In this episode, we are going to talk about Turkish coffee! 
Listen carefully to answer the questions at the end of this episode :)

Bu bölümde Türk kahvesi hakkında konuşacağız.
Bölümün sonundaki soruları cevaplayabilmek için dikkatlice dinleyin :)

Your Turkish Friend

Bölüm-1/Türk Kahvesi (Turkish Coffee)

One way to improve our language skills is by expressing our thoughts in the target language. For that reason, I have prepared an English conversation class “Express Yourself through A Conversation”. Please feel free to check that lesson here: https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/24647106/english
I have a lot of interesting topics to talk about. But of course, you are welcome to bring up your own topic.

In this episode, I want to show you one example of the discussion topic. It’s about my imaginary city, Subara City 素晴市 （スバラしsu ba ra shi）.   The name is derived from 素晴らしい（すばらしい）and 都市（とし）.   素晴らしい means “wonderful”, “magnificent”.    市 means “city” and when placed at the end of a word can be pronounced as “shi”し.   So here I name my imaginary city 素晴市（スバラしsu ba ra shi）or “Subara City”.  In this episode, I’m introducing English lessons, not Japanese. I just want to let you know how I made up the name.

The theme of the story is that you have just been elected to the council for Subara City. You have 6 billion Yen in your budget. What can you do? Listen through. Below here is a simple worksheet to give you more ideas.

Total budget: 6 billion Yen.

(1) Carbon Footprint
Main cause of pollution is old factories on the edge of the city. They have to be relocated.
Budget: ………………….. Yen

(2) Deprivation and Inequality
You need to establish projects to reduce the percentage of people living below the poverty line.
Budget: ………………….. Yen

(3) Congestion and Mobility
Although the ground in Subara City is considered not suitable for subway infrastructure, recent research has been investigating solutions to tackle the ground issue. This research needs funding.
Budget: ………………….. Yen

(4) Education and Qualifications
The number of grants for teachers to study abroad should be increased.
Budget: ………………….. Yen

(5) Language and Cultural Integration
More investment is needed to ensure that migrants coming to work in your city adapt and integrate into the society.
Budget: ………………….. Yen

Midori no Heya

Make a Difference in Subara City

Basisinburgergingsexamen A1 in het buitenland - Spreekexamen - Alle 60 open vragen

Civic integration exams abroad - A1 - Speaking exam - all 60 open questions

Exámenes de integración cívica en el extranjero - A1- Examen oral - todas las 60 preguntas abiertas

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Olá, tudo bem? Gostou do episódio anterior? Neste eu vou relatar para você como foi minha experiência ao trabalhar no Censo brasileiro.

Segue o link para você poder baixar o documento com a transcrição deste episódio, se desejar, para conferir a escrita correta das palavras, além de treinar a pronúncia:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fgURYWCWsdZvWpgonFzj7G155IG4frvX/view?usp=drive_link.

Bom episódio!

Aprenda português

Episódio 02 - Como foi trabalhar no Censo

This episode narrates the proverb: One Swallow Does Not a Summer Make

American English Proverbs

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Many people have not just given up on their New Year's resolution, they've even given up on making a resolution.
Let's have a plan to improve our English, (or anything!) this year.

The Social Evolutionary

5 Minute Plan to Learn English in the New Year.

Did you know that we can use 'Not + a Superlative' to convey the opposite. In this episode, we discuss this commonly used expression in English.

Listen to the episode and analyse the following examples:
That's not the most efficient way to do it.
That's not the most original idea.
That's not the worst movie I've ever seen.

Don't forget to make your own examples and post them in the Comments Section to grasp this concept fully.

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Vaping to be Banned Near Schools and Hospitals

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

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.
