The SLICE Series

Episode 11: IT'S TROUBLING: THE LANGUAGE PRIVILEGE

Human beings are hardwired to communicate ideas, share stories and spread beliefs to hold our community together. This distinct power is what some of us take for granted - the ability to use language or sometimes change it according to our needs. We hold firmly that it is what makes us humans special, and it really is. However, possessing this kind of power doesn't mean the learning process will always be child's play. The struggle is real, but 'collective' in essence.

Ready for the digging? Deep down the surface is what feels like impossible to break through.

The SLICE Series team.

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References: 

https://www.cmu.edu/teaching/designteach/design/instructionalstrategies/discussions.html 

https://www.thoughtco.com/linguistic-intelligence-8093

 https://legalaidatwork.org/factsheet/language-discrimination/

https://www.upcounsel.com/language-discrimination 

https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/how-to/human-resources/2017/11/language-discrimination-is-a-real-issue-here-s-how.html 

Episode 10: Deep into the language struggle

The one-year anniversary episode (2021 - 2022)

Hailed as a special species, human beings are hardwired to communicate ideas, share stories and spread beliefs to hold our community together. This distinct power is what some of us take for granted - the ability to use language or sometimes change it according to our needs. We hold firmly that it is what makes us humans special, and it really is. However, possessing this kind of power doesn't mean the learning process will always be child's play. The struggle is real, but 'collective' in essence. 

Ready for the digging? Deep down the surface is what feels like impossible to break through.

The SLICE Series team.

References: https://bebcblog.wordpress.com/2013/1...

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...

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Welcome to our EPISODE 9: It is not over yet - A  story of normality 

Many of us may wince at the idea of living in the zone of normalcy as if our lives have to be as fascinating and dramatic as those of Hollywood actors/ actresses. The ever-changing world plays a  key role in shaping this very belief. However, our desire for something life-changing does not emerge from nowhere, it springs from the lack of self-confidence and inner peace. If this is true, Vermeer or James Joyce would know what's what when it comes to coming to terms with normality in life. Let us dive into the minds of these quiet giants that never fail to draw out in us the hidden messages that are constantly ignored and made light of. Some sharing will be made among our podcast producers, but it is far from complete. Yet.  We'd love to listen to your thoughts on this topic or any feedback that you want to give in order to improve our video quality and outreach.

This episode focuses on 4 following issues:

1/ INTRODUCTION

2/ A PERSONAL GLIMPSE INTO NORMALITY

3/ SLICES OF WISDOM

4/ SIPS OF THE UNEVENTFUL

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The SLICE Series is a non-profit educational podcast whose aims are to spread knowledge of the English language and share learning experiences in order to instill in today’s youth a burning passion for learning languages. The podcast is on the air at 19:00 on Friday every other week. For further information, please contact us by email: [email protected]

Welcome to our eighth episode: The “invisible” illness of Depression - An uphill battle.

In today’s episode, we’re gonna listen to and follow Karah - a 17-year-old high school student struggling with depression and anxiety, and learn as much as possible about the formidable mental illness called depression. We do not guarantee the level of effectiveness of any solution mentioned in the video.

And thanks to “LOST CONNECTION - UNCOVERING THE REAL CAUSES OF DEPRESSION - AND THE UNEXPECTED SOLUTIONS" written by world renowned journalist Johann Hari, we can collect some extremely useful pieces of knowledge which can be of great use to anyone who has to suffer from depression. If you want to continue to watch high-quality episodes like this, please do not hesitate to shower us with likes and comments and subscribe to our channels. You can now follow us on Youtube and Anchor for more interesting videos.

[REFERENCES]

1. Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation. Global Health Data Exchange (GHDx). http://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-results-tool?params=gbd-api-2019-permalink/d780dffbe8a381b25e1416884959e88b (Accessed 1 May 2021).

2. Evans-Lacko S, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Al-Hamzawi A, et al. Socio-economic variations in the mental health treatment gap for people with anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders: results from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) surveys. Psychol Med. 2018;48(9):1560-1571.

