ANIMAL KINGDOM: BEARS

How much do you know about bears?   BEAR TRIVIA QUIZ

ANSWERS (check yourself when you have finished)

Listening comprehension 1:  POLAR BEARS

                                            

Listening comprehension 2:  TRACKING GRIZZLY BEARS FROM SPACE (TED Ed)

Listening comprehension 3:   CANADA - LIVING WITH BROWN BEARS

     

Listening comprehension 4:  TED Ed: HOW DOES HIBERNATION WORK?

BE BEAR SMART

ANIMAL KINGDOM: FELINES

Listening comprehension 1:    FUN CAT FACTS

                                               FILL-IN GAP EXERCISE

                                      
                                           

                                              AUDIO

Listening 2 (fill-in gaps):  CATS ARE JUST AS CLEVER AS DOGS, STUDY SAYS

Listening comprehension 3:  WHY DO CATS ACT SO WEIRD? (Ted Ed)

Speaking practice:      CAT IDIOMS DISCUSSION (STUDENT 1)

                                     CAT IDIOMS DISCUSSION (STUDENT 2)

 THE 6 MOST ENDANGERED FELINE SPECIES

36 WILD CAT SPECIES

ANIMAL KINGDOM

CONVERSATION QUESTIONS: ANIMALS

Listening comprehension 1: TED Ed: DO ANIMALS HAVE LANGUAGE?

Listening comprehension 2: TED Ed: INSIDE THE MINDS OF ANIMALS

                       

ANIMAL RELATED IDIOMS

                                                             

TOURISM / ETIQUETTE

PAIR ACTIVITY:   TRAVEL: TRIVIA QUIZ    

Discussion  / vocabulary / listening:  ECOTOURISM

Group activity:  SPEAKING ABOUT TRAVEL ETIQUETTE


TRAVEL ETIQUETTE IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES 

AIR AND SPACE TRAVEL

Discussion questions and listening: AIR TRAVEL

                         

                                           SLIDES (SPACE TRAVEL)

                                               

TRAVEL: TIPS AND CHALLENGES

TRAVEL (CONVERSATION QUESTIONS)

TRAVEL RELATED IDIOMS

Listening comprehension:  HOW TO TRAVEL ON THE CHEAP (video)

                                  


JOKES ABOUT TRAVEL

10 CRAZY TRAVEL CHALLENGES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

TRAVEL: MEANS OF TRANSPORT

Conversation questions:  TRANSPORTATION

                                                        


Listening comprehension 1:  TRANSPORT

Listening comprehension 2: BICYCLES OUTSELL CARS IN MOST EU COUNTRIES


TRAVEL RELATED IDIOMS

BOARD GAME:  COME FLY WITH ME

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

                                              

HUMAN'S BRAIN: MEMORY

Conversation questions + idioms:  MEMORY

                                                     

Do you have a good memory?  Check with this  SHORT TERM MEMORY TEST

Video:  THE MAN WITH NO SHORT-TERM MEMORY

Video + DISCUSSION :  11 SECRETS TO MEMORIZE THINGS QUICKER THAN OTHERS

Listening comprehension: HOW STRESS AFFECTS YOUR BODY (TED Ed)

THE HUMAN BRAIN: MYTHS AND TRUTH

SPEAKING GAME: NAME 5

Conversation questions:  BRAIN

Check it out:  LEFT or RIGHT BRAIN TEST

Video+discussion: WHICH SIDE OF YOUR BRAIN IS MORE DOMINANT?

Listening 1:  WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR BRAIN DO YOU USE?

Listening 2:  HOW THE FOOD YOU EAT AFFECTS YOUR BRAIN

SPORTS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES FOR BRAIN

SPEAKING WITH PHRASAL VERBS AND IDIOMS

TED Ed - HOW PLAYING SPORT BENEFIT YOUR BODY AND YOUR BRAIN?

TED Ed - THE BRAIN - THE CHANGING BENEFITS OF EXERCISE

Some interesting reading: 10 THINGS YOU CAN DO EVERY DAY TO BENEFIT YOUR BRAIN
Read the article and discuss with your partners. What is your favourite thing to do for your brain?

Listening comprehension : 5 WAYS SOCIAL MEDIA IS CHANGING YOUR BRAIN

BILINGUAL BRAIN

CONVERSATION QUESTIONS ABOUT LEARNING LANGUAGES + VIDEO

Listening comprehension 1:  BENEFITS OF A BILINGUAL BRAIN



                                             


Listening comprehension 2:  HOW SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION WORKS

KNOW YOUR BODY: BODY LANGUAGE

CONVERSATION QUESTIONS (BODY LANGUAGE)

Video+exercises: YOUR BODY LANGUAGE MAY SHAPE WHO YOU ARE



                                                    

Pair activity:  BODY LANGUAGE - GUESS THE MESSAGE

HEALTHY HABITS: LAUGHTER

Listening activity 1:  LAUGHTER: MORE THAN JUST MEDICINE

Listening 2 (video) + discussion:  LAUGHTER YOGA

Speaking activity:  LAUGHTER ADVICE