In this episode I am talking about  talking, talking to yourself, talking to Your Self and the importance of it along your journey. 
Enjoy the episode!

Like a Chameleon

Talking to Your Self

Three Russian tongue twisters specifically designed to make your pronunciation clearer! 
Try repeating after me. First time I’m reading slowly, second time closer to real speech speed.

цАпля чАхла, цАпля сОхла, цАпля вЫсохла и сдОхла. (ц,х)

в нЕдрах тУндры вЫдры в гЕтрах тЫрят в вЁдра Ядра кЕдров. вЫдрав с вЫдры в тУндре гЕтры, вЫтру вЫдрой Ядра кЕдра, вЫтру гЕтрой вЫдре мОрду – Ядра в вЁдра, вЫдру в тУндру. (т,д,р)

шла сАша по шоссЕ, неслА сУшку на шестЕ и сосАла сУшку. (ш,с)

Good luck, and please focus on accuracy rather than speed :) 


Russian with Elina

Russian tongue twisters - part 6

全家福

今年，我们拍了一张全家福。我们一家人，爷爷、奶奶、爸爸、妈妈、哥哥、姐姐、弟弟和妹妹都在照片里。还有我们的两个孩子，一个儿子，一个女儿。猫和狗也在照片里。

照片中，爷爷和奶奶坐在椅子上，爸爸和妈妈站在他们的后面。哥哥和弟弟站在左边，姐姐和妹妹站在右边。拍照的时候，大家都很开心。

坐          zuò              Sit
椅子      yǐ zi              Chair
站         zhàn             Stand
后面     hòu miàn    Behind
左边     zuǒ bian      Left side
右边     yòu bian      Right side
开心     kāi xīn          Happy

1.今年，他们拍了一张什么照片？
a) 风景照
b) 全家福
c) 朋友合影
d) 个人照
2.照片里有几个人？
a) 6个人
b) 8个人
c) 10个人
d) 12个人
3.照片里坐在椅子上的人是谁？
a) 爸爸和妈妈
b) 哥哥和姐姐
c) 爷爷和奶奶
d) 弟弟和妹妹
4.照片中，站在爷爷奶奶后面的是谁？
a) 哥哥和弟弟
b) 爸爸和妈妈
c) 姐姐和妹妹
d) 儿子和女儿

开口说汉语    "Chinese Chit-Chat"

全家福 Family portrait

 Xiàwǔ nǐ xiǎnɡ qù zuò shénme?
A：下午   你   想   去  做   什么？
    Xiàwǔ wǒ xiǎnɡ qù shānɡdiàn.
B：下午    我   想    去    商店。
    Nǐ xiǎnɡ mǎi shénme?
A：你    想    买   什么？
    Wǒ xiǎnɡ mǎi yí ɡe bēizi.  
B：我    想     买  一  个 杯子。


日常对话 daily conversation

Carina italki ID 8665510

日本のクリスマス🎁について話しました。みなさんの国ではクリスマスに何をしますか？🎄🍷

SeikaのPodcast🎧

Ep.63 日本人はクリスマスに働きます🎄👩‍💻

In this episode you will learn HSK2-5 ，first dialogue -in the classroom.

HSK2

Made Chinese easy!

Coming to China and one of the inevitable topics that will come up is ‘Where in the world are you from?’. Saying ‘I’m from…’ is the first step but do you know the most natural way to say that? And how do you talk more about it in Chinese to your friends? That’s what we are discussing in this episode. We also covered 2 great structures to boost your conversation. Let’s go!

Note: This podcast is intended for language learning ONLY. Not for promoting or criticizing any political party or ideology. Let’s keep it friendly and accessible to all :)

Also, all of the experiences are the hosts’ own experiences so please do your own research if you need more information.

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

Hometown! Tell me more about it...in Chinese!

Jokes and humour. Angela reads the basic text from this lesson, (transcript available when you take this lesson). This topic is also available for intermediate and higher level learners.

English with Angela -  conversation 

TASK 16 - THAT’S HILARIOUS 

Do you find it harder to be nice and cooperative when you're tired? You're not alone — and there's actually science behind that feeling.

Researchers in Italy looked at how being tired affected people's brains and the decisions they made.

They looked at a total of almost 450 people. The participants all started by doing a set of similar tasks for about 45 minutes — but for one group, the tasks were made much more difficult to make the participants mentally tired.

For example, the mentally tired group was given more difficult quiz questions to answer. And while everyone watched funny videos, the mentally tired group was told to try not to smile or laugh.

Participants then played several economic games that asked them to make decisions that would give different benefits to themselves and others, like deciding how to share points in a group.

It was found that mentally tired participants were much less likely to make cooperative decisions in the games. They were also more likely to choose "antisocial" and "spiteful" options — where they could, say, choose to use some of their own points to reduce someone else's points instead of using them to help themselves or the group.

Why did this happen?

Among the mentally tired group, the researchers found a much stronger increase in "slow-wave" activity in parts of the brain used for things like planning, paying attention, controlling emotions and understanding others. These "slow waves" are similar to the ones seen in our brains when we sleep.

The researchers said this increase in slow waves may explain tired participants' less cooperative decisions.

So when you're tired after a long day, you may be less nice because the parts of your brain you need to help you cooperate are actually going to sleep!