This is Mental Health Awareness Month.  Festivals and events are taking place across the English speaking world. Today I'm talking to Lisa who helped to organize the Mental Health Festival in Paisley, South West Scotland.

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

Mental Health Awareness Month

An incredible story about none other than Lou the Lynx, the feline rocker who's taken the world by storm. 

Everything Zenified 

What If A Lynx was A Rock Star 

Ce deuxième épisode est une lecture d'un des contes du mille et une nuit arabe sur l'histoire de l'âne qui a voulu aider son ami le bœuf et qui s'est pris à son propre jeu, bonne écoute :) 

This second episode is a reading of one of the Arabian night tales about the story of the donkey who wanted to help his friend the ox and got caught up in his own game, good listening :) 

French mindfully 

L'âne, le bœuf et le laboureur ! (The bull and the ass) 

You are a manager, and you have to lead an online meeting.  
How do you find a meeting time that is convenient for everyone? 
What do you say if there are connection problems?    
This podcast contains vocabulary for (1) scheduling a meeting (2) starting an online meeting and dealing with technical problems.   This podcast is a summary of the first part of my course on business meetings.   Contact me if you want to know more.

Podcast transcript :  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1z8W1OydOjYt0s1Rvjw_39d72w40HTNSj&usp=drive_fs 



English for Business

Arranging and leading an online business meeting

Hablemos de la navidad y sus orígenes y por qué no de algunas tradiciones inusuales alrededor del mundo.
¿Sabían que en Ucrania decoran el árbol de navidad con telarañas? 
¿Has golpeado a alguien para limar asperezas durante las festividades? ¿No?
Entonces no te pierdas esta nueva entrega.
En el siguiente enlace podrás encontrar el artículo del podcast, no te pierdas las imágenes de los platos navideños y de las tradiciones poco comunes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LTPYFMv_fet0bB7zTiGywA_H8DBUvsrhZtaZW9XH2YA/edit?usp=sharing

Voces Difusora

Navidad: celebraciones inusuales alrededor del mundo.

        今天我们要读书的部分是如何修炼自己的内在气质，包括但不限于经历、读书以及爱好。
岁月难静好，女人尤需要内心强大，只有这样，才能有内向外散发气质。

                                              【今日话题】
爱好是乐趣，是修炼，也是品味。
你平时有什么爱好呢，这种爱好对于你来说意味着什么呢？

欢迎发表你的想法！

每天陪你读书，每天打卡，不见不散！

Ruby's  Reading club of  Chinese

优雅是种力量(三）幸福的人，都在宠自己

Script

おはようございます。

日本語だんだんポットキャストのゆかりです。

今週(こんしゅう)は、私の日記(にっき)シリーズです。
過去(かこ)の話はどんな風(ふう)にするのか、
聞いて下さい。

私は今日(きょう)、カフェで、
新(あたら)しい友達(ともだち)に出会(であ)いました。

私は今日、夫(おっと)と、カフェに行きました。

私たちはコーヒーがとても好きなので、よくカフェに行きます。

そこのカフェで、ある女性(じょせい)と出会(であ)いました。

彼女(かのじょ)は、ほとんどロシア語を話していましたが、

たまに日本語をつかっていました。

バリスタにロシア語と日本語で、話しかけていました。

日本語を話しているのを聞いて、

私は彼女に話しかけました。

すると、彼女は日本語を勉強していると教えてくれました。

日本がとても好きで、日本に住(す)みたいと言っていました。

私たちはInstagramを交換(こうかん)しました。

また、ちがう日に、一緒(いっしょ)にカフェに行くことを約束(やくそく)しました。

新しい友達ができて、とてもうれしいです。

彼女と一緒に、
カフェへ行く日がとても楽しみです。

では、今日も最後まで聞いてくれて、だんだん、です。

また明日！

Japaneseだんだんpodcast

73. 新しい友達/日記①

The final installment of this amazingly eery story by Roald Dahl. Enjoy it until the very end!

Stories to Stimulate!

The landlady Part 4

Do you believe people are born with a certain amount of ability and intelligence? Or do you think these things can be changed through effort and education?

Your answers to these questions may decide how well you chase your own goals in life!

Researchers in Norway looked at over 1,500 people aged 13 to 77.

Participants filled out a survey asking them questions about how much they think people's abilities and intelligence can grow with effort and education.

They also filled out two more surveys: one asking how passionate they are about the things they are interested in, and one asking how persistent — and consistent — they are in chasing their goals.

For example, they were asked how much they agree with statements such as, "I use a lot of time on the projects I like," for passion, and "I finish whatever I begin," for persistence.

The researchers then looked at the people who got the 5% highest and lowest scores for belief in people's ability to grow.

It was found that those with the greatest belief in growth also had significantly higher scores in passion and persistence.

Interestingly, although 60% of all the study participants were women, in the group with the lowest belief in growth almost 60% were men.

"The belief in growth is important for large parts of our society," said Hermundur Sigmundsson, one of the study's authors. "This is true for school, sports, work and family life."

The authors also pointed to other studies that have found that it's possible to help people believe in personal growth — particularly as children — and that this can result in greater persistence.

Looking at their own results, the researchers said it can be argued that belief in your ability to grow may be important for both passion and persistence.

However, they also noted that it could also be that passion, perseverance and belief in growth all support each other.