Today I have gathered numerous conversation starters surrounding the topic "family", which can help you chat it up with any native or ESL person you meet. :)

Baffling Lingo

Conversation Starters #1

Hi everyone and welcome to episode 18 of the Road to B2 podcast! Ana´s not feeling 100% today, so Emily has arrived to annoy you, discussing the difference between "either" and "neither"! 

We hope you enjoy this very funky episode! 


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English with Emily 

Episode 18: Either or Neither?

Today’s Theme is “A day in the life of an Online Japanese Language Teacher”.
This episode is JLPT-N5 level.

I created a quiz on this episode.
After listening, please take the quiz!

Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

☆Words☆
１日（いちにち / ichinichi）：one day
紹介する（しょうかいする / shōkaisuru）：introduce
オンライン（おんらいん / onrain）：online
日本語教師（にほんごきょうし / nihongokyōshi）：Japanese language teacher
ルーティン（るーてぃん / rūthin）：routine
スマホ（すまほ / sumaho）：smart phone
アニメーション（あにめーしょん / animēshon）：animation
ストレッチ（すとれっち / sutorecchi）：stretch
化粧（けしょう / keshō）：make-up
ラーメン（らーめん / rāmen）：ramen noodles
チャーハン（ちゃーはん / chāhan）：Chinese-style fried rice
昼寝（ひるね / hirune）：nap
ダイエットドリンク（だいえっとどりんく / daiettodorinku）：energy drinks designed to get rid of weight
味（あじ / aji）：taste
小説（しょうせつ / shōsetsu）：novel

☆Grammar☆
・te-form
・～たり、～たりします

☆Script for this episode
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☆Quiz for this episode
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Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#28 A day in the life of an Online Japanese Language Teacher  // N5 Level

**story of an honest herdsman
***send me a message if you need any help with the words or phrases
****Hope you enjoy it :)

Persian Podcasts / پادکست فارسی 

چوپان درستکار / Honest herdsman

Buenas a todos, por acá Camila, desde Buenos Aires, Argentina, con un nuevo PODCAST, esta vez sobre EL TRABAJO.
5 preguntas con sus respectivas respuestas (basadas en mi opinión y experiencia personales)

Te invito a escuchar el podcast para entrenar tu escucha, y a escribir tus propias respuestas a estas 5 preguntas!

Hablamos de algunos aspectos del trabajo, y de cómo viene el desarrollo del mismo en tu país/ciudad - Es un tema socio-económico, que en un mundo capitalista nos afecta a todos.

Bienvenido/a a este podcast, DALE PLAY Y ENTRENA TU ESPAÑOL!

Saludos desde Buenos Aires!

Disfruta de aprender

5 PREGUNTAS SOBRE EL TRABAJO

Today we're talking about the noun, incentive, and the verb, to incentivise. I hope you find them useful!

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

Do you need an incentive to improve your English?

这是一个关于小孩吃蛋糕和切蛋糕的故事…… 如果你想要文字，可以给我留言或者发信息。Please message me if you want to check the words.

Learn fun Chinese with Tracy  有用中文轻松学

我读你听have fun——切蛋糕

In this episode of Streetwise English Podcast, I make an analogy between langauage learning and swimming . My teacher profile: https://italki.com/teacher/1947582 Thanks for listening!

Streetwise English

SWE 95 Swimming Analogy - Language Learning

You just got into bed after a long day, and you're exhausted. You plan to spend a few minutes on your phone — maybe scrolling Instagram or TikTok — and then sleep.

But when you try to sleep, it's not as easy as you thought it would be. You were so tired — what happened?

According to a new study, your phone may be the problem.

The study, done by researchers at New Zealand's University of Otago, involved 85 kids aged 11 to 14. They each spent a week wearing a body camera on their chest starting from three hours before they got into bed.

A second camera was also placed in their bedrooms to monitor their phone use once they were in bed. They also wore a device that tracked their sleep.

The researchers found that 99% of the participants used their phones in the two hours before bed. More than half used their phones while they were in bed, and about a third used their phones after trying to go to sleep.

The results showed that screen time in bed affected participants' sleep — it stopped them from going to sleep for about half an hour, and also reduced the amount of sleep they got.

The impact was larger when participants had a more interactive experience — such as playing a game — or if they used more than one screen. For every additional 10 minutes of this type of screen time, sleep time was reduced by the same amount.

Interestingly, phone use in the two hours before bed had little impact on sleep.

According to lead researcher Bradley Brosnan, the results suggest that, while current guidelines recommend no screen time in the hour or two before bed, keeping phones out of the bedroom might be enough for a better night's sleep.