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 |
The Blueprint for Serving a Million School Lunches |
The Blueprint for Serving a Million School Lunches — Every Day | Wawira Njiru | TED |
hunger inconceivable incidences contamination bankable penetration ubiquitous thrives ingenuity subsidized redifining fleeting anticipation |
Tuesday |
Let Your Ambition Light You Up — Not Burn You Out | Tarveen Forrester | TED |
Let Your Ambition Light You Up — Not Burn You Out | Tarveen Forrester | TED |
hunger inconceivable incidences contamination bankable penetration ubiquitous thrives ingenuity subsidized redifining fleeting anticipation |
Wednesday |
Why Love Is Harder in a Second Language | Magdalena Hoeller | TED |
Why Love Is Harder in a Second Language | Magdalena Hoeller | TED |
cruising rugged up gear visor genuine interaction intercultural monolingual flawlessly linguistics encounters domain overlap evokes declaration detached frustration falls flat linguistically grasp superficial facet sarcasm pun hilarious self-esteem dynamic attest effortlessly disheartened tragedy superior inferior facets gravitate conscious |
Thursday |
Why can’t we stop eating certain foods? – BBC |
willpower fairly simultaneously moral plausible irresistible optimising competitor squishy ciruites satiety mechanism scurrilous resistance vanishing fizzy sonic invented thrilled parallels sorts trigger diagnostic lean trigger compulsive federation desincentivise investment nudging |
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Friday |
The incredible way gannets hunt for food | Parenthood – BBC |
The incredible way gannets hunt for food | Parenthood – BBC |
gannets encircle chick edge attempt fury lurks cape fur seam depleted prey gust |
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Weekend record sheet
Topic |
Link |
What’s the main idea? |
One quote from the episode |
Why can’t we stop eating certain foods? – BBC |
Many experts have found that consumers become addicted to ultra-processed foods because their structure, packaging, and marketing are all designed to encourage addiction. As a result, even when people realize these foods are unhealthy, they often cannot stop eating them because the human brain has already become rely on these types of foods. |
The potency and the reward power of these ultra-processed foods can trigger an additive response that leads them to consume these in such a compulsive way. |
Week 2 – Keep Going! 🚀🔥
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Weekday record sheet
Day |
Topic |
Link |
Key vocabularies(at least two) |
Monday |
(1428) Is being bilingual good for you brain? | BBC Ideas – YouTube |
supperssing dementia cognitive reserve stroke modify monolingual rational abstract |
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Tuesday |
Coffee and what it does to your body – BBC World Service |
herder enlightenment rationally radically changed monarchs democracy numerous salve plantation altruism adenosine sympathetic generates drowsiness stimulate supressess alertness fatigue optimes insomnia tachycardia nausea seizures diabetes cardiovascular parkinson chlorogenic antioxidant |
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Wednesday |
What happens to your brain as you age |
What happens to your brain as you age |
organ declare conception embryo neural neurons shed synapse insulated myelin lasting copses neuroplasticity ventral striatum prefrontal cortex rationality limbic system puberty ventromedial frontal cortex social interaction susceptible prefrontal cortex motor centers plasticity hemisphere amygdala menopause estorgen consumption hot flushed accelerating cerebral cortex frontal lobe hippocampus shrinks dopamine serotonin cognitive memory retrieval |
Thursday |
Can AI supercharge global economic growth? |
Can AI supercharge global economic growth? |
stood still outlandish inhabitants accumulation labor force capable investment AI plumbers bottlenecks fundamental sectors wages cost disease remunerated disruption stake in complimentary infrastructure demands asset obscure parameters growth scenario abolance profitable exploding bond market froth |
Friday |
‘Frustration is a huge part of my life with ADHD’ – BBC |
Frustrationtombolanugget intrigued barrage spiral riptide hard to cope alongside detours windshield |
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Weekend record sheet
Topic |
Link |
What’s the main idea? |
One quote from the episode |
What happens to your brain as you age |
Baby has one 100 billion neurons, which can build a healthy brain. When the child grows up, the excess neurons will be shed weaker or no longer needed synapses. Teens are impulsivity, risk-taking, addicted or emotionally because the prefrontal cortex is the latest mature brain area. The brain reaches full development in 30s and the highest amounts of White matter are in the 40s. The brain will continue to function near death. |
