What does me-time look like in British Culture.

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

Me-time (with transcript)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eS2_wNC-IoBadmJEMjdIhJ_PAF-v2dVw/view?usp=sharing

Teacher Robert's Podcast

Using comprehensible input to help your learning

日本語の先生のTinaです。
今日は「お礼（れい）」という言葉を紹介します。
どんな意味でしょうか？どうやって使うのでしょうか？
Podcastを聞いて、クイズに答えましょう！
italkiでのレッスンの予約もお待ちしています♪

Tina Japa Go!

Episode 4. おれい

Did you know why it’s hard to catch a dragonfly?

Did you know?

Dragonfly eyes

Even my most advanced students sometimes find the simple present tense in English to be tricky! Learn the 5 most common ways we use the present tense in English, and start sounding more like a native today!

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Stairway to English: Short easy to understand episodes to improve your English grammar and fluency

"Usually I am having breakfast at 7am." Don't make this common mistake! 5 ways we use the simple present tense in English

你能猜猜”哭成狗“，”领头羊“，”驴唇不对马嘴”什么意思吗？在本集全中文播客里，Karen介绍了几个中文里和动物有关的表达。一起来看看吧！


Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

(全中文) 马嘴？哭成狗？这些和动物有关的表达太搞笑了！

Working from home and avoiding the journey to and from the office is saving many of us at least an hour every day, according to a 2023 study.

But we're not always using that saved time for ourselves — we're actually spending a lot of that time working.

The US-based National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) did a survey that looked at how workers in 27 countries used their time when working from home.

On average, the daily time saved by working from home was found to be 72 minutes.

Workers in China saved 102 minutes per day, while in Japan it was 100 minutes, and in India it was 99.

But the study also found that, on average, 40% of that saved time was spent working — either on the worker's main job or on an additional one.

Workers in Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan said they used more than half of their saved time to work.

So what happened to the rest of that extra time?

According to the study, an average of 34% was used as leisure time — with people in Germany and Austria using almost half of their extra time for leisure.

And 11% — about eight minutes per day — was spent looking after children or other family members.

The NBER said children had gotten a better deal with parents working from home — but that the big winners were employers, who got extra work time from their employees.



Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Work from Home Study: We Save Time but Work More

Some Japanese words are not completely translatable into English, and the word 「よろしく」is one of them. Listen to learn how we use this commonly used word in Japan so you can get one step closer to being fluent in Japanese.

Two Wise Monkeys Japanese Podcast

Ep.1 「よろしく」/ Student Life in Japan

Listening to plot summaries is such a nice practice since it requires you to pay close attention to the names and the events. Go and book a lesson with me to hear more of me in our lessons!