"Scopri l'Italia" è il podcast che vi porta alla scoperta delle meraviglie del Bel Paese, offrendo un viaggio affascinante tra cultura, tradizioni e bellezze naturali della nostra amata Italia. 

Scopri l'Italia

After consonants, the vowel letter pairs а/я, э/е, о/ё, ы/и, and у/ю represent 
essentially the same vowel sound. Their only difference is that the letters in the bottom 
row tell you that the preceding consonant is palatalized, or soft.*

HARD CONSONANTS             SOFT CONSONANTS

Да-да! - Oh yes!                       дядя - uncle 
мэр - mayor                             мер - of measures 
быт - daily life                          бит - computer bit 
живот - belly                            живёт - he/she lives 
музыка - music                        мюзикл - musical (show)

* a palatalized consonant is pronounced with the blade of the tongue pressed up 
against the hard palate, it sounds like a consonant plus the [y] sound of “yes” pronounced at the exact same time.

Russian Pronunciation wilth Lubov

HARD / SOFT CONSONANTS PRACTICE. Живот Или Живёт? Listen and Repeat.

Lettura del quarto capitolo del libro "Il Piccolo Principe" di Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

📖 IL PICCOLO PRINCIPE di Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

🌖 CAPITOLO 4

In today's podcast, Cambridge David recommends a very good website for improving your listening ability. Elllo.org allows you to listen to speakers from different countries using English, and at the end you can read the script and do practice exercises to help check your understanding. Best of all, it's absolutely free. 
*please note that I'm not paid anything from elllo.org - I'm purely recommending it because I believe in sharing good learning tools, wherever we may find them. What are your favourite language learning tools (apart from italki)? Please let me know, and I'll pass your recommendations onto other listeners.

Learn English with Cambridge David

A very useful website - www.elllo.org

In this episode of Your Spanish Journey, I'll talk about HABITS and some study habits to improve your Spanish skills. 

Your Spanish Journey

¡No pongas más excusas! - Top tips to improve your language learning habits.

IELTS Speaking Part 3 Topic: Sports and competition.

Here are the 3 questions that will be addressed in the podcast.

1. Why are some sports fans so passionate?
2. Is there any violence at sporting events in your country?
3. Should athletes be better role models?

Enjoy it and send me a message to get private counsultation on how to feel more confident when speaking and how to achieve the goal you are after when it comes to spoken English.

See you tomorrow.

IELTS-SPEAKING 8-9 BAND IS POSSIBLE. DAILY SPEAKING PRACTICE PART 1,2 & 3. Listen daily.

IELTS Speaking Part 3 Topic: Sports and competition.

Это история, которая однажды произошла со мной и моей собакой. И не только с нами. Вы можете слушать подкаст и читать текст https://goo.su/zlymv 
Приятного прослушивания 🐶

Lera teaches Russian

#7. Однажды моя собака… / One day my dog…

Listen and repeat then sing along.
hot pot cot
The hot pot is under the cot.

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