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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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Chasing the Northern Lights for a Living

UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (B2)

Speaking: Stars, Northern Lights, Natural Wonders, Science
Viewing: Short Answers, True / False
Vocabulary: Adjectives, Verbs, Prepositions
Grammar: Pasrt Simple / Past Continuous
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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Tom Petty | Learning to Fly (Music Video)

INTERMEDIATE (B1)

Speaking: Flying, Pilots
Viewing: Pause the Video Frames, Short Answers
Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs
Grammar: Modal Verbs - May / Must
Additional: Quiz & Review + Bonus Activity

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Tom Petty | Into the Great Wide Open (Music Video)

INTERMEDIATE (B1)

Speaking: Adventures, Rock Star Life, Hollywood
Viewing: List the Events in Order, Multiple Choice
Vocabulary: Nouns, Verbs, Phrases
Grammar: Past Simple / Would + [Base Verb]
Additional: Quiz & Review + Bonus Activity

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Tom Petty | Mary Jane's Last Dance (Music Video)

UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (B2)

Speaking: US States, Past Simple, Phrase
Viewing: Matching Activity, Song Lyric Interpretation
Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs, Verbs, Images, Lyric Gap Fill
Grammar: Past Perfect
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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Clearing 9,000 Tons of Trash From Mumbai’s Beaches

INTERMEDIATE (B1) UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (B2)

Speaking: Beaches, Recycling, Plastic Waste
Viewing: Matching Sentence Parts, Short Answers
Vocabulary: Participial Adjectives, Nouns, Verbs
Grammar: Indirect Speech
Additional: Quiz & Review + Bonus Activity

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How Adidas Turns Plastic Bottles Into Shoes

UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (B2)

Speaking: Recycling, Upcycling, Plastic Waste
Viewing: Short Answers, Multiple Choice
Vocabulary: Choose the Correct Word, Verbs, Bonus Images
Grammar: Prepositions: ...by + time / until + time
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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