Research shows adults are more likely used both sides of the brain for short-term memory rather than just the left brain hemisphere. |
Week 3 – Stay Strong! 💯💪
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Weekday record sheet
Day |
Topic |
Link |
Key vocabularies(at least two) |
Monday |
The criminal trade in ancient objects 6 Minute English |
The criminal trade in ancient objects ⏲️ 6 Minute English |
expansive anticipate ancient artefacts trafficked looted intermediaries destination accusation curator repatriation controversial judicious |
Tuesday |
Which cooking oil is the best? ⏲️ 6 Minute English |
Which cooking oil is the best? ⏲️ 6 Minute English |
polyunsaturated shed-load truck-load wok-load advocate connoisseur myths hogwash |
Wednesday |
Would you like a robot companion? ⏲️ 6 Minute English |
humanoid pandemic companion sassy inquisitive portrayed sci-fi endearingness splash of color |
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Thursday |
Vaping: what people are getting wrong | Vaping: what people are getting wrong |
controversial nicotine adolescent tetrahydrocannabinol cannabis misconception dire consequences tabcoo countless epidemic hysteria epidemiology glycerol propylene glycol inflammatory membrane trace inhaled flourish prevalence forbidding regulating portrayed craving conversion combustion monoamine oxidase dopamine dependence process inhaling amplify psychoactive drugs conflated myth campaigns narrative take a leaf out whilst |
Friday |
AI2027: Is this how AI might destroy humanity? – BBC World Service | (1557) AI2027: Is this how AI might destroy humanity? – BBC World Service – YouTube |
utopia controversial influential wiped out prominent critic stark scenarios enormous equivalent goes rogue reassure obedient deverts diminished frantic moral ethic predecessors avatars protesters bristling vivid leap |
Topic |
Link |
What’s the main idea? |
One quote from the episode |
Vaping: what people are getting wrong. |
Vaping: what people are getting wrong | Many people have misunderstandings about vaping. They think vaping is a safe and harmless smoking alternative. However, numerous experts mention that people have not noticed the risk and are unsure, and the marketing, especially for adolescents. | E-cigarettes can provide a route out of smoking for many of those people. |
Week 4 – Almost There! 🎯🏆
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Weekday record sheet
Day |
Topic |
Link |
Key vocabularies(at least two) |
Monday |
Should zoos exist? – What in the World podcast, BBC World Service | https://youtu.be/_clwOC_Yprs?si=krWMiEir5RF7RIir |
narrative wealthy menagerie portrayed fictionally cottage paddock diplomacy evolve ransacking skeleton welfare endure aquariums estismat conservation notoriety reluctant fertility solitary reintroduce extinct detrimental abnormal pacing stereotypical mimic electrocution dedicated telted enclosure zoochosis mutilate limb encapsulate variance moats sanctuary circumstances surplus reputable shoddy unaccredited |
Tuesday |
Why the world’s superpowers are racing to control the Arctic – BBC World Service | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkRmrPQDPFw |
arctic hotly contested territory semi-autonomous soviet union pole missile narrative combat readiness hypothesis cruises missiles binoculars patrols drills escalation generate tension legitimacy reliant fruition cargo voyage competitive reveal |
Wednesday |
Is a four-day week the future of work? – What in the World podcast, BBC World Service | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JJ4OE0rZJo |
stroke premature hitting snooze burnout cramming components overwhelming exaggerated skeptical informal sector implement severely phenomenal empathy minority paternity leave millennials boomer Gen X |
Thursday |
To see Germany’s future, look at its cars | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4OmtyaBHFE |
grapple ministry vital chancellery precision bellwether sector crucial proportion geopolitics geoeconomic recalibrated digitalisation pandemic uncharted territory rhetoric fostering genuine microcosm disruptive nurture acceleration grid coalition |
Friday |
The social lives of viruses | Asher Leeks | TEDxNewEngland | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3hjnRL5y7E |
viruses burst forth gut deepest droplest sequence viral diversity viologist naturalist discipline conflict altruism hijacking construct assembly endeavor evolutionary intrinsic far reaching accomplish adeno associated virus expolit descendants ancestors evolutionary tension poles metaphor toolkist |
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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… |