For British people, it is easy to set up our own companies and to do many jobs without formal qualifications. Especially in sectors like Finance or Technology. Experience is often valued more, because it is cheaper than employing a graduate.

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

Qualifications or Experience - Which is Better?

Let's make Japanese sentences together.   If you make a sentence in Japanese, write it in the comment section! I will correct your sentences! 

【Today's  topic】
【⚪⚪ところ】

(Verb ている形）+ところ

この文法はJLPT N4の表現(ひょうげん)です。

意味(いみ)は、動作(どうさ)・動(うご)きの進行中(しんこうちゅう)を表(あらわ)します。


📕Verb辞書形
(乗っている　食べている　なっている)

(ex)
「いま、なにしてるの？」
「あ～、電車(でんしゃ)に乗(の)っているところ」

What are you doing?
I'm just getting on the train.

「いま、なにしてる？」
「ごはんを食べているところ」

「いま、なにしてる？」
「いま家(いえ)で横(よこ)になっているところ」

Japanese teacher Noriko’s room

(Verb ている形）+ところ

Jak vznikl český národ? Známá legenda je důležitou součástí české kultury.

Czech Easily: Slow & Easy

2. Legenda o Česku

In this episode of Streetwise English Podcast, I talk about my impressions of the Chinese East coast cities Beijing, Shanghai , Guangzhou and Shenzhen. My teacher profile: https://italki.com/teacher/1947582 Thanks for listening!

Streetwise English

SWE 105 My Impressions of Chinese Cities 北上广深

皆さんはカルチャーショックを受けたことがありますか。
日本は南北に長い国なので、地域によって気候や文化などが違います。
今回は北海道で生まれ育ったフミが道外で感じたカルチャーショックについて話します。

Have you had any experience with feeling culture shock?
Japan is a long country that extends north to south, so even within Japan, the climate and the culture differ depending on the region. 
This time, Fumi, who was born and grew up in Hokkaido talks about his experience.

♤ キーワード
・ショックを受ける（ショックをうける：be shocked）
・柑橘類（かんきつるい：citrus fruit）
・庭木（にわき：garden tree）
・街路樹（がいろじゅ：roadside tree）

♧ 理解度チェッククイズ
1. フミさんが道外で感じたカルチャーショックは？
2. アヤさんのおばあちゃんの家の庭には何の木があった？

♢ 前回のクイズの答え
1. 今年、桜の開花が一番早かったのはどこ？
→ 福岡
2. アヤさんが春を感じるきっかけは？
→ 桜の開花

BGM special thanks：MusMus

アヤさんとフミさんの日本語雑談（Aya and Fumi’s Japanese Chit-Chat）

Episode 02：カルチャーショック

Neste episódio vamos ouvir sobre a história de uma rapariga feia e de uma rapariga bonita

Colecção Formiguinha - 60 Histórias

2-As Duas Caras 

CHISTES MEXICANOS

EL ÁMBITO LABORAL.

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11jcxR3gxex8GKbcaswqp2g1txJwM47czLNFpGY2yXLw/edit?usp=sharing

Today, I want to tell you all about emotional support chickens. It seems that a nursing home here in the UK has been offered chickens by a local school in order to take away the loneliness of it’s residents and help them feel better.

Nursing Homes and Care Homes are places where we put older people who cannot look after themselves.

It's hoped that the chickens will bring residents a number of benefits. From fostering a sense of community to reducing mental health problems. Now, I'm not sure about you but for me, I'd probably rather have the cash or if  there’s perhaps other opportunities, maybe I’d prefer to talk to someone. These chickens don't actually have to be bought.It looks like they were given free to this nursing home. 

But still, if they're going to give away chickens, I'd rather have the cash.
