What kind of music do you like?

Listen to six people from different nationalities talking about the kind of music they like. There is a quiz exercise to complete as you listen, and you can also read the tapescript and work on vocabulary and expressions with your teacher. Get to work just clicking here. Have fun.

Hotel room

Do this fun listening game by clicking here. You can also read the tapescript to check your understanding and work on some vocabulary with your teacher. Follow the instructions and have fun.

Listen to the messages.

This is great listening practice. Press the "listen and answer the questions" button on your screen and then press "start", listen, and do the exercises suggested on the page. You can also listen without focusing on the exercises, and work on vocabulary and pronunciation. To start working, click here. Good luck.

Cool commercial

Enjoy this commercial and try to name all the animals which appear on it. Which is the message in your opinion?


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Angry? Upset? Frustrated?

Listen to this anecdote of someone who feels... frustrated, upset, angry, or maybe relieved, happy? You can listen and read as well. Get to work by clicking here. Have fun!

$100 Laptop: this is not a toy.

When the idea of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) — popularly known as $100 Laptop — was first announced in 2005, nobody thought it was possible. Two years later in November 2007 the little computer that could went into mass production in China, and is now called the XO laptop. Read the whole article clicking here. Also, watch the presentation of this surprising laptop. Very interesting material.

Handwriting

Does your handwriting reveal aspects of your personality? Listen to an interview with an expert on the topic here, do a listening comprehension quiz by clicking here, and read the tapescript here to have a good look at vocabulary and expressions. Have fun.

Christmas Routine

Listen to this dialogue about Christmas traditions in Canada. You can also read the script by clicking on "transcript" on the web page, and do a listening comprehension quiz as well. Click here, and get to work. Merry Christmas!

Darwin´s Surprise

When the sequence of the human genome was fully mapped in 2003, researchers discovered that our bodies are littered with fragments of retroviruses. These dangerous viruses managed to embed themselves in the DNA of our ancestors millions of years ago. They are called endogenous retroviruses, because once they infect the DNA of a species they become part of that species. One by one, though, after molecular battles that raged for thousands of generations, they have been defeated by evolution. Like dinosaur bones, these viral fragments are fossils and they reside within each of us, carrying a record that goes back millions of years. Read the complete article by clicking here, and listen to its audio version here. Excellent material for those of you interested in science and evolution.

World population in real time

Do you want to know how our population increases by the second? Click here and see by yourself!