Technology has completely taken over almost every aspect of our life . Is that a positive thing? I'm discussing different aspects of impact of technology in this episode.
Let me know what you think by commenting.

British English with Maria

Ep 23 - Tech - friend or foe ?

Här är 100 frågor på svenska som du kan använda när du reser eller pratar med kompisarna eller när du går ut en sväng på stan. 

Repetera så mycket du kan. Repeat as much as possible for best practice. 


Prata Flytande Svenska/Speak Swedish Fluently  

Ask Questions in Swedish

Apart from the obvious language differences between your own language and English, there are also likely to be differences in the way job interviews are handled. Some companies have a very formal job interview process run by dedicated HR professionals, who strive to find the best educated and experienced people, while others have more informal recruitment processes and are more interested in your personal qualities and attributes, rather than technical skills and knowledge.

In most cases, however, you are more likely to experience a mix of both formal and informal approaches to job interviews.

BizPod - The Business English Podcast

BizPod Episode 4 - Job Interview Questions

Do you struggle with  listening comprehension in Farsi?
In this episode , we listen to an informal conversation  analyze it.
This activity will greatly help improve your listening skills, enhance your comprehension, and 
ultimately contribute to better understanding and speaking abilities.

Speak like a native ;)


Spoken Persian 

Haven't you seen a 4 year old boy?        یه پسر بچه چهار ساله ندیدین؟  

If you're looking to make a good first impression on a dating app, from your POV, you might think it would be a good idea to send a text using lots of abbreviations to make it seem like you're BFFs with the person you're texting.

But FWIW, according to a recent study from Stanford University and the University of Toronto, nobody likes receiving text abbreviations — not even young people.

Don't know those abbreviations? "POV" means "point of view," "BFF" means "best friend forever," and "FWIW" is "for what it's worth"!

Researchers studying the use of such abbreviations did a number of studies with several thousand people, and they found that texts using abbreviations were less likely to get replies. And writers using abbreviations were more likely to be seen as insincere.

Of course, we all use abbreviations — in one survey, it was found that 99% of people said they used them. But the researchers found that people don't like receiving texts with abbreviations, because rather than making them feel closer to the other person, it felt like the other person wasn't putting much effort into the conversation.

And while young people are even more likely to use abbreviations, they still felt that people who used them were insincere. Young people were also less likely to reply to such messages.

Lead researcher David Fang said we often put different amounts of effort into our conversations to show how important the other person is to us.

So it might be fine to put little effort into, say, a quick message to a delivery driver. But Fang said his team's results are especially important for people who really want to make a good impression — like at the beginning of a relationship!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Want a Reply by Text? Don't Use Abbreviations!

在中国，为了表示对长辈的尊重，是不可以直呼其名的，有时候连同音字都要避免使用。阿九的儿媳是个非常聪明且孝顺的人，为了表示对阿九的尊重，她从来不说“九”，甚至连“jiu”的同音字也不说。这一天，来了两位老人，他们要考验阿九的儿媳是否真的可以不说“jiu”这个音……

Learning Chinese culture with Miss Zhang

汉字小故事-同音词-《阿九的故事》

I will talk about “The early bird catches the worm”.
This episode is N3 level.

I created this episode quiz.
Please listen and then try the quiz!

Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

◇words◇
ことわざ(kotowaza)：proverb

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

☆Quiz for this episode
https://www.italki.com/quiz/set-result?id=3763

Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#4 早起（はやお）きは三文（さんもん）の徳（とく） // N3 Level

[日本のコンビニ]
2022/4/4(月) 　兵庫県の天気/晴れ　朝の気温/６度　昼の気温/１６度

（文法）
・〜そうです
・〜もの
・〜んだ
・〜やすい
・〜ほど
・〜ようです

（単語）
・断トツ/だんとつ
・腹持ち/はらもち
・チョイス
・ホットスナック
・レジ横フード
・水道/すいどう


Mayu 　と　Nihongo  ラジオ　

４月４日（月）コンビニ

今日は「にほん」と「にっぽん」の違いについて話しました。
どっちをつかっていいか、迷いますよね。
この二つの言葉にはどういう歴史、違いがあるのでしょうか。
そして日常生活でどっちを使うのでしょうか。
また、発音の違いについても話しています。ぜひ、この発音の違いを、日常生活で使う日本語でも応用してみてくださいね。
内容
・オープニング
・歴史
・日常生活でどっちを使う?
・発音の違い
・促音＆破裂音
語彙
全力疾走
即決
ぱっと見