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- Watch an interview with Justin Bieber, the new YouTube Superstar. Afterwards you can do a task to check your listening comprehension. You can also learn a new expression from the video.
- Watch a news report on wikileaks and find out new facts about war in Afghanistan.To check your listening comprehension you can do a follow-up task. You can also get general information on wikileaks by reading a text.
Popular Tasks per Subject
SportsFormula one: Schuhmacher's Comeback (B2)Seven-time formula one champion Michael Schumacher has got his big comeback in the 2010 formula one season. Read a text about this stunning driver to find out interesting facts about his career. You can also watch a video to learn why he had to cancel his first comeback in 2009. By doing tasks, you can improve your listening and reading skills.
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PoliticsClimate change and its consequences (B1)Read an interesting text with basic information about how climate change is caused, what the consequences might be and what can be done to reduce the negative effects. You can learn new vocabulary of the semantic field "global warming" and practise the new words in the cardtrainer.
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NatureEarthquake hits Haiti (C1)Read interesting facts about the earthquake that hit Haiti in the beginning of 2010 and improve your vocabulary.
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MusicGeorge Clooney's Hope for Haiti (B2) http://www.youtube.com/v/3qf78bo0Dxs Get the Flash Player to see this player.
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Latest Tasks 
Worst floods in Pakistan for 80 years (A2)Watch a newsreport on the 2010 floods in Pakistan. Find out what caused the floods and what is done to help the people. By answering some questions you can check your listening comprehension. You can also practise your writing skills with this task and read a text and thereby learn new vocabulary.
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Wildfires in Russia (B1)Read a text on the fires in Russia and find out what caused them and how people are trying to fight them. Check your reading comprehension by selecting specific information. You can also improve your writing skills by writing a short news report. In the end you can improve your vocabulary with our vocabulary trainer.
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Cameroon: "Africa in miniature" (B1)
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The Land of the Long White Cloud - New Zealand (B1)
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Ghana - The Gold Coast (B1)
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Nigeria, an English-speaking country in West Africa (B1)
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Top Rated Tasks
How Bill Gates tries to change the world (B1) http://www.youtube.com/v/tsgvhP07BC8 Get the Flash Player to see this player.
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Google Street View (B1)Watch a video about the new feature of Google maps – Goolge Street View. With this new tool you can see pictures of almost any place in the world. You can even see the site where the Olympic Winter Games 2010 took place. Do a task to check your listening skills. By reading a text you can get more detailed information on Google Street View and at the same time practise your reading skills.
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Boxing kangaroos (A2)Do you know how fast a kangoroo can hop or why they seem to love boxing? Watch an interesting video and read short texts about these animals to find out. By doing two tasks you can improve your listening and reading skills.
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Premiere of "Alice in Wonderland" (B2)The new movie "Alice in Wonderland" has just been released. Watch a video of the premiere in England and get to know the different actors. Test your listening comprehension by answering questions on the video.
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The "scary" Porsche 911 Turbo (B2) http://www.youtube.com/v/OJemsVMhEhs Get the Flash Player to see this player.
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What if dinosaurs hadn't been wiped out? (A2)Watch a video about dinosaurs. You can practise your grammar skills by doing two tasks on the comparison of adjectives.
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