On this page, I’ll be placing the links to the different activities I’ve been posting, where you’ll find all sorts of thought-provoking videos and audio activities to help you master this skill and get you chatting away.
Sport, Health & Nutrition
Ten types of food you shouldn’t be eating
B2 Listening ‘Interviewing nutritionist Yvonne Wake from Talkradio Europe’
B2 Listening 15 Wierd Food Recipes in the World
B2 Listening:The dangers of E-Coli CNN news
Relationships
26 Psychological facts you didn’t know
B2 Speaking about and Inclusive Christmas celebration
Shopping, fashion and consumerism
Podcast on the history of fashion
The Natural World
B2 Listening ‘Cats uncovered’
Watching a video: The Panda who didn’t know she had twins
B2 Listening ‘New Zealand volunteers in race to rescue hundreds of whales BBC’
B2 Listening ‘Sustainability’
B2 Listening ‘Britain’s first food waste and poo-powered bus’
B2 Listening and Speaking about Plastic in the Oceans
The Working World
Sociopath goes to job interview
Politics and War
Homes, cities and houses
B2 Listening ‘Mike Basich’s amazing home
How to make your home really comfy
Listening and speaking about neighbourhoods
The Arts
B2 Listening Meryl Streep’s speech at Golden Globes
Science, Space and Technolog
B2 Listening ‘Astronomers discover 7 Earth-sized planets – BBC’
B2 Podcast Space and the Universe
Schools and education
B2 Listening and Speaking: The Bright and the Dark Side of the Gaokao
Miscellanea