A Bit of Comedy (Week of April 4th)
Here you have an episode with one of my favorite podcasts, This American Life. Listen to Acts Two and Three: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/464/invisible-made-visible 7:28 Does a Bear
Here you have an episode with one of my favorite podcasts, This American Life. Listen to Acts Two and Three: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/464/invisible-made-visible 7:28 Does a Bear
Here’s a short video about logos from Vox to get you thinking: (0:28) What are the 3 specific types of logos? (1:27) How was the Nike
Next week, we’ll roleplay some practical situations that could happen in a restaurant. To practice some useful vocabulary, here’s a video on the very American
This month, everyone’s going to give a short (5-10 minutes) presentation. The topic could be anything – your last vacation, something related to your job,
Have you heard of Uber? It is an “on demand car service” which connects drivers and riders through an free smartphone app. Think of a
The way people think about work from culture to culture varies greatly. Next week, we can compare these attitudes. Watch this video to stimulate your
Now is your chance to start the February listening challenge early! As always, listen before you read the transcript. If you have an iPhone, you can
How do expectations affect outcomes? This week we’re going to listen to an incredible story. It’s a long one, so break it up into pieces –
Are you a happy person? What makes us happy? Everyone from poets to marketing directors have wondered about this question. Here’s Dan Gilbert with a
0:24 What are “freak occurrences”?0:30 What is the first criteria to judge a dangerous place? Why is this so important for humans?1:20 What is even