【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#106〉8月19日金曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/24℃ 

白糠町/しらぬかちょう
・バドミントンの小学生の全国大会で優勝した小学生が凱旋
・選手は花束を受け取った
・インドネシアのコーチの指導を受けてる

［単語］
バドミントン/ばどみんとん…スポーツのひとつ
全国/ぜんこく…国の全部
大会/たいかい...だれが1番か決める
優勝/ゆうしょう…勝つ
凱旋/がいせん…勝って、自分の町に帰ること
花束/はなたば…たくさんの花
インドネシア/いんどねしあ…Indonesia
コーチ/こーち…先生
指導/しどう…教える


〈美和Miwa〉
日本語の先生
Podcast「どこでも.JAPANESE」も放送中！

レッスン待ってます♪

北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#106〉8月19日金曜日　バドミントン優勝の小学生が町に帰る

😅 Sorry if you can hear my dog scratching her bed in the background. 🙏🏼

Episode Translation: Movie Fan

Vocabulario: 
película (movie)
cine (movie theater, cinema)
vez (time)
genero (genre, gender)
especialmente (especially)
frente (in front)
comedor (dining room)
desayuno (breakfast)
almuerzo (lunch)
trastes (dishes)
ejercicio (exercise)
mayoria (majority, most)
doblaje (dub)
preferir (to prefer)
idioma (language)
Coreano (Korean)
Noruego (Norwegian)
doblado (dubbed)
aunque (even though, although)
terminar + verbo (to end up doing an action)
darse cuenta (to realize, to notice)
botana (snack)
disfrutar (to enjoy)
crepa (crepe)
torta (sandwhich - in Mexican Spanish / cake - in European Spanish)
durante (during)
pastel (cake)
pollo (chicken)
frito (fried)
hasta (until, even)
cerveza (beer)
aventar (to throw)
palomitas (popcorn)
ahogarse (to choke)

Las Aventuras De Miss Jacy

Fan Del Cine

Jessica is a botanist who is living in the Amazon. Let's listen to her and practice some verbs with a particular conjugation! And please help Nycole to remember how to use the verb to like! 

Work material: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hyuGoUxfpTfRLwfjEFEN3QWH8nT8XfcEpoZwBBCQvCM/edit

Real Spanish Podcast

A botanist in the Amazon 

Improving your IELTS Speaking score from a band 5 to a band 7 requires targeted practice in several key areas: fluency, pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar. Here’s a breakdown of steps to take in each.

1. Enhance Fluency and Coherence: Band 5 speakers often struggle to speak fluidly and with clear connections between ideas. To improve, practice speaking on various topics for 1-2 minutes without pauses. Use transition words like "however," "on the other hand," or "in addition" to link ideas smoothly. Regular practice on platforms like language exchange apps can help.

2. Expand Vocabulary: Limited vocabulary often holds back Band 5 speakers. Aim to learn 5-10 new words daily, focusing on synonyms and expressions you can apply to multiple topics, such as work, travel, or family. Create mind maps on topics that frequently come up in IELTS, like "environment" or "technology," and practice speaking on each one.

3. Improve Pronunciation: Pronunciation errors are common at Band 5. Focus on getting each sound right, as well as on stress and intonation, to sound more natural. Listen to native speakers through podcasts or videos, and practice mimicking their tone and rhythm. Recording and replaying your responses is also helpful.

Master Grammar: A Band 7 requires control over complex sentence structures. Practice combining ideas into longer sentences using connectors like “although,” “since,” and “despite.” Working with a tutor or using grammar apps can help you understand and apply complex grammar structures correctly.

IELTS Speaking Practice

Improve your IELTS speaking scroe from 5 to 7

Two corvesations: 

1- En el restaurante.

2- ¿Eres soltero o casado?

 This podcast is to improve your listening and vocabulary

Learn Spanish Conversation

Learn Spanish Conversation parte 30

If you are job hunting, a must nowadays is a profile on the world’s most popular professional networking site LinkedIn.

LinkedIn is not like any other social media, it is not a place to share photos of your latest holiday, your pets or your frolics with your friends about town. LinkedIn is about demonstrating your professionalism to your work colleagues, your boss and even your potential new employers.

Keep your LinkedIn profile up to date with all of your achievements from your work experience, update your certificates and education when you take a new training course, create connections and most importantly get endorsed.

Since you are reading this, I presume you re a student of the English language and that learning and improving your English language skills is probably important to you in your career and promotional prospects.

So, ask your teacher to give you an endorsement on LinkedIn to add to your profile

BizPod - The Business English Podcast

BizPod Episode 5 - Are You LinkedIn?

Ant  Apple  Alligator  Axe
Listen and repeat. 

Send me a message to learn with me.
https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/13365914

Phonics The Alphabet 

Letter A

Make mistakes - it's good for you. The Method Of Paradoxical Intention. Episode 400

If you have anxiety, fear of speaking, worry about making mistakes when speak English, listen to this recording. It can revolutionalize your development!

What is Paradoxical Intention?

Paradoxical intention is a therapeutic technique, primarily developed by Viktor Frankl, that involves intentionally doing or wanting the very thing you are trying to avoid. 

The idea is to break free from the anxiety or fear that fuels the unwanted behavior or symptom.

Here’s the core concept:

The Problem: You’re struggling with a particular issue, and the more you try to fight it, the worse it seems to get..
The Paradoxical Approach: Instead of fighting the problem, you intentionally try to create or exaggerate it. 
The Paradoxical Approach: Instead of fighting the problem, you intentionally try to create or exaggerate it. 

That's it in a nutshell. If you want to go deeper into it, please read the works of Victor Frank - Logotherapy and be amazed on how it can potentially help you in your success in life!

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The Habits of Highly Effective English Communicators

Make mistakes - it's good for you. The Method Of Paradoxical Intention. Episode 400

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QxOwZyB5o9G1WnXCU2KLHzZtkG1qstbQ/view?usp=drivesdk