Lessons

Lifestyle & Culture

The Summer Solstice: A Day Defined by its Brightness

INTERMEDIATE (B1) UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (B2)

Speaking: Summer Solstice, Science, Summer Events
Viewing: Adjectives, Nouns
Vocabulary: True / False, Video Quote, Short Answers
Grammar: Usage of Definite Article "the"
Additional: Quiz & Review + Bonus Activity

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What Discrimination Looks Like in America

UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (B2)

Speaking: Racism, Discrimination, Protests
Viewing: Multiple Choice, Matching, Short Answers
Vocabulary: Nouns, Phrasal Verbs, Prepositions
Grammar: Past Modal - Might + Have + Past Participle
Additional: Quiz & Review + Bonus Activity

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LGBTQ | Pride Month

ADVANCED (C1) UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (B2)

Speaking: LGBTQ, Pride Month, Human Rights
Viewing: Multiple Choice, Short Answers, True / False
Vocabulary: Nouns, Verbs, Prefixes
Grammar: Key Word Transformations
Additional: Quiz & Review + Bonus Activity

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MTailor | What Are Custom Jeans?

INTERMEDIATE (B1) PRE-INTERMEDIATE (A2)

Speaking: Clothing, Shopping, Tailors
Viewing: True / False, Multiple Choice
Vocabulary: Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Prepositions
Grammar: Adverb Usage
Additional: Quiz & Review + Bonus Activity

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The Real Story of Cinco de Mayo

INTERMEDIATE (B1) UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (B2)

Speaking: Mexico, Mexican Culture, Holidays
Viewing: Short Answers, True / False, Multiple Choice
Vocabulary: Verbs, Adjectives, Nouns, Prepositions
Grammar: How to use 'as...as' sentences
Additional: Quiz & Review + Bonus Activity

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Why Japan's Crime Rate is So Low

ADVANCED (C1) UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (B2)

Speaking: Crime, Japan, Guns
Viewing: Short Answers, Mark the Correct Answers
Vocabulary: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Compound Nouns
Grammar: Usage of "as" as a subordinating conjunction
Additional: Quiz & Review + Bonus Activity

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What is Ramadan? The Islamic Holy Month

INTERMEDIATE (B1) UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (B2)

Speaking: Ramadan, Religion
Viewing: Short Answers, True / False
Vocabulary: Adjectives, Nouns, Context Usage
Grammar: Present Perfect (with the verb "have") / Conjunction - "Although..."
Additional: Quiz & Review + Bonus Activity

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Coffee Around the World

UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (B2)

Speaking: Coffee, Culture
Viewing: Matching Activity, Written Answers, Multiple Choice
Vocabulary: Images, Nouns, Adjectives, Prepositions
Grammar: Passive Voice / Active Voice
Additional: Quiz & Review + Bonus Activity

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Breakfast Around the World

ADVANCED (C1) UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (B2)

Speaking: Breakfast, Food
Viewing: Matching Activity, Multiple Choice
Vocabulary: Images, Adjectives, Phrases, Prepositions
Grammar: Passive Voice / Active Voice
Additional: Quiz & Review + Bonus Activity

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How Playing a Musical Instrument Benefits Your Brain

Speaking: Music, Musical Instruments, Cognitive Characteristics
Viewing: Short Answers, Multiple Choice
Vocabulary: Nouns, Verbs, Prepositions
Grammar: Verb Patterns (Gerunds, Infinitives, Objects, Prepositions)
Additional: Quiz & Review + Bonus Activity

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Why Americans Say the Word "Like"

Speaking: Language, the Beat Generation
Viewing: Short Answers, Usage of the word "like"
Vocabulary: Nouns, Verbs, San Fernando Valley slang
Grammar: Usages of the word "like"
Additional: Quiz & Review + Bonus Activity

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How People Celebrate Easter Around the World

UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (B2)

Speaking: Easter Celebrations, Traditions
Viewing: Matching Activity
Vocabulary: Nouns, Multiple Choice, Context Usage
Grammar: Definite Article (the) / No Article for Plural Nouns
Additional: Quiz & Review + Bonus Activity

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Coronavirus: Mental Health Impact & Isolation

UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (B2)

Speaking: Coronavirus / COVID-19, Impacts of Coronavirus
Viewing: Short Answers, Meaning of Sentences
Vocabulary: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Phrases, Collocations, Prepositions, Prefixes
Grammar: Present Participles [-ing]
Additional: Quiz & Review + Bonus Activity

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Why Saint Patrick's Day Went Global | The Economist

INTERMEDIATE (B1)

Speaking: Ireland, Irish Culture, Saint Patrick's Day
Viewing: Short Answers, Multiple Choice
Vocabulary: Adjecitves, Nouns, Verbs, Rewrite Sentences, Prepositions
Grammar: Present Partciple Clauses
Additional: Quiz & Review + Bonus Activity + Reading Activity

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What is Happiness?

UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (B2)

Speaking: Happiness, Life
Viewing: Matching Sentences, Short Answers
Vocabulary: Verbs, Adjectives, Nouns, Parts of Speech
Grammar: Have Been + Past Partciple / Have Been + Present Participle
Additional: Quiz & Review + Bonus Activity

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