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TRY SOMETHING NEW FOR 30 DAYS https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_cutts_try_something_new_for_30_days Watch the video in the link and do the activities 1. Answer : - What challenges does he mention to take? - What things did he try for 30 days? - Is he happy with the result? Why? 2. Listen and complete A few years ago, I felt like I was stuck in a rut, so I decided to follow in the footsteps of the great American philosopher, Morgan Spurlock, and try something new for 30 days. The idea is actually pretty _________. Think about something you've always wanted to add to your life and try it for the next 30 days. It turns out, 30 days is just ________ the right amount of time to add a new habit or subtract a habit -- like _________ _______ _______ -- from your life. There's a few things I learned while doing these 30-day challenges. The first was, instead of the months flying by, forgotten, the time was much more memorable. This was part of a challenge I did to tak...

Follow the link and practise your listening skills https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/intermediate-b1-listening/amazing-facts Submit your answers via email to: frecklesinstituto.teachers@gmail.com Good luck!

Can YouTube help us learn a foreign language? by :  JennyBlogger It’s a website that everyone has heard of. Perhaps most people even use it on a daily basis, and it’s a form of both entertainment and social media. But can we use YouTube to help us learn a foreign language? Of course there are channels which produce video classes dedicated to helping us learn, but what about the standard daily vlog or clothes haul videos? Can they be valuable learning resources too? In my opinion, they’re a way of being able to experience the way in which real people talk. This can make a good change from the listening exercises we hear in class, which aren’t always authentic. For example, many English speakers have different accents or use lots of colloquial words and phrases – have you ever heard them say ‘all right, guys’ as a greeting in a listening clip? Some English learners don't have the chance to talk to native speakers in person, so surely YouTube ...