Podcast #2 on telephone skills. This time we look at  how to take a message for someone, how to leave a message and how to say telephone numbers. 
Send me a message if you would like the transcript. 

Business Buzz

Business Buzz Episode 6

Parliamo dell'espressione: "rispondere per le rime". Da dove ha origine? E come si usa?
Sono sicura che molti di voi quando sono provocati rispondono per le rime!

Metti in tasca le espressioni idiomatiche!

Rispondere per le rime

My first pod, just to say hello and tell you what I am going to be doing here...I will be adding transcripts on my website when I finally get it up and running..

Kev's English Podcast

Kev's English Podcast: Episode 1, about me...

English Learners Boost presents a special episode dedicated to Chinese New Year: 'New Beginnings.' Join us as we delve into the rich traditions and symbolism of this festive celebration, tailored specifically for Chinese learners of English. Discover practical examples, expand your vocabulary, and immerse yourself in the cultural tapestry of the Lunar New Year. Tune in to enhance your language skills and embrace the spirit of new beginnings with English Learners Boost!

English Learner's Boost

Chinese New Year

“A family member that I'd really love to work with in the future is my cousin John, who is a few years older than me, and now has his own successful marketing company. I’m now in my final year of studying media marketing, and John has always been there for me, anytime I needed some advice or help with my studies. I guess you could say he has been like a mentor to me.




I actually had the pleasure of working with him during my summer holidays last year, which was a really amazing experience, and I got a lot of great hands-on working experience . 




As I'm studying media marketing, John's marketing company would be a perfect fit for me to put my years of study to use. I’m especially interested in social media marketing, and would love the opportunity to specialise in this niche market. I have also discussed this with my cousin, and he is also very interested in breaking into this market in the future.




If this could happen in the future I really would be over the moon with happiness, and it would be like a dream come true. I think it would be an amazing opportunity, as well as a challenge that I would relish. I think I could learn so much from my cousin, as well as working hard to prove myself. I also think having him take me under his wing would be a great start to my working life.

IELTS 85 Speaking

Describe a family member you would like to work with

¡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

Dear Russian language students and teachers!

Here is another 1-minute audio for your better understanding of a common situation as doing grocery shopping in a supermarket. It comes in handy when you are in a Russian supermarket where staff usually don't speak English or any other foreign language.

Good luck!

Elena.

1-minute Survival Russian for Travelling (A1-A2)

Как покупать продукты в супермаркете_How to do a grocery shopping in a supermarket

Uno de los elementos que permite cero errores humanos en una organización es la confiabilidad humana, aquí te explico de qué se trata.

De todo un poco

Teporada 1 Episodio 2 Confiabilidad humana

COYOACÁN, SAN ÁNGEL Y LA CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA.