This podcast will ask you questions from part 1 of the speaking test. You will have enough time to asnwer the questions. You will be asked questions about study, your hometown, art, books and bicycles. There is also some practical advice on paraphrasing for the topic on bicycles. Enjoy!

IELTS Speaking Practice

Part 1 questions

No episódio de hoje, vamos falar sobre a expressão idiomática "Meter os pés pelas mãos", uma expressão usada em língua portuguesa no Brasil em diferentes contextos para descrever pessoas desajeitadas que cometeram erros por não pensarem muito bem nas consequências de suas ações. Acompanhe o podcast "Colorindo o Diálogo" na voz da professora Camila Ramos.

Colorindo o Diálogo -  Português do Brasil

Meter os pés pelas mãos

when"一(yī) " together with first tone,second tone,third tone, "一(yī) " turn into forth tone "一（yì）“ 

when"一(yī) " together with forth tone, "一(yī) " turn into second tone "一（yí）“ 

here is some examples,hope helpful for you:) 

 yi1+1/2/3--bu4+1/2/3:
yì jīn ， yì zhōu ， yì pínɡ ， yì zhǒnɡ ， yì qǐ ， yì běn ， yì máo ， yì wǎn ， yì shēnɡ ， yì kē ，yì tiān ， yì bēi 
 一 斤  ， 一 周   ， 一 瓶   ， 一 种    ， 一 起 ， 一 本  ， 一 毛  ， 一 晚  ， 一 生    ， 一 颗 ，  一 天   ， 一 杯  

yi1+4--yi2+4:
yí ɡè ， yí huì ， yí jiàn ， yí jù ， yí kuài ， yí bù ， yí dìnɡ ， yí fù ， yí bèi zi ， yí shì 
一 个 ， 一 会  ， 一 件   ， 一 句 ， 一 块   ， 一 部 ， 一 定   ， 一 副 ， 一 辈  子 ， 一 世  

Laura cheng Chinese

Laura cheng Chinese tone change for "一“

病、不、不錯、菜、餐廳、茶，例句和發音

Taiwan Daphne - elementary vocabulary

病、不、不錯、菜、餐廳、茶

Hola a todos/as! En este nuevo podcast quiero proponerles una práctica específica que tiene que ver con mi acento en español, cuyo nombre es RIOPLATENSE (por la presencia del RIO DE LA PLATA) en la región donde se habla.

Mi acento, como todos, tiene sus propias características específicas (podes encontrar más información sobre ellas en distintos podcast!) - Hoy quiero proponerte que practiques conmigo COMPRENDERME cuando leo algunas oraciones en voz alta. Las voy a leer en distintas velocidades. Todas contienen palabras de vocabulario específico que se usa en Buenos Aires, y también las características del acento: EL VOSEO, LA 'S' ASPIRADA Y LOS SONIDOS DE LAS CONSONANTES 'LL' Y 'Y' CUANDO ESTÁN SEGUIDAS DE VOCALES.

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Disfruta de aprender

Practica Tu Español con mi Acento Rioplatense

Today we're looking at some more polite ways to say "I told you".

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

Sorry I didn't mention this earlier!

You can read the podcast here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bs5OpST0_Fu6KsoKjPakzuGbfRk6wA7h/view?usp=sharing

Lisa's Podcast

Cars in Singapore Cost an Arm and a Leg

With many teens spending almost all of their time online, parents are concerned that social media is exposing them to harmful content. Faced with growing pressure to stop online harm, Instagram has introduced a major new update to protect young people and give parents more control.

Under 18s now signing up for Instagram in the US, UK, Canada and Australia will be automatically enrolled into a restricted teen account. Existing accounts will be transferred by mid-November.

The European Union will get teen accounts later this year, and the rest of the world in January. Other Meta services like Facebook will get teen accounts next year.

What limits will teen accounts have?
Instagram already prohibits anyone under 13 from signing up.

Now, teen accounts will automatically be set to private, so they'll have to accept or reject new follower requests. Other users won't be able to see their posts or tag the account.

Teens will also only receive direct messages from people they're following or who follow them.

Teens won't be shown content involving sensitive topics and an anti-bullying feature will screen out offensive words in comments and message requests.

To reduce their screen time, teens will get a notification to stop using the app after it's been open for over an hour — which they can ignore.

Sleep mode between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. will mute notifications and send auto-replies to direct messages. However, they can still use Instagram and answer messages if they want to.

Are there workarounds?
These limits will be turned on automatically for all teens, but 16 and 17-year-olds can turn them off. Kids under 16 will need permission to do so and parents can make changes and approve or deny any requests.

However, if parents want to use teen controls, they'll need an Instagram account.

New controls for parents



Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Instagram Introduces New Teen Accounts Settings

In this audio I go over my way of preparing my students to succeed in Part 2 of IELTS speaking exam. 

Please listen to it and try to catch the logic behind the process.

The topic: The most important benefit of the internet.

Connection, communication, sharing, other people, social media, internet wars, conflicts, misunderstandings, whatspp, wechat, fraud theft, banks, photos, videos, messenger.

Let me know what you think, let me know what you'd like me to go over and if you need more from me - join my private classes now.

