Estonian Christmas-food:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/15/dining/15blood.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

Colouring games.

pets: http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/language-games/paint-it/pets
rainbow: http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/language-games/paint-it/rainbow
sea animals: http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/language-games/paint-it/sea-animals

balloon burst
numbers: http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/language-games/balloon-burst/numbers

tongue twisters
eleven owls: http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/tongue-twisters/eleven-owls
Kitty caught the kitten: http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/tongue-twisters/kitten-the-kitchen
Three free throws: http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/tongue-twisters/three-free-throws
Ice cream: http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/tongue-twisters/i-scream-you-scream

EU at a Glance.

Countries and languages.
http://europa.eu/abc/european_countries/index_en.htm

Kids: online stories

listening (move the mouse on the text)
http://www.fonetiks.org/foniks/ohandah/contents.htmla

Tongue twisters:

http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/

Kids: vocabulary games

Animals: http://www.manythings.org/lulu/d3.html

Colours: click the colour in the right order
http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/games/a/words.php?f=colours-1
scrambled letters
http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/games/o/words.php?f=colours-1
find the word
http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/games/q/words.php?f=colours-1

Kids: watch out for hazards!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/nuzzleandscratch/watch/hoofandsafetyclips/

Kids: Pets and colours

Colour the pet: http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/language-games/paint-it/pets
Video: Lily talks about her pet.
Make a pet-crossword: http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/CrissCrossSetupForm.asp

The sneezing baby panda:

video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzRH3iTQPrk&NR=1

Essay contest - with rewards!

http://www.likeadropofwater.org/
Like A Drop of Water’s writing contest offers young people, ages eight through seventeen, world wide the opportunity to share their ideas on how they and their countries can reduce climate change and pollution. We hope parents, grandparents and teachers will feel free to share their ideas with their young author.

Lost in translation?

tech is there to help!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/8640862.stm

English Dictionary of Non-words:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/oxford/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8757000/8757975.stm

Is the internet making us stupid?

"In 10 years, I've seen students' thinking habits change dramatically: if information is not immediately available via a Google search, students are often stymied. But of course what a Google search provides is not the best, wisest or most accurate answer, but the most popular one."
Sarah Churchwell, a senior lecturer in American literature and culture at the University of East Anglia

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/aug/15/internet-brain-neuroscience-debate

What do YOU worry about?

The environment, the planet or your own welfare?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eScDfYzMEEw

"Poo-powered" car hits the road:

video with the Bio-Beetle: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-10884539

Human rights: Access to clean water.

By the time you read this you will have inevitably used water directly and indirectly since the start of the day.
The chances are you have no idea how much you have used.
But without it, many activities would have been impossible - from obvious processes such as drinking to washing - to having food to eat, using energy and enjoying any number of manufactured goods.

But as competing demands for water intensify, how can we ensure that