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Michael Jordan - greatest basketball player of all time
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Watch a video about the amazing basketball player Michael Jordan. Find out interesting facts about the American basketball star and practise your listening and reading skills. You can also improve your vocabulary on sports by using our vocabulary trainer. ...
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Music

Lady Gaga and her crazy style

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Find out interesting facts about the singer Lady Gaga and test your reading comprehension by completing a gap text. There is also a short video about her crazy outfits! ...
 
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Sports

Michael Jordan - greatest basketball player of all time

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Watch a video about the amazing basketball player Michael Jordan. Find out interesting facts about the American basketball star and practise your listening and reading skills. You can also improve your vocabulary on sports by using our vocabulary trainer. ...
 
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Nature

Earthquake hits Haiti

Read about the earthquake that hit the Carribean country of Haiti in January 2010. By means of the text and a wordlist, you can learn vocabulary connected to the semantic field "natural disaster". ...
 
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Politics

How Bill Gates tries to change the world

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Read an informative text about how Bill Gates is trying to change the world with his private foundation. Check your reading comprehension by doing an exercise and watch a video about Bill Gates further plans. The English subtitles will help you to understand his speech. ...
 
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Worst floods in Pakistan for 80 years

Watch a news report on the 2010 floods in Pakistan. Find out what caused the floods and what is done to help the people. By answering some questions you can check your listening comprehension. You can also practise your writing skills with this task and read a text and thereby learn new vocabulary. ...
 
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Wildfires in Russia

Read a text on the fires in Russia and find out what caused them and how people are trying to fight them. Check your reading comprehension by selecting specific information. You can also improve your writing skills by writing a short news report. In the end you can improve your vocabulary with our vocabulary trainer. ...
 
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Wikileaks

Watch a news report on wikileaks and find out new facts about war in Afghanistan. To check your listening comprehension you can do a follow-up exercise. You can also get general information on wikileaks by reading a text. ...
 
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BP oil catastrophe

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Watch a video about BP's attempt to stop the oil catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico. Afterwards check your listening comprehension. You can also read a text to get background information and give your opinion on deep sea drilling. Thereby you can also improve your writing skills. ...
 
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Cameroon: "Africa in miniature"

Cameroon
How much do you know about the African country Cameroon? Increase your cultural knowledge and read why the English-speaking Cameroon is called "Africa in miniature". ...
 
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The Land of the Long White Cloud - New Zealand

New Zealand
Due to its remarkable nature, New Zealand is a very popular holiday destination. Increase your cultural knowledge of English-speaking countries and learn more about the country that participates in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. ...
 
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Ghana - The Gold Coast

Ghana
With more than 100 ethnic groups, the English-speaking Ghana is an ethnically diverse country in West Africa. Learn more about the country's population, geographical location and economy by reading informative texts. ...
 
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Earthquake hits Haiti

Read about the earthquake that hit the Carribean country of Haiti in January 2010. By means of the text and a wordlist, you can learn vocabulary connected to the semantic field "natural disaster". ...
 
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The eccentric career of Johnny Depp

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Watch a video of Johnny Depp and learn interesting facts about his eccentric carreer. Afterwards you can check your listening comprehension by doing an exercise. To recap the information of the video you can read an interesting text about Johnny Depp which sums up all the important details of his life and work as an actor. ...
 
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Lions hunt elephants

Read a text about lions' hunting strategies. Afterwards, you can watch two videos of lions in action. You can also practise the new words from the text and thereby improve your vocabulary. ...
 
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Nigeria, an English-speaking country in West Africa

Nigeria
Did you know that there are 520 languages spoken in Nigeria next to the official language English? Learn more interesting things about this West African country which participates in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. ...
 
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Boxing kangaroos

Do you know how fast a kangoroo can hop or why they seem to love boxing? Watch an interesting video and read short texts about these animals to find out. By doing two exercises you can improve your listening and reading skills. ...
 
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