Listening practice
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Weekday – listen to English speaking content for ten minutes daily, no subtitle. Put on the link you listen to on record sheet so that I can make sure you really practice.
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Weekend– choose one episode you feel the most interesting or hardest and answer the questions on the record sheet. We would go through this episode weekly
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Practice resource–
Tedtalk–https://www.youtube.com/@TEDx/videos
BBC–https://www.youtube.com/@bbclearningenglish/videos
CNN–https://www.youtube.com/@CNN
AL Jazeera– https://www.youtube.com/@aljazeeraenglish
Week 1 – Great Start! 💪✨
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Weekday record sheet
Day |
Topic |
Link |
Key vocabularies(at least two) |
Monday |
Why Humans Should Merge with AI |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C18aaP4lvUk |
Unmoor shred extraordinary fragile |
Tuesday |
Are social media bans a threat to democracy? | Top Comment Podcast | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4PzzCnQ-O4 |
judical relucant contrarian allegiance ideology |
Wednesday |
Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJV-vdbZ388 |
seductive embed pristine algorithm overestimate |
Thursday |
We’re Keeping the Ocean Wild — and You Can Join Us | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrV2cTj6E_g |
Apprehensive exterminate shoreline voyage |
Friday |
Is AI a good investment? | Global News Podcast |
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address v justify v pursuit n initial adj appetite n |
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Weekend record sheet
Topic |
Link |
What’s the main idea? |
One quote from the episode |
Choose one from the weekday record sheet and enter here… |
The Grand COVID Conspiracy – Full Episode Recap 😷🦠 Conspiracies and Cover-Ups | Discovery |
Given all known evidence to date, an accidental lab leak remains the most probable origin of COVID-19. | Anytime there is missing data, there’s always room for doubt. |
Week 2 – Keep Going! 🚀🔥
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Weekday record sheet
Day |
Topic |
Link |
Key vocabularies(at least two) |
Monday |
Is Trump ‘calling the shots’ with Netanyahu? |
escalation n jeopardy n flare – up n divergent adj inextricably adv |
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Tuesday |
Does China have the upper hand over Trump? | Global News Podcast |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu2Cu7SY4Po |
delegation n banquet n rehearse v rejuvenation n rhetoric n gracious adj kowtow n military n military n exponentially adv |
Wednesday |
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Thursday |
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Friday |
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Weekend record sheet
Topic |
Link |
What’s the main idea? |
One quote from the episode |
Choose one from the weekday record sheet and enter here… |
Week 3 – Stay Strong! 💯💪
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Weekday record sheet
Day |
Topic |
Link |
Key vocabularies(at least two) |
Monday |
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Tuesday |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
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Friday |
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Weekend record sheet
Topic |
Link |
What’s the main idea? |
One quote from the episode |
Choose one from the weekday record sheet and enter here… |
Week 4 – Almost There! 🎯🏆
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Weekday record sheet
Day |
Topic |
Link |
Key vocabularies(at least two) |
Monday |
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Tuesday |
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Wednesday |
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Thursday |
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Friday |
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Weekend record sheet
Topic |
Link |
What’s the main idea? |
One quote from the episode |
Choose one from the weekday record sheet and enter here… |