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 |
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Tuesday |
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Wednesday |
Why China is silencing Hong Kong’s concerns over the fire – Asia Specific podcast, BBC World Service | Why China is silencing Hong Kong’s concerns over the fire – Asia Specific podcast, BBC World Service |
sorrow |
Thursday |
Ukraine war: Studying underground to avoid Russian attacks – What in the World podcast | Ukraine war: Studying underground to avoid Russian attacks – What in the World podcast |
shelling |
Friday |
The darker side behind scam texts – BBC World Service | The darker side behind scam texts – BBC World Service | charming |
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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 |
An engineer’s guide to preventing burnout | Jacquelyn MacCoon | TEDxUofT What’s your favourite flavour of crisp? ⏲️ 6 Minute English |
An engineer’s guide to preventing burnout | Jacquelyn MacCoon | TEDxUofT |
uneventful vinegar |
Tuesday |
劍橋雅思C19-Test 1 (37/40) |
bog rectangular peat abruptly abandonment |
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Wednesday |
What if we could hear disease? | Dr. Hossein Zargartalebi | TEDxChicago How are influencers affecting politics? ⏲️ 6 Minute English |
What if we could hear disease? | Dr. Hossein Zargartalebi | TEDxChicago |
confine politician |
Thursday |
5 reasons you look bad in photos | Teri Hofford | TEDxWinnipeg Syria: One year since Assad’s fall: BBC Learning English from the News |
5 reasons you look bad in photos | Teri Hofford | TEDxWinnipeg Syria: One year since Assad’s fall: BBC Learning English from the News |
photogenic brutal |
Friday |
How to ask for more—and get it | Alex Carter | TEDxReno Deadly fires in Hong Kong investigated: BBC Learning English from the News |
How to ask for more—and get it | Alex Carter | TEDxReno Deadly fires in Hong Kong investigated: BBC Learning English from the News |
negotiation manslaughter |
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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 |
Is the cure for loneliness hiding in your closet? | Mollie Kaye | TEDxSurrey How are horses helping to heal humans? ⏲️ 6 Minute English |
Is the cure for loneliness hiding in your closet? | Mollie Kaye | TEDxSurrey |
blend in majestic |
Tuesday |
The secret to getting better sleep tonight | James Leinhardt | TEDxManchester Do you like garlic? ⏲️ 6 Minute English |
The secret to getting better sleep tonight | James Leinhardt | TEDxManchester |
slouch sizzling |
Wednesday |
Why do we celebrate incompetent leaders? | Martin Gutmann | TEDxBerlin 🎄🎅🦌🎁 Christmas: 10 Easy English Words |
Why do we celebrate incompetent leaders? | Martin Gutmann | TEDxBerlin |
expedition tinsel |
Thursday |
Do you have enough saved for retirement? | Amyr Rocha Lima | TEDxKingstonUponThames Australia teen social media ban: BBC Learning English from the News |
Do you have enough saved for retirement? | Amyr Rocha Lima | TEDxKingstonUponThames Australia teen social media ban: BBC Learning English from the News – YouTube |
epitome tempt |
Friday |
Make your cat happier in 3 minutes | Nicky Trevorrow | TEDxCardiff Is breakfast the most important meal of the day? ⏲️ 6 Minute English |
Make your cat happier in 3 minutes | Nicky Trevorrow | TEDxCardiff – YouTube Is breakfast the most important meal of the day? ⏲️ 6 Minute English – YouTube |
behaviorist pastry |
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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 |
The problem with being too nice at work | Tessa West | TEDxColumbiaUniversity Finding and eating wild food ⏲️ 6 Minute English |
The problem with being too nice at work | Tessa West | TEDxColumbiaUniversity |
awkward forage |
Tuesday |
Why do you like your favorite songs? | Scarlet Keys | TEDxPortsmouth Do you have good dining etiquette? ⏲️ 6 Minute English |
Why do you like your favorite songs? | Scarlet Keys | TEDxPortsmouth |
capsule etiquette |
Wednesday |
Why we need to understand cults better | Sarah Edmondson | TEDxPortland How important is play? ⏲️ 6 Minute English |
Why we need to understand cults better | Sarah Edmondson | TEDxPortland |
cult ruin |
Thursday |
What Nobody Tells You About Your Twenties | Livi Redden | TEDxBayonne Japan bans baby names like Pikachu and Kitty: BBC Learning English from the News |
What Nobody Tells You About Your Twenties | Livi Redden | TEDxBayonne Japan bans baby names like Pikachu and Kitty: BBC Learning English from the News |
irritated interpretation |
Friday |
How not to lose the billion dollars you didn’t know you had | Sissi Goh | TEDxTanglin Road Did a civilisation exist on Earth before humans? ⏲️ 6 Minute English |
How not to lose the billion dollars you didn’t know you had | Sissi Goh | TEDxTanglin Road Did a civilisation exist on Earth before humans? ⏲️ 6 Minute English |
gadget weird |
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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… |