Music, food, customs, traditions, dance, language, and many more form a culture. The list can keep going, but new cultures can be overwhelming. That's why the cultural shocks. So? What do we do with all the information?

The Age of Humans

Episode 2: How to Process the Cultural Input

Conoce un poco sobre:
- el águila real, el animal del escudo de México, 
- el ajolote una lagartija acuática mágica que regenera todas sus partes, 
- el ocelote un gato parecido al jaguar, 
- el xoloizcuintle (palabra del náhuatl) un perro sin pelo 
- y sobre los chapulines, unos saltamontes que comemos tostados con sal y limón.

No te pierdas los siguientes episodios.
Deja en los comentarios ¿Cuál es tu animal favorito? ¿Qué animales hay en tu país que no hay en otros? 

Tomemos una taza de café 

Episodio 2 Animales de México (INTERMEDIOS)

In this potcast we will learn how we pronounce months

ALL ABOUT TURKıSH

AYLAR (MONTHS)

The Democratic vice president Kamala Harris began the first — and possibly last — TV debate before the US presidential election with a power move, walking across the stage to shake Donald Trump's hand.

The two candidates had never met before the September 10 debate in Philadelphia, aired by ABC News.

"Let's have a good debate," Harris said.

"Nice to see you. Have fun," the former Republican president responded.

The exchange set the tone for the 90-minute debate to come: Harris controlled the conversation at times, tackling Trump on economic policy, crime, abortion rights, his refusal to concede his 2020 election loss and even his performance at his rallies.

Trump was measured at the start but grew more annoyed as the night went on.

Harris took the fight to Trump in a way that Joe Biden could not.

"You did in fact lose that election," Harris said of the 2020 race that Trump lost to Biden but still insists he won. "Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people," she said, referring to Biden's winning vote total.

A smiling Harris frequently shifted her message from Trump back to the American people.

"You will not hear him talk about your needs, your dreams and your needs and your desires," Harris said. "And I'll tell you, I believe you deserve a president who actually puts you first."

Trump was often on the defense, but he did push the main message of his campaign: inflation and immigration are causing Americans to suffer.

As he often does in his rallies and on social media, he made several false or unproven claims about migrants — including a debunked rumor that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are hunting and eating pets. Officials in Springfield say they have no evidence of this happening.

"Talk about extreme," Harris said after Trump talked about dogs and cats being eaten.

Trump also tied Harris to Biden, falsely claiming the Biden-Harris administration caused the "worst inflation" the country has had.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Trump and Harris Face Off in Presidential Debate

Explaining phrasal verb "Up to no good" in a fun way

"Phrasal Verbs Gone Wild!"

Episode 1: "Get Up to No Good"

日本の食卓事情３

毎日（まいにち）豊富（ほうふ）なおかずを作る理由（りゆう）は、小（ちい）さい時（とき）から家庭（かてい）で母（はは）の作る様々（さまざま）な料理（りょうり）を食（た）べていたせいで、同（おな）じ献立（こんだて）を毎日食べることに慣（な）れていないからだと思（おも）う。日本ではそういう家庭が多（おお）いだろう。
同じ献立が連続（れんぞく）しても、食材（しょくざい）を焼（や）いて味付（あじつ）けは塩（しお）だけでも、十分（じゅうぶん）じゃないか！と自分（じぶん）に言（い）い聞（き）かせたい。栄養（えいよう）が偏（かたよ）るとはいえ、たまに外食（がいしょく）してもいいじゃないか。
日常（にちじょう）の食事（しょくじ）なんて、そんな豊（ゆた）かにしなくてもいい！とは思（おも）いながらも、明日（あした）の献立に悩（なや）むそんな今日（きょう）。

izm's room

日本の食卓事情３【全３話】

Note: This podcast is intended for language learning ONLY. Not for promoting or criticizing any political party or ideology. Let’s keep it friendly and accessible to all :)


Also, all of the experiences are the hosts’ own experiences so please do your own research if you need more information.


Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

Eating sugar and quitting sugar!

Get ready for a special treat! In this episode, I talk with Cara Leopold, an English Teacher known as the Listening Expert. We covered a lot of topics, so this will be the first of two episodes with our conversation. The main theme of our conversation was building great listening skills in another language. In this first episode, we talk about the importance of listening when learning another language, including pronunciation, and what to do when you don’t understand your colleagues in meetings.  Here are some gems from this episode:

“People might think, “I spend most of my time speaking.” But listening is actually the skill that dominates. So by that logic, the foundation for also learning future languages should be listening.”

“So what’s really helped me to get fluent in French is observing what people say, understanding them, and then copying them.”

“Notice the expressions that people keep using and then use them. You will sound more authentic because you'll be using what the people around you actually say, as opposed to what you read in a book or what you got out of a list of 100 idioms.”

Tune in to get more valuable insights from Cara, so you’ll understand more of what people say around you! The second part of our conversation will be released in the next episode. 

Read the transcript here: https://www.express-to-impress.com/listening-skills/.

Original theme music by Lucas Knutter 

Express to Impress

How to Improve Your Listening Skills With Movies With Cara Leopold

In this episode of The Streetwise English Podcast I talk Chris Rock's Comedy Special and beef with Will Smith. My teacher profile: https://italki.com/teacher/1947582
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