I make videos for English learners to use in their learning. The videos are made to be simpler than normal, native level English content, but still interesting and engaging for learners.
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Tenia meses viendo videos del canal y estoy casi en la etapa del habla. Me gusta como te expresas y me parece que tienes buena dicción; serás mi referente lingüístico. Empezaré a hacer shadowing con tus videos, espero regresar en unos meses o año y decir que tan bien hablo. 😄
I was in a very similar situation almost two weeks ago when I lost the keys to the apartment I'm renting. I wasn't locked in a basically enclosed space, but I had to spend more than 12 hours outside (including the night without sleep). At least I had something to immerse in and some music to listen to.
As a learner who primarily listens to this podcast to improve my listening, I appreciate the increased difficulty of this episode, but other learners may not be as happy to hear so many glitches in the audio. I think I remember previous episodes with similar glitches, but this one really stands out.
Oh yeah, I couldn't figure out what was causing it. And I haven't had the time to dive deeper into what might be happening... Since I record pretty far in advance, I sorta just gave up lol.
Ben! I'm a big fan of yours, and I also teach using the Natural Approach. I first came across you on the Refold channel and didn’t know you had your own platform. Your content is amazing! Please never stop churning out these videos. You and Matt have been my biggest inspirations to change the way I teach English (I'm based in Brazil) and to pursue my Japanese immersion. Teaching with Comprehensible Input is rewarding, but many people still fall prey to traditional methods-skill-building is more marketable and heavily reliant on instant gratification. Fortunately, it seems we've been gaining ground over the years, with more apps and content creators geared towards CI. I’ll always support fellow colleagues like you in your efforts to spread the word about CI. Much respect, and I wish you the best of luck.
"Risoudough" makes my toenails curl... There's a double "T" in that, dammit! (Fettucine Alfredo is actually a quintessentially American dish. It's not known in Italy at all.) (Sorry, stuffed up central European here. We experience how these words are supposed to sound like...) Italian food is definitely common in Switzerland. Our local cuisine is very limited, and we gratefulla accepted what immigrant workers brought. The first of these were Italians. so, yes, pasta dishes, pizza, risotto, tiramisù, zuppa inglese, zabaglione... but more importantly: good quality ingredients: Olive oil is pretty much our standard cooking oil, even when not specifically cooking Italian, and the best tomatoes are the Italian varieties: cuor di bue, San Marzano...
This podcast is useful to English learners who are somewhat advanced. People who have mastered pronunciation, verbs and their tenses, adverbs, etc. It addresses the inexact use of our language which happens a lot of the time.
When I was in about 6th grade, my parents got me a backpack for school. It was so indestructible that I used it every day for more than 10 years. I really liked it, and when I finally managed to tear it up, I found the same model (it's probably cheaper than the average backpack), and it's been serving me for another several years now.
I believe that your name is divided into syllables as Ben-ja-min rather than Ben-jam-in. You can use various web sites to break a word into syllables if unsure.
That's probably a better way to break it down, but it functionally doesn't matter. It all sounds the same at the end of the day. When you're learning about the sounds of a language, remember that the written version of something is ALWAYS going to be missing some nuance. That's just the reality of turning sound into writing. While vowels are the nucleus of a syllable, the consonants are much more fluid since they are what link the vowels together (sorta...)
I disagree that the biggest reason for the current situation in the US housing market is speculations. I'm convinced it's your zoning laws that prevent construction companies from building more houses where people want to live. If houses are expensive, construction companies would make a lot of money just building more houses, but they often can't because of the regulations. And you can see that the house prices significantly drop in the places in the US where the zoning reform was successfully completed. Also, the current interest rates/30-year fixed mortgage rates in the US are below historical average and only seem high because you lived your conscious life in an era of extremely low interest rates that was a consequence of the biggest financial crisis since the great depression. Currently, the interest rates are just returning to their "normal" values.
Yeah, that's a good point about zoning. It's a nightmare. But rent collusion and individual speculations are incredibly common and problematic. I probably should have said one of the biggest reasons. For interest rates, I also phrased it not great. It's more about the relative difference between people who currently have a SUPER low interest rate not really wanting to get a new one, even if it is normal. Plus, if you consider the cost of housing way outpacing inflation/wages, average interest rates still screw over regular people.
@@benadamslanguagessofa is the short comment Chinese use to declare as the first commenter - taking the best seat in the house. The next one would be bench 板凳， then floor 地板。
Ohhhhh hahahaha That's actually a fun way to say it. In the US (and maybe more English-speaking countries idk), we have something similar for choosing who gets to sit in the front seat: "SHOTGUN!"
For the time being. I like the pace I have (Daily podcast, 2 story videos and 1 "other" per week). But I want to change things up so I don't get bored. After I finish the current Tintin comic, for example, I'd like to play a story game and release that. I also want to try a super beginner level series soon.
@@benadamslanguagesI see! I hope you'll be inspired to return to it at some point, as it was the series where I personally learned the most new words that aren't outdated, as the visuals are rarely described verbally in the media I prefer.
In my opinion, Project Hail Mary is best enjoyed as an audiobook (it's my fav audiobook) because the narrator had the opportunity to add a lot of creativity that he wouldn't be able to add in other books.
Yes! The key word is "may." But they're also pretty vague meanings. "Up" like that can be "finish completely," but there are tons of phrasal verbs that use "up" that *don't* mean that.
There are many moments with heavily distorted audio in this episode (like, for example, 4:13). I remember the same thing in previous episodes, but they aren't very common.
@@benadamslanguages you can keep the original files to find out whether this happens in post-production or during the initial recording. If you haven't updated your settings since this episode, it's likely to happen again. I think I remember 3 episodes like this among the previous ones.
9:51 process[ə/ɪ]s process[i]s: 2-3 years ago when I was working on my American pronunciation with a friend from Texas (he is about 30 y.o. now), he corrected my process[i]s to process[ə/ɪ]s and said that he didn't remember native speakers to pronounce the word the way did, so I became interested and conducted a little research. First of all, about 2/3 of Youglish examples are with [ə/ɪ] and only 1/3 is with [i], but most likely I picked up my pronunciation from my language parent and from Matt (vs Japan). Also, judging from Youglish, [i] seems to be more widespread in academic fields or sometimes it just sounds a little pretentious, but maybe I'm wrong with the last observation.
I have tried ubuntu for a while but l switched back to windows because of the apps and it's more as you said user friendly. I still use Windows 10, I feel windows 11 is full with problems
I recently learned about another meaning/etymology of the word "desert" in the sense of "they get their just deserts," and it's here pronounced as "dessert"
Here in Scotland, even 20°C feels like 30°C Apart from ventilation, Drinking water especially coconut water twice or thrice a week is important. It reduces the spinal heat and overall inner body heat. None of the houses have fan here, instead heater and Duvet is being used. A house surrounded by trees or mountain will reduce the heat inside the house. Lemonade 🍋 is famous here..
