"Listening Exercises with Basak in Turkish"

Unit 1

Each week I read an interesting news article from the BBC. Listen along to the words and pronunciation and I will also share with you the link to the story so that you can read along as well. This week's news article can be found here: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63725212

The Breaking News Podcast

Cost of living: New Zealand steps up fight against soaring prices

Hay un experimento clásico que pone a un voluntario en el dilema de decidir qué hacer con un vagón que avanza descontrolado hacia cinco trabajadores que no pueden verlo. El voluntario observa la escena desde lo alto de un puente junto a otra persona. Si empuja a esta persona a las vías, morirá, pero detendrá el vagón y salvará cinco vidas. Cuando el experimento se realiza con personas que hablan dos idiomas y responden en su lengua materna, el veinte por ciento decide que sacrificar a una persona es aceptable para salvar a cinco. Cuando responden en su segundo idioma, la cifra sube al treinta y tres por ciento. El efecto se explica porque, cuando se habla una lengua extranjera, normalmente tomamos decisiones menos emocionales y más pragmáticas.

Cafecito con Ale

Un idioma es una forma de ver el mundo

"Viajante do futuro" do TikTok diz que hoje é o dia em que aliens vão invadir a Terra

Aprenda Português Com Notícias Insólitas e Malucas -Learn Portuguese With Crazy Isoteric News 

Aliens vão invadir a Terra

Another very useful set of 5 idioms that you can use for Business and Pleasure!

5 Weekly Idioms 

5 Weekly Idioms Part 4

In this episode we are going to listen to a conversation between two mothers.

瑞英：阿姨您好！

阿姨：你好，瑞英你好！唉呀，你家几口人呐？

瑞英：我家里有五口人，我老公，还有两个儿子，还有小姑娘，您认识的。

阿姨：儿子大的有多大啦？

瑞英：啊，老大八周岁了。

阿姨：老二呢？

瑞英：老二六周岁。

阿姨：她，小的三四（岁）？

瑞英：小的刚刚三周岁。

阿姨：哇，那个累不累啊？

瑞英：还好，不算太累！

阿姨：三个小孩在我眼里就觉得很辛苦了！

瑞英：还好了，其实习惯了。老大他们都会互相玩儿，他们玩儿得特别好，所以基本上不
需要我怎么照顾

阿姨：就是小的要陪一下？

瑞英：小的也其实，等到有了，有了哥哥们回来，都在一起玩儿！

Story Chinese

我有三个孩子

There's no reason for you to hold yourself back when you're not sure whether you're fluent already or not! Give it a try and talk with some other people next time you hear foreigner converse in English. Also, don't forget to listen to these 5 benefits of speaking in English in this podcast episode! See you in my online classroom. ^^

All About English and How You Learn It!

5 Benefits of Trying to Speak Your Foreign Language

En el episodio de hoy hablo con Mark, uno de mis estudiantes estadounidenses que ahora está estudiando su Máster en Madrid.
En el episodio Mark nos cuenta cómo es la vida en Madrid y sus experiencias, además nos habla de su proceso aprendiendo español, y nos da algunos consejos.
Así que tanto si te apetece saber un poco más de Madrid como si estás en “la meseta del aprendizaje” con tu español y quieres algún consejo de alguien que ha estado en tu lugar, ¡este episodio te va a encantar!


Blanca to go 

21 – Un estadounidense en Madrid

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