This is a channel for story time. 
Karen will read stories that cover a range of topic and challenges that cover issues in today's world. 
Karen has written some of the stories, but not all . 

Pocket Rainbow

I have created this channel for beginners to practise listening and repeating after me. I will include the vocab for each podcast for you. 

I do NOT teach beginners, but am happy to teach this. 

Beginners 

This podcast is for people from all walks of life who want to hear a little more about the English language in shorter soundbytes...up to 10 minutes per episode. 


English in 60 Seconds

私はいくつかのソーシャルネットワークサービスを使っています。私のそれぞれのSNSの使い方について紹介します。
まずは、インスタグラム。
インスタグラムは基本的に見るだけです。私は日本語学習者を何人かフォローしています。学習者がどんな教材を使って勉強しているのかを見て、レッスンの参考にしています。あとは、ファッションブランドや料理家のインスタグラムもフォローしています。料理家のインスタグラムは写真がとてもきれいで、おいしい料理を作りたいなという気分になります。
Twitterも見るだけです。自分が信頼できると思う専門家やいつもおもしろい内容を発信している人をフォローしています。Twitterはいろいろな専門家の意見をメディアを通さずに直接聞けるのでとても面白いです。たまに自分がフォローしている専門家同士がTwitter上で言い争いをしていることがあって、少し悲しくなります。
ちなみに私のパートナーはTwitterの情報を全く信じていません。私はTwitterはフォローする人を間違えなければ、ニュースよりも早く、正確な情報を簡単に得られると思っています。
そしてFacebook。私は最近スマホにあったFacebookのショートカットを消しました。Facebookを見た後に、自分の周りの人と自分の生活や人生を比べて落ち込むことがあるので、できる限り見ないことにしました。
皆さんはSNSをどんな目的で使っていますか？
他人の投稿を見て落ち込むことはありますか？また、逆に励まされたことはありますか？
私はSNSは使い方を間違えなければ、生活を楽しくしてくれるものだと思います。みなさんはどう思いますか？


日本語学習者：Japanese learner
参考（さんこう）にする：take their idea into consideration
信頼できる：you can trust, trustworthy
内容：ないよう　content
発信する：はっしんする
専門家：せんもんか　expert
言い争い：いいあらそい　argue
正確な：せいかくな　accurate
落ち込む：feel down
生活：daily life
人生：life
できる限り：できるかぎり　as much as possible
他人：others
投稿：とうこう　post
励まされる：はげまされる  make me feel better,  be encouraged

Nihongo Short Story by Noriko

SNSの使い方について（ How to Use  SNS）

CHISTES MEXICANOS

SHAMPOO.

On this episode of The Real English Conversations podcast, Amy & Curtis share the expressions they have heard their parents say to them while they were growing up. Learn new and funny idioms, expressions & phrases that you can use in English.

Learn English On Italki with the host of this Podcast: 
Book a lesson with Curtis - https://www.italki.com/teacher/4672521/english 

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Real English Conversations Podcast

Things Parents Say: Real English Conversations Podcast On Italki

In this episode of Tongue Twisters/Скороговорки/Fjalëshpejta in Albanian language for level A2 to advanced. These episodes may help a lot practicing the pronunciation of hard sounds in Albanian language and also to have fun. Lets enjoy it!


Tongue Twisters

Tongue Twisters/Скороговорки/Fjalëshpejta 

Tato slova asi znáš, ale určitě jsi nevěděl, že jsou z českého jazyka!

Czech Easily: Slow & Easy

12. Česká slova v cizích jazycích

If robots do take over the world, this one probably won't be the leader.

Less than 5.8 centimeters tall — a little shorter than a lighter — it has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's smallest humanoid robot.

Humanoid robots look and act like humans. For the Guinness record, they must be able to move their shoulders, elbows, knees and hips, and also be able to walk.

Made by a Japanese student named Mitsuya Tatsuhiko, this one is less than half the size of the previous holder of the world record, which was made by students from Hong Kong.

Tatsuhiko is a postgraduate student at Nagoya Institute of Technology, where he researches crawler robots. Crawler robots don't look like humans, however, and they're used to inspect places that are hard to get to.

Tatsuhiko has been interested in robots since he was a child.

According to Guinness World Records, he built his first humanoid robot when he was 10.

He didn't spend as much time making them during high school, but he has returned to his passion as he has gotten older.

It took him a few tries to get his record-breaking robot right, and he worked hard to make it as small as he could.

He applied for the record with his third attempt while he was in the fourth year of his degree. He said he was very happy to have broken the record.

Tatsuhiko hopes to work with robots when he finishes university, but he'll also keep making them at home as a hobby.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Japanese Student Makes Smallest Humanoid Robot

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

To Wade in....

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JDeEu39s_g7QOEgl1vLrqIeToPe83NBj/view?usp=drivesdk