I talk about an old BBC Radio show which still exists today. Desert Island Discs.

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

Desert Island Discs

Hola, Hola. espero que estés  bien. Mi nombre es Rosy, soy tutora de español y te quiero dar la bienvenida a este podcast, dedicado a los libros. 

En estos primeros episodios te estaré compartiendo capítulos de uno se mis libros favoritos.  


THE CHARM OF BOOKS

Libro: Mujercitas 

¡Hola chicos y chicas! Welcome to our pre-Zoom Spanish session with yours truly, David, your enthusiastic Spanish teacher. This quick rundown before our Zoom class is designed to get you primed and ready for some language fun. We're diving straight into the essential review of place markers - those nifty little phrases like "en frente de" (in front of) and "al lado de" (next to) that help us navigate spaces in Spanish. We'll zip through a review, then jump into an interactive exercise on room vocabulary, where you'll guess objects in Spanish with your classmates. So, if you're pumped and ready to boost your Spanish skills, hit me up, and let's make learning español a blast! ¡Vamos a empezar! (Let's start!)

Super Basic Spanish

Learn Spanish: Place Markers

Le front : testa
La bouche : boca, mouth
Le nez : nariz, nose
La joue : bochecha, cheek
Le menton : queixo, chin
Une oreille : orelha, ear
Un cheveu : cabelo, strand of hair
Les cheveux : cabelos, hair
Le sourcil : sobrancelha, eyebrow
Le cil : cílio, eyelash
La paupière : pálpebra, eyelid
La narine : narina, nostril
La lèvre : lábio, lip
La langue : língua, tongue


Professeur Maxime

Le corps humain : la tête

In questo episodio di Italiano Chiaro, esploriamo uno degli aspetti più interessanti della grammatica italiana: quando è possibile usare il presente per parlare di azioni future. Imparerai:
	•	In quali situazioni il presente può sostituire il futuro (azioni certe, espressioni di tempo, frasi con “dovere” e altro).
	•	I casi in cui è necessario usare il futuro, come ipotesi, promesse, dubbi ed espressioni idiomatiche.

Alla fine, ti invito a mettere in pratica ciò che hai imparato con un esercizio semplice! Iscriviti per altri contenuti utili e pratici per migliorare il tuo italiano.

🎧 Ascolta ora e scopri come parlare come un vero italiano!

Italiano Chiaro Grammatica

Quando usare il presente al posto del futuro in italiano

There are days that you can go easy on yourself. 
Adjust your learning to suit your daily life challenges. 

111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 18 - A little is better than none.

What do you do if you see an object in a plastic bag lying around at a bus stop?

Most people would say: "Don't touch it!"

That's very good advice — most of the time.

But an object that was once found in a plastic shopping bag at a bus stop has just sold for $22.3 million at auction.

It was a painting by a great artist from Venice known as Titian. It's called The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, and it has a long and interesting history.

Although it's thought of as a masterpiece, it's one of the artist's smaller paintings. In fact, it's only 46 centimeters high and 63 centimeters wide.

Titian painted it early in the 16th century, when he was 20.

The painting, which depicts Jesus, Mary and Joseph from the Bible, has been owned by a number of rich and famous Europeans, including Austrian emperors.

It was taken from Vienna in 1809 by French soldiers, although it was later returned to the Austrian capital.

Later, it was bought by a British collector, but it was stolen in 1995.

And for seven years it was lost. After a reward of almost $130,000 was offered to anyone who could find the painting, it turned up at a London bus stop.

It had no frame when it was found by a well known art detective, but it was in quite good condition.

It had been expected to make between $19 million and $32 million at auction in London. The final amount was a new record for a Titian painting.

But that still might not be a good enough reason to go looking in plastic bags at bus stops!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Painting Once Found at Bus Stop Sells for $23 Million

Young people in South Korea are turning their backs on marriage, according to a government report.

A survey by Statistics Korea of Koreans aged between 19 and 34 found that just 36% have a positive opinion of marriage.

That's down from 56% in 2012.

The report found that many young Koreans feel they do not have enough money for marriage at a time when the cost of living is high.

Others said they don't think that marriage is necessary.

The report also found that only 28% of the women surveyed have a positive opinion of marriage.

This may be because women are choosing to put their jobs first — before marrying and starting a family.

Earlier in the year, Statistics Korea said that the number of marriages in the country in 2022 was the lowest ever recorded.

There were 192,000 marriages in 2022. The number of marriages recorded has now decreased in each of the last 11 years.

The government is worried, and has spent years trying to encourage young people to marry and have children, since the country's birth rate is also falling.

But more Koreans are happy to stay single. There is even a word for people who choose not to marry: bihon.

And instead of encouraging Koreans to marry, some people are asking the government to do more for single people who have chosen to live on their own.



Report: Fewer Koreans Have a Positive View of Marriage

Únete a nosotros en este episodio y descubre el Eje Cafetero de Colombia. Aprende sobre sus paisajes espectaculares, la cultura cafetera, y los lugares turísticos más emblemáticos. ¡Perfecto para estudiantes de español que quieren conocer más sobre Colombia!