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 |
Israel- Iran Strike | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-Miy09AZyg |
Retaliate- revenge, fight back. The country threatened to retaliate if the sections continued. Barrage– heavy and continue use of guns and bombs in the war/ a large of sth at once- send a barrage of message Assassination– plan to kill of a prominent person. The assassination of the president shocked entire country. Zero in on it– focus, attention on sth. Need to zero in on Beth’s idea and come up with the plan. |
Tuesday |
Los Angeles protest: Trump sends marines | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pi5NC7jOhE |
Clash– to fight or argue violently, in conflict or disagreement/ not match in appearance. The two group clashed during the protest. Their personalities crashed from the beginning. Those two colours clash badly. Vandalism– The intentional and malicious destruction or damage of property without permission. Graffiti on historical buildings is considered vandalism. Looting– The act of stealing goods during a time of chaos or disorder. There were widespread reports of looting after the earthquake. Curfews– a restriction where people are banned from being outside in a particular place and time. parents can give their children a curfew- a time they need to be home by the evening. Deploy– to arrange the resources or people for particular purpose. The company deploy a new strategy to boost sales. Quell– to stop sth unpleasant through force or authority. The government deploy troops to quell the uprising. Self-fulfilling prophecy– a situation where taking and thinking about sth, making it happen. Her fear of failure became a self-fulfilling prophecy when anxiety lead her to underperform. |
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 2 – Keep Going! 🚀🔥
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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 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… |