LISTENING PRACTICE

I. SINGLE PARENT BASICS
You will hear an interview with Jodi Seidler, founder of Single Parent Network, talking about single parents.

Click here to listen to the interview and here to see the task, answers and script.

II. TODAY’S NEWS
You will hear some news bulletins.

Click here to listen to the news bulletins and here to see the task, answers and script.

Click on "Exam Practice" in "contents" and find more exercises about different skills. Good luck!

Are you an Internet addict?

Try this quiz and find out.

Watch this video and see if you are tech addicted?

CELEBRITIES

Click here and do a listening activity about a phone-in radio programme about celebrities.


Are celebrities bad for you? Read this text and learn some vocabulary and ideas about the topic.

Talking about celebrities: sample answers.

Listen to A Day in the Life of Hollywood Paparazzi (the script is included).

Listen to The Fame Game and learn some vocabulary to speak about celebrities.

News and the Media

Click here to learn some vocabulary.




Reading activities about mass media.

Have a look at this lesson on "Discussing the News". It includes a listening activity, the script with the explanation of the new expressions and a vocabulary activity.

Click here to watch a video explaining five ways to spot fake news.

Some websites where you can practise your English through news stories. Why not listening to a news story every day?

1. ECTV News
2. BBC
3. CNN
4. Breaking news
5. News in Levels

Watch this funny video first without subtitles. Watch it again clicking on the subtitles. Do you know the meaning of the words in the Vocab-U-Cast? Check them in the Urban Dictionary.

WRITING

Have a look at some samples and instructions on how to write different kinds of writing activities.

Writing reference 1

Writing reference 2