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1. Listen to the job interview without looking at the script. Then try to answer the True / False questions and finally, listen and read.
2. Listen to this job interview and take notes. Then click at the bottom to have a look at the questions. Once you've finished, you can review the quiz and look at your answers and the correct ones.
Have a look at this website, where you will find instructions on how to write formal letters (layout, paragraphs...).
Every 3rd Monday of January, people from the United States and various parts of the world celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day (MLK Day).
1. Watch a short video about Martin Luther King and then try the quiz.
2. Have a look at his life.
3. Listen to part of his famous speech and do the exercises.
4. Watch another video about him.
Listen to this podcast about how to write CVs. Do the tasks.
Listen to this speech given at a party being held for the retirement of an employee, James Dawson. The managing director of the company delivers a speech outlining James's achievements.
1. Read an article that questions IQ tests and includes a quick one you can take.
2. Watch this video. It's an excerpt taken from an interview with Howard Gardner in which he explains how his theory originated. Answer these questions (see key in 'comments').
1. Who was he working with at the time?
2. What was his intuition about the classification of people into smart, average and dumb?
3. Which 2 things did he do that were important academically speaking?
4. What is 'smart' a conjunction of?
5. What happened in 1980?
6. When did he promulgate his theory?
3. Another longer interview with Howard Gardner about his theory. You can watch it and take some notes. Then you can check them in the script you'll find here.
1. Listen to a text about New Year's Day and New Year's Resolutions (don't look at the script and take notes). Then listen, read and check your notes.
2. Listen and do the exercises.
3. Watch the video and take notes. You can then listen and read the transcript to check your notes.
4. Watch this video from EnglishCentral about how to make New Year's Resolutions. (Remember that you can register - it's free!)
1. Listen to the job interview without looking at the script. Then try to answer the True / False questions and finally, listen and read.
