Personality

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One-day trip to Alcalá del Júcar

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Sesame Street

Watch the video and answer the questions. Check your answers in "comments".

1. How long has “Sesame Street” been tackling tough topics?
2. What are some of these topics?
3. Who is Julia?
4. Who do they want to help now with Carly?
5. What is Sesame Street in Communities?
6. Why is Carly necessary?
7. Who was Carly living with when she was introduced in the show?
8. What will Carly do?
9. What has Carly learned?
10. Why is it important for Sesame Street to create tools to help address these issues?

Motivation

Click here to listen to a talk about motivation and do the comprehension activities.

Two websites to learn English in a minute

1. English in a Minute (British English)


These short videos...

• focus on real confusing terms.

• are clear, short (1 minute) and to the point.

• have a transcript, so you can also practise pronunciation if you decide to read along.

• have a grammar reference

• usually have  a quiz to test your knowledge

2. English in a Minute (American English)

 

This site run by VOA Learning English (Voice of America) explains expressions used in American English although, in most cases obviously, the expressions on the videos are used both in British and in American English.

The benefits of a bilingual brain

Click here to do a listening activity about this topic.

The secrets of learning a new language

This is the video you have to watch to answer the questions in the photocopy.