In this section there are complete lessons revolving around a central theme:
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1. This is an interesting lesson for advanced listening and involves vocabulary for mental states and bits of slang:
The psychological difference between looking and seeing.
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2. Good lesson examine how we stick to decisions to stay consistent: Let’s make a deal: To stick or switch, the Monty Hall Problem Part 1.
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3. Let’s make a deal: To stick or switch Part 2
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4. Learning English from a bird: Parroting onomatopoeia
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5. A prediction about the future of the Internet in 1995: It’s nothing special
Any hints for an audiobook(s) which use(s) not complicated english? Not interested in Shakespeare, looking for some easy understandable listening for fun while driving a car.
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Listening practice for Upper Int. / Advanced listening in Business English.
http://blogs.hbr.org/ideacast/2012/01/designing-spaces-for-creative.html
Content: Audio interview with design experts on how to design an office to assist with innovative collaboration. Ideas include elimination of status symbols like corner offices that emphasis teamwork over traditional hierarchy.
Useful lexis: posture- how a person stands or sits.
http://blogs.hbr.org/ideacast/2012/01/designing-spaces-for-creative.html