Academic English
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Bridging the Digital Divide with Free WiFi
English Level: Intermediate Listening: Bridging the Digital Divide with WiFi Click here for the listening quiz In this listening: The digital divide can be seen in rich and poor countries but also in rich and poor people within one city. New York City has a plan to give people from poor backgrounds access to the Internet by converting old public phones into free WiFi hotspots.
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Chronic Diseases an ‘Impending Disaster’ for Some Nations
English Level: Upper Intermediate Listening: Chronic diseases Click here for the listening quiz In this listening: Voice of America tells us all about the threat of non-communicable diseases in developing countries.
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Listening: Globalization
English Level: Upper Intermediate Listening: Globalization Click here for the listening quiz In this listening: We look at the effects of globalisation on society, politics and culture, both good and bad.
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Listening: Aral Sea Before and After 2010
English Level: Intermediate Listening – Aral Sea Before and After 2010 Click here for the listening quiz In this listening: Simon Reeve’s film about the Aral Sea reminds us about the impact that human activity can have on the environment.
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The World Water Crisis
English Level: Upper Intermediate Listening: The World Water Crisis Click here for the listening quiz In this listening: This program looks at one the most important issues in the world today: the lack of clean water in developing countries.
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Richard Branson: Advice for entrepeneurs
English Level:Intermediate Listening: Richard Branson: Advice for entrepeneurs Click here for the listening quiz In this listening: Richard Branson tells us that a company is a group of people.As a leader of people you have to listen, motivate, praise, look for the best.
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Academic Listening: E L B P
English Level: Advanced Listening – English Language Bridging Program Click here for the listening quiz This program highlights a course of study at Monash University that aims to ‘bridge’ the gap between study techniques required by Australian universities and the student’s universities at home. Learning Ideas from ESL Radio and TV Writing The only way to improve your writing is to write. You can use ESL Radio and TV to improve your writing by writing to us and telling us your thoughts about our site, about particular programs, about how you use the site, about your life, about the world or about anything really. We would love to hear from you. …
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Listening: English in Action: Test Design – an Holistic Approach
English Level: Advanced Listening – Test Design – an Holistic Approach Click here for the listening quiz In this listening Dr. Andrew Finch, with the help of his linguistics students, shows us how tests and the testing process can be humanistic, educational and even fun!
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Academic Listening: Plagiarism
English Level: Academic Advanced Listening – Understanding Plagiarism Click here for the listening quiz Staff and students at York St John University talk about what constitutes as plagiarism, how to avoid it and what is expected in regards of good academic writing. Learning Ideas from ESL Radio and TV Keep a vocabulary diary When you discover a new word that you think might be useful in the future write it in a diary. Write the meaning, write the part of speech,write it in a sentence. If the word you want to remember was on ESL Radio and TV write the name of the program and the time where the word occurs e.g. 2…
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