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Stop saying "I'm Sorry!" Here are 7 news ways to apologize to someone

Simple conversations are perfect for breaking the ice, and they are perfect for beginners. Talk about everyday situations like shopping, traveling, and dining out.


🗣️ Daily Life Dialogues

Dialogue between two friends on spending summer vocation. (Chapter # 4)

Öğrenmeyi öğrenmek | Emrah Safa Gürkan | TEDxIstanbul


Turkish listening

learning to learn | Emrah Safa Gurkan | TEDxIstanbul

They say you can't have too much of a good thing — but according to a new study, maybe you can!

Researchers from the University of Toronto in Canada found that people are feeling more bored than in the past, even though there are endless types of entertainment available.

Could this endless entertainment actually be causing increased feelings of boredom?

Possibly, the researchers say.

In their study, published in Communications Psychology, Katy Tam and Michael Inzlicht looked at data from 2009 to 2020. They also looked at the relationship between digital media and reported feelings of boredom.

They found that people are reporting higher levels of boredom than ever before, with young people and college students feeling bored more often.

Many people reported feelings of boredom after engaging with digital media, leading Tam and Inzlicht to believe this type of entertainment is increasing feelings of boredom.

Digital media, they explain, is highly stimulating, which could cause people to be less interested in activities with lower stimulation, like reading a book.

And with technology offering so many distractions, people find it more difficult to focus on a single activity and take enjoyment from it, the researchers added.

For example, looking at your phone while watching television makes it difficult to focus on what you're watching on TV, which makes it more difficult to enjoy the show.

There's also so much information available online that people often engage with quick, unrelated pieces of media, instead of longer, more meaningful information, which can leave people feeling unsatisfied and bored.

Earlier research by Tam and Inzlicht supports this idea, after it showed that switching between short videos resulted in increased feelings of boredom.

The researchers said we may need to become more comfortable with feeling bored — since not everything in life is meant to be constantly interesting!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

'Endless Entertainment' May Actually Increase Boredom

日本語では感情や他の物の状態を表すときによくオノマトペを使います。日本のアニメやドラマを観たことがあれば、一度は聞いたことがあると思います。

Japanese often use these Onomatopoeia to describe feeling and other stuffs. You've heard these once or twice if you watched Japanese Anime or TV series.

まいにち日本語 Daily Japanese Phrases

オノマトペ onomatopoeia

En este episodio hablarè de mi experiencia como colombiana en Italia, tambièn algunas cosas importantes para quienes estan aprendiendo un nuevo idioma.

Viviendo entre dos lenguas 

In this episode of Streetwise English Podcast, I talk about why I like studying languages on italki. My teacher profile: https://italki.com/teacher/1947582 Thanks for listening! 
transcript for Reading while listening.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MnDkCaOJ92y9J-5OsVp0w-IK7Q7kw96eDB0_1PudtYc/edit?usp=sharing

Streetwise English

SWE 115 Why I love italki language study (Intermediate English)

To Have no Qualms (with transcript)

Transcript https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ai6G0i621YlF94L9p7Ox-SH4c8dav5VJhVWcYBuQRFo/edit?usp=drivesdk

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

To Have no Qualms (with transcript)

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13_FTArCu98SOXOw3oGTjV0XdHVqvIMGhTlNmtDKWYvc/edit?usp=drivesdk

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13_FTArCu98SOXOw3oGTjV0XdHVqvIMGhTlNmtDKWYvc/edit?usp=sharing

Extract: 
Today. I want to explore with you the difference between face-to-face classroom lessons and e-learning lessons on the internet. I've done both and there's a very real difference. And if you're someone who hasn't had an online lesson before or you're just not sure how they work, we're going to be looking at that today.


