de la semana. 

¡Espero que lo disfrutes! 

Español Para Hoy

E02 El español / Días de la semana 

Do you really know how to use "二" or "两"？

JOJO CHINESE

二&两

1さい  いっさい
2さい   にさい
3さい   さんさい 
4さい     よんさい
5さい    ごさい
6さい    ろくさい
7さい   ななさい
8さい    はっさい
9さい     きゅうさい
10さい   じゅっさい
28さい 　にじゅうはっさい
38さい 　さんじゅうはっさい
45さい　　よんじゅうごさい
19さい　　　じゅうきゅうさい
52さい 　ごじゅうにさい
51さい　ごじゅういっさい


ようへい先生　　N4,N5チャンネル

みんなのにほんご１　 とし  years old

Hello everyone!
In this episode you'll learn new words and practice your listening skills with a story about a girl Olya and her kitten - "Дівчинка Оля та кошеня Пушок".

Let me know what you think about this story. What words were new? Did you like the story overall? 