3. Lost Connections, Johann Hari

4. Lost Connections Summary, fourminutebooks

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The SLICE Series is a non-profit educational podcast whose aims are to spread knowledge of the English language and share learning experiences in order to instill in today’s youth a burning passion for learning languages. The podcast is on the air at 19:00 on Friday every other week. For further information, please contact us by email: [email protected]

This episode has been published and can be heard everywhere your podcast is available.

This episode focuses on 5 following issues:

Number 1: FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING ABOUT FLUENCY

Number 2: POSSIBLE METHODS

Number 3: MYTHS TO BE DEBUNKED

Number 4: ESSENTIAL SPEAKING TOPICS

Number 5: SUMMARY

[REFERENCES]

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The SLICE Series is a non-profit educational podcast whose aims are to spread knowledge of the English language and share learning experiences in order to instill in today’s youth a burning passion for learning languages. The podcast is on the air at 19:00 on Friday every other week. For further information, please contact us by email: [email protected]

This episode focuses on 3 following issues:

Number 1: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Number 2: Silas Marner, George Eliot

Number 3: Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert (English Version by Christopher Moncrieff )

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The SLICE Series is a non-profit educational podcast whose aims are to spread knowledge of the English language and share learning experiences in order to instill in today’s youth a burning passion for learning languages. The podcast is on the air at 19:00 on Friday every other week. For further information, please contact us by email: [email protected]

Episode 4: Collocations 

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This episode focuses on 4 following issues: 

1/ Why do we bother to learn collocations?

2/ Strong, Weak and Fixed Collocations

3/ How to learn collocations

4/ 16 common and advanced collocations in written and spoken language

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The SLICE Series is a non-profit educational podcast whose aims are to spread knowledge of the English language and share learning experiences in order to instill in today’s youth a burning passion for learning languages. The podcast is on the air at 19:00 on Friday every other week. For further information, please contact us by email: [email protected]

Episode 3: FINDING LIGHT IN THE DARK - Hopes & Despair in the COVID-19 pandemic 

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Since time immemorial, pandemics have been our formidable enemy whose impacts are far greater than any political institution or dominant civilization. Therefore, it is frequently perceived that human history is the history of pandemics. Invaluable lessons from the past can be of critical importance to our ability to cope with diseases and grow in times of turmoil. In light of the Covid19 pandemic, mental problems and available resources to tackle them have been brought into focus. What is awaiting us in the not-so-distant future? How can human beings grow mentally and physically when dark times strike?  

Reference: How humans have reacted to pandemics through history - a visual guide (The Guardian) 

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The SLICE Series is a non-profit educational podcast whose aims are to spread knowledge of the English language and share learning experiences in order to instill in today’s youth a burning passion for learning languages. The podcast is on the air at 19:00 on Friday every other week. For further information, please contact us by email: [email protected]

Episode 2: Writing - A chapter that has no end | part I 

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Remember the first time you wrote? How was it? Was your first piece as messy as mine? Writing is a creative journey without any defined end. Frustration is without dispute your dearest company, but hang in there, you will know when you get there.  This second episode focuses on sentence writing skills - the most fundamental writing skills. 

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The SLICE Series is a non-profit educational podcast whose aims are to spread knowledge of the English language and share learning experiences in order to instill in today’s youth a burning passion for learning languages. The podcast is on the air at 19:00 on Friday every other week. For further information, please contact us by email: [email protected]

Episode 5: Writing - the chapter that has no end 

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This episode focuses on 4 following issues: 

1/ Basic knowledge of paragraph writing 

2/ Little sharing 

3/ Explanations of 8 written collocations  

4/ Sample paragraph  

*Minor error: the word "deploy" in the sample paragraph should be "employ". Sorry for this inconvenience and confusion.  

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The SLICE Series is a non-profit educational podcast whose aims are to spread knowledge of the English language and share learning experiences in order to instill in today’s youth a burning passion for learning languages. The podcast is on the air at 19:00 on Friday every other week. For further information, please contact us by email: [email protected]