Today we're talking about the noun, incentive, and the verb, to incentivise. I hope you find them useful!

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

Do you need an incentive to improve your English?

皆さんは実写化（じっしゃか）についてどう思いますか？
実写化（じっしゃか）とは、本やマンガを　映画やドラマにすることです。


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#1　実写化（じっしゃか）についてどう思う？ What do you think about live-action movies and series?

¡Hola! Welcome to Spanish from Zero, a podcast for people who are just starting the amazing journey that is learning Español. Today we’re gonna practice talking about occupations. 

Here’s how it usually goes:
• ¿Qué haces? (What do you do?)
• Yo soy… (I am…)

Note that in Spanish we tend to NOT use articles (a, an) when describing someone’s job title:
Yo soy profesora. (Literally: I am teacher)


The other thing we have to keep in mind whenever we’re describing someone is their gender. These are the most common word endings when it comes to occupations:

• Gender neutral endings:
ISTA: el artista / la artista, etc.
NTE: el estudiante / la estudiante, etc.

• Feminine vs. Masculine endings:
O / A: el secretario / la secretaria, etc.
OR / ORA: el profesor / la profesora, etc.


Okay! Now that the explanation is out of the way, let’s practice a little bit. I’ll say a couple of sentences and you need to figure out if I could be describing a man, a woman, or either one:

Es arquitecta 🏗️
Es programador 💻
Es analista 📉
Es presidente 🏳️
Es veterinaria 🐾
Es electicista 🔌
Es asistente 📋
Es dentista 🦷
Es fotógrafo 📷
Es mecánico 🔧
Es doctora 🩺

How was it? Let me know if you have any questions, and subscribe to get the new episodes as soon as they come out. ¡Gracias por escuchar! :)

Spanish from zero

Listening practice for beginners • Talking about occupations

Getting promoted at work is an important part of growing your career and making progress in your professional life. Today we're talking about some tips that can help you to achieve this and some Business English vocabulary that you can use to talk about promotions at work. We'll look at some formal, more professional ways to speak about this topic, and some less formal, more casual ways to discuss this idea. If you use English as a second language at work then improving your communication skills can be really important for promotions and getting hired for new jobs. I hope this podcast will help you improve your English, communicate better, and have more natural, native, and fluent conversations with your colleagues, managers, and friends. 

This podcast is all about helping you to communicate better, in English, at work. I work with international English speakers from around the world who use English, at work, as a second or third language and I hope that I can bring some of the ideas, vocabulary, and grammar, from those sessions, to you in this podcast.

Don't forget, if you want to work with me in one on one, private sessions then I am a full time Business English coach and tutor. I spend my whole professional life helping international professionals to improve the way that they communicate at work. If you'd like to book some of my time then feel free to click on my profile and book some time on my schedule.

Breakout Business English

How to get a PROMOTION - Business English tips and vocabulary lesson

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

We are going to learn to pronounce the U in English, with its two variations--the 'uh' sound and the 
'yu', as well as the 'oe' when you have a double OO. Unfortunately, there are no rules, but at least you'll know how to pronounce the letter U. You almost never pronounce the letter U as an 'oe' sound, like you find in other languages. Here's your 60 seconds. 

English in 60 Seconds

How to pronounce the 'U' in English, with 'OO' and 'Uh sounds too. 

안녕하세요 여러분! 오늘은 "시작이 반이다" 라는 속담에 대해서 이야기를 해봅시다.

필로우 토크 - Pillow Talk 

시작이 반이다

"Che ajab az invara"                                                                                                               !چه عجب از اینورا
This expression is used  when someone visits you after a long time.
The script :
سلام بچه‌ها شکیبا هستم. سلام من صوفیا هستم. خواهر من، من و صوفیا توی این درس به شما یاد میدیم چطوری از اصطلاح "چه عجب از اینورا" استفاده کنید. پس من و صوفیا در قالب یک مکالمه این اصطلاح رو به شما یاد میدیم
  !صوفیا سناریو چیه؟ من خواهر شکیبام. چند روزه او رو ندیدم و می خوام برم تا بهش سر بزنم. دقیقا
پس آماده ای؟ بزن بریم، بزن بریم.
بفرمایید؟
 سلام شکیبا خوبی؟
به به صوفیا خانوم! چه عجب از اینورا!
واقعا خیلی سرم شلوغ بوده وگرنه خیلی می خواستم بیام بهت سر بزنم
می دونم عزیزم، اشکال نداره، بفرمایید تو
مرسی
دقیقا! پس ما از این اصطلاح وقتی استفاده می کنیم که یک نفر رو برای مدت طولانی ندیدیم. دقیقا این اصطلاح "long time no see"مثل 
 .در زبان انگلیسی هستش درسته؟ درسته!
 امیدوارم که از درس امروز خوشتون اومده باشه و تا درس بعدی خدانگهدار


Persian with Shakiba (Upper-Intermediate - Advanced)

!چه عجب از اینورا

Investec（天达银行）首席经济学家Philip Shaw：料英国央行可能会在2023年2月的下一次会议上，将加息步伐放缓至25个基点，因为预计由于抵押贷款利率上升，英国消费者支出将下降。我们怀疑，消费者支出将在明年继续受到打击，特别是随着固定期限的结束，400万家庭被迫以更高的利率为抵押贷款再融资。我们预计银行利率将上升25个基点至3.75%，然后在3月份升至4.0%
