I review the book entitled  The Bilingual Brain: And What It Tells Us about the Science of Language by Albert Costa. 

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

 Book Review: The Bilingual Brain: And What It Tells Us about the Science of Language by Albert Costa

В этом выпуске вы познакомитесь с Александром Сергеевичем Пушкиным и его сказкой "о рыбаке и рыбке". Он написал эту сказку в 1833 году. 
Похожие сюжеты есть почти во всех сказках мира. 
Спойлер: дедушка ловит волшебную рыбу, которая исполняет желания. Дедушке ничего не нужно, но его жена хочет получить дорогие вещи и стать королевой моря. В итоге, бабушка сначала получает, а потом теряет всё.
Эта сказка о том, что нельзя быть жадным и нужно ценить всё, что у тебя есть сейчас. 


Russian with a tale

А.С. Пушкин и его сказка "о рыбаке и рыбке"

In this episode, I explain how to ask your friends "Come on. Focus!" in Japanese. There are some cultural differences between Japanese and English. Check it out!

Takeshi's 2 minutes Japanese!

How to say "Come on. Focus!" without offending anyone!

In this episode we are going to learn 【Weather】in Chinese. 
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
1st time: listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
2nd time: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
3rd time: listen one more time, repeat after it.
4th time: practice until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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最近的天气很奇怪。
zuì jìn de tiān qì hěn qí guài 。
The weather has been weird lately.
今天天气很好，不冷不热。
jīn tiān tiān qì hěn hǎo ， bù lěng bú rè 。
Today the weather is good, neither too cold nor too hot.
昨天天气不太好，太热了。
zuó tiān tiān qì bú tài hǎo ， tài rè le 。
The weather was not very good yesterday, it was too hot.
明天很冷，气温只有10度。
míng tiān hěn lěng ， qì wēn zhǐ yǒu shí dù 。
Tomorrow is very cold, the temperature is only 10 °C.
下个星期下雨，我不会去公园跑步。
xià gè xīng qī xià yǔ ， wǒ bú huì qù gōng yuán pǎo bù 。
It's raining next week and I won't go running in the park.
你在哪个城市呢？
nǐ zài nǎ gè chéng shì ne ？
Which city are you in?
你那里今天是阴天还是晴天呢？
nǐ nà lǐ jīn tiān shì yīn tiān hái shì qíng tiān ne ？
Is it cloudy or sunny where you are today?

Yuli's Chinese Channel

天气 Weather （Beginner）

¡Hola a todos y bienvenidos a mi podcast Business in Spanish un espacio de enseñanza en español para negocios! Soy Jennifer, y hoy vamos a hablar sobre un tema fundamental para el éxito empresarial: el networking o, en español, las redes de contactos.
¿Por qué es tan importante el networking en el mundo de los negocios? 
El networking no se trata solo de intercambiar tarjetas de presentación en eventos. Es una herramienta estratégica que puede abrir puertas y crear oportunidades. Al conectarte con otros profesionales, puedes:
1. Generar Oportunidades de Negocio:
   - Conectar con personas afines puede llevar a oportunidades de colaboración, ventas o asociaciones estratégicas.
Afín: parecido, similar, se escribe como una sola palabra y con tilde
Asociación: dos o más elementos que están relacionadas o conectadas
2. Desarrollar Relaciones a Largo Plazo:
   - Construir relaciones sólidas puede resultar en colaboraciones duraderas y de beneficio mutuo.
3. Acceder a Información y Recursos:
   - Una red sólida te permite obtener información valiosa y acceder a recursos que pueden impulsar tu negocio.
Ahora que entendemos la importancia, ¿cómo podemos hacer networking de manera efectiva?
1. Participa en Eventos Relevantes:
   - Asiste a conferencias, ferias y eventos del sector para conocer a profesionales en tu campo.
Relevante: Importante
2. Utiliza Plataformas en Línea:
   - Aprovecha las redes sociales y plataformas profesionales en línea para conectarte con colegas y expertos.
Colegas: compañero en una corporación o profesión
3. Sé Auténtico y Generoso:
   - Piensa en cómo puedes ser de ayuda para los demás. La autenticidad y la generosidad son clave.
Autenticidad: Ser auténtico que a su vez significa como algo verdadero
En conclusión, el networking no solo es útil, es esencial en el mundo de los negocios. Establecer y mantener conexiones sólidas puede ser la clave para el crecimiento de tu empresa y tu desarrollo profesional.

Business in Spanish

Networking

今日（きょう）は「みんなの日本語(にほんご)」Lesson 8です。
日本語（にほんご）の勉強（べんきょう）はたのしいですか。いいですね。

にほんのおかしはおいしいです。　　　Japanese snack and sweets are delicious.
どらやきはおいしいです。Dorayaki is delicious.
どらやきはやすいです。Dorayaki is cheap.
どらやきはあまいです。Dorayaki is sweet.
どらやき、わかりますか。にほんのわがしです。Do you know Dorayaki. It’s Japanese sweet.

スミスさんはげんきです。Mr.Smith is fine. 
スミスさんはハンサムです。Mr.Smith is hansom.
私の夫はハンサムじゃありません。My husband is not hansom.
私の夫は忙しいです。My husband is busy.
彼は、暇じゃありません。My husband doesn’t have any free times. 
マットさんの彼女はきれいです。Mr. Matt’s girlfriend is beautiful.
沖縄の海はきれいです。Okinawa’s sea is beautiful.
わたしの部屋はきれいじゃありません。My room is not beautiful. (Not tidy up) 
東京（とうきょう）は有名（ゆうめい）な場所（ばしょ）です。 Tokyo is a famous place.
わたしの町（まち）は有名じゃありません。My town is not famous place.


のぞみ先生（せんせい）は、どんな先生ですか。What kind of teacher is Nozomi Sensei?
おもしろい先生です。She is an interesting teacher.
かわいい先生です。She is a cute teacher.
いい先生です。 She is a good teacher.
やさしい先生です。She is a kind teacher.
日本語はどうですか。How is your Japanese?
日本語はむずかしいです。 It is difficult.
やさしくないです。 It's not easy.
かんたんじゃないです。It’s not easy.
日本語の勉強はたのしいですか。 Do you enjoy your studying Japanese?
はい、たのしいです。Yes, I do. It’s interesting.
つまらなくないです。It’s not boring. 

いいですね、日本語の勉強はたのしいですね。Yes! It is fun to study Japanese. 



にほんごのれんしゅう

みんなのにほんご　Lesson 8

In this episode I talk about popular English web acronyms like AMA IRL WYD FOMO ETC.
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Streetwise English

SWE 139 Acronyms IRL WYD IMHO TTYL ETC

Are you into bullet journaling or any sort of journaling?
I'm into bullet journals :) 

111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 10 - Jot down your progress in a journal

If you think of the jobs robots could never do, you would probably put doctors and teachers at the top of the list. It's easy to imagine robot cleaners and factory workers, but some jobs need human connection and creativity. But are we underestimating what robots can do? In some cases, they already perform better than doctors at diagnosing illness. Also, some patients might feel more comfortable sharing personal information with a machine than a person. Could there be a place for robots in education after all?

British education expert Anthony Seldon thinks so. And he even has a date for the robot takeover of the classroom: 2027. He predicts robots will do the main job of transferring information and teachers will be like assistants. Intelligent robots will read students' faces, movements and maybe even brain signals. Then they will adapt the information to each student. It's not a popular opinion and it's unlikely robots will ever have empathy and the ability to really connect with humans like another human can.

One thing is certain, though. A robot teacher is better than no teacher at all. In some parts of the world, there aren't enough teachers and 9–16 per cent of children under the age of 14 don't go to school. That problem could be partly solved by robots because they can teach anywhere and won't get stressed, or tired, or move somewhere for an easier, higher-paid job.

Teachers all over the world are leaving because it is a difficult job and they feel overworked. Perhaps the question is not 'Will robots replace teachers?' but 'How can robots help teachers?' Office workers can use software to do things like organise and answer emails, arrange meetings and update calendars. Teachers waste a lot of time doing non-teaching work, including more than 11 hours a week marking homework. If robots could cut the time teachers spend marking homework and writing reports, teachers would have more time and energy for the parts of the job humans do best.