September 22: Recounting Stories

Sky News from the UK interviewed Trump supporters who explained why they planned to vote for him. The interviews were conducted before the election but the video was published after it and provides statistics about the results of the election. Washington Post: The Fact Checker’s ongoing database of the false or misleading claims made by…

Digital devices are increasingly dominating our lives these days. Many, if not most of us are addicted to them.

A Canadian couple in their 60’s talk about their research into retiring overseas. Lesson Plan: Retiring Overseas (1.5 hours) Warm-Up (10-15 minutes): Purpose: Activities: Presentation (15-20 minutes): Purpose: Activities: Practice (30-40 minutes): Purpose: Activities: Production (15-20 minutes): Purpose: Activities: Cool Down/Reflection (10-15 minutes): Purpose: Activities:

Stanford University Professor BJ Fogg says that to change what we do, we need three things: motivation, ability, and a prompt.

A new phenomenon is taking hold across the world – “shrinkflation”. This is when companies reduce the size of their products or range of services while maintaining prices.

I like this because it’s genuinely useful information for everyone, not only English language learners. I’m probably going to edit it down to the most important parts. It’s OK if you don’t understand 100% of the language. That’s normal. This is a video for learning English in a classroom. This is OK for beginner level…