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David Guetta - famous DJ and House producer

Read a text about the famous DJ and House producer David Guetta who has worked with Madonna, Shakira and many more stars.Improve your vocabulary and reading comprehension and watch his new video. ...
 
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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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YouTube Superstar Justin Bieber

Watch an interview with Justin Bieber, the new YouTube Superstar. Afterwards you can do an exercise to check your listening comprehension. You can also learn a new expression from the video. ...
 
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BP oil catastrophe

Source: Youtube
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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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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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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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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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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How the earth was formed

Watch an interesting video and find out how the earth was formed. Afterwards, you can do an exercise to test your listening skills and also learn new words on the topic "the universe". ...
 
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The health care situation in America

Watch a video about the American health care situation. By reading a short text you will get important background information on the problems of the current system. You can also do an exercise to improve your reading skills. ...
 
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Obama and the health care reform

Watch a video of Barack Obama explaining his plan of how to reform health care in America. Do an excercise to check your listening comprehension. In the end, get interesting background information on the current debate by reading a text. ...
 
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Google Street View

Watch a video about the new feature of Google maps – Goolge Street View. With this new tool you can see pictures of almost any place in the world. Do an exercise to check your listening skills. By reading a text you can get more detailed information on Google Street View and at the same time practise your reading skills. ...
 
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How humans make rain

Source: Youtube
Watch a video and learn how humans can fight water shortage by making rain. Afterwards you can do two exercises which train your listening skills and sum up the main facts of the video. ...
 
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How a hurricane is born

Source: Youtube
Find out how hurricanes are born. Watch an interesting video and learn the main facts about hurricanes. You can check your listening skills by doing an exercise and also enlarge your vocabulary. ...
 
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New Successful Female Artist: Kesha

Watch a short report on the female artist Kesha and practise your listening comprehension by filling in an easy gap text. ...
 
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