*This episode is about "Hamedan" a city in western Iran. It is located in the Central District of Hamadan County in Hamadan province. 

**Book Podcast lesson to discuss the topic and access the texts

Persian Podcasts / پادکست فارسی 

شهر همدان

Deux amis sortent ensemble.
Voilà leur interaction.
Bonne écoute!

French with Séb

Sortie entre amis - A2

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uo7DZe-1gXU5xbhnQyx5w8xcmi9PDM-L/view?usp=sharing

Teacher Robert's Podcast

IELTS strategies - Part 2 ( with transcript)

Taiwan Daphne - elementary vocabulary

百、半、包子

这集主要介绍" 爱听不听；那一套；考砸了" 在汉语口语习惯用语中的意思及用法。

A Course in Chinese Colloquial Idioms

How To Use" 爱听不听；那一套；考砸了" in Chinese colloquial idioms

大卫：美玲，你明天几点下班？ 如果有时间，就和我一起去商场走一下吧。
美玲 ：大卫，我明天四点下班，是去我们以前去过的那一家商场吗？
大卫： 是的，你的生日快到了，我想买件衣服送给你。
美玲： 那家商场的东西不便宜，比我们公司附近商场的衣服贵多了。
大卫： 那我们明天就去你公司附近的商场走走，好吗？ 
美玲： 好吧！明天下午见。
大卫： 明天见！

Listening & Speaking (Mandarin)

大卫与美玲的电话约会   Dàwèi yǔ Měilíng de diànhuà yuēhuì   (HSK 2-3)

スキーについて話しました。みなさんはスキーをしますか？⛷❄️

SeikaのPodcast🎧

Ep.62 日本人とスキー⛷❄️

Try these tips during awkward silences or when you don't know what else to talk about.

1.   Don't reject your own ideas thinking that they are not worth sharing. When you filter most of your stories and experiences you have fewer topics to talk about. 
 
2.   Don't list your points, instead elaborate on each point using examples or personal experiences. This also gives the opportunity to the listener to add to the topic or share their own experiences making it a two-way conversation.
 
3.   Speak at the right pace. If you speak too fast, you end the conversation very quickly. It’s usually because the listener doesn’t understand you and therefore can’t keep the conversation going.  
 
4.   Learn to ask smart questions to keep the conversation going. Ask open-ended questions such as, “what do you think about …?” with follow-up questions “why do you think …?”. This helps you build up on the information that you received.
 
5.   Practise thinking critically so you always have something to say. When you practice critical thinking and ask yourself counter-questions, you are able to spontaneously think of ideas and form arguments using your background knowledge. You can easily connect the dots and be eloquent while talking to people.
 
6.   Learn a few speech frameworks such as Past - Present - Future, Problem – Solution - Benefit, or other storytelling formats such as ‘the mountain’. When you have a structure, you don’t lose your chain of thoughts and you don’t run into dead ends. Your listeners are also able to understand you better and remember what you said.
 
7.   If you are using a second language to communicate such as English, then simplify your complex thoughts in your native language first and then translate them to English. Lots of times when translation is tough, we give up and change the topic. But this practice helps you make the translation process easy. 
 
If you want to learn more, please book a session with me. 


Sensei Ann

Tips for not running out of things to say

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