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Intermediate-level short story in Urdu which boosts your listening and vocabulary.

Urdu-With-Atif

Five Eggs پانچ انڈے Ep# 01

Listen to this conversation between two friends and how one of them explain all his daily routine from Monday till Sunday. Enjoy! 

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Daily routine 

Bu bölümde bir sosyal medya platormu olan Youtube hakkında konuştuk. Transcription: turkishpodcast.com

Turkish Podcast

Youtube (B1-B2)

Cuento de Juan Rulfo de título "En la madrugada".

Cuento de nunca acabar

Episodio 3: En la madrugada

In dieser Episode von Wiener Geschichten, gesprochen im Wiener Dialekt, erfährst du noch mehr über die verschiedenen Einkaufsmöglichkeiten in Wien, wie zum Beispiel über Buchhandlungen oder Kleidungsgeschäfte

Wiener Geschichten

>DIALEKT< Episode 5: Einkaufen in Wien (Teil 2)

Ever heard someone being described as savvy?  Are you savvy in anything?  Find out what we mean when we use this word in the fourth episode.

An Elephant In The English Room

Episode Four: Savvy

Listen and repeat: Xerus, x-ray fish, xylophone, Xantus’s Hummingbird, xigua, x-ray, X marks the spot, X’s and O’s, XOXO

Flashcards free download: https://supersimple.com/free-printables/captain-seasalt-and-the-abc-pirates-x-flashcards/

Super Simple Songs video:  https://youtu.be/FdAmtd1tL5w?si=psihpv2Z_6Yz6bzJ

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Captain Seasalt And The ABC Pirates

Letter X

Try these tips during awkward silences or when you don't know what else to talk about.

1.   Don't reject your own ideas thinking that they are not worth sharing. When you filter most of your stories and experiences you have fewer topics to talk about. 
 
2.   Don't list your points, instead elaborate on each point using examples or personal experiences. This also gives the opportunity to the listener to add to the topic or share their own experiences making it a two-way conversation.
 
3.   Speak at the right pace. If you speak too fast, you end the conversation very quickly. It’s usually because the listener doesn’t understand you and therefore can’t keep the conversation going.  
 
4.   Learn to ask smart questions to keep the conversation going. Ask open-ended questions such as, “what do you think about …?” with follow-up questions “why do you think …?”. This helps you build up on the information that you received.
 
5.   Practise thinking critically so you always have something to say. When you practice critical thinking and ask yourself counter-questions, you are able to spontaneously think of ideas and form arguments using your background knowledge. You can easily connect the dots and be eloquent while talking to people.
 
6.   Learn a few speech frameworks such as Past - Present - Future, Problem – Solution - Benefit, or other storytelling formats such as ‘the mountain’. When you have a structure, you don’t lose your chain of thoughts and you don’t run into dead ends. Your listeners are also able to understand you better and remember what you said.
 
7.   If you are using a second language to communicate such as English, then simplify your complex thoughts in your native language first and then translate them to English. Lots of times when translation is tough, we give up and change the topic. But this practice helps you make the translation process easy. 
 
If you want to learn more, please book a session with me. 
