Saturday, 28 September 2013
Social networking
Do you use social networking sites?
Facebook is good for staying in contact with people, but it can be addictive.
One woman says she uses Facebook all the time!
Facebook is good for staying in contact with people, but it can be addictive.
One woman says she uses Facebook all the time!
Mobile phones
Podcast from the British Council
When Scotsman Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, it was a revolution. Over the last two decades a new means of spoken communication has emerged: the mobile phone
Saturday, 21 September 2013
Young Britons shy away from learning languages
Two out of three teenagers in Britain are keen to work abroad but most of them don't speak foreign languages. Government figures show that 58% of 11-18 year olds in the UK have no foreign language skills, and this has a negative effect on the economy. Tom Burridge reports:
After listening answer the following questions
Why do most British people feel lazy to learn a foreign language?
What percentage of teenagers doesn’t speak a second language?
How many students want to work abroad?
The British Government accepts there’s a problem and it has big implications for ______________________
Their trade is _____________________________ English-speaking countries and ____________________ are suffering.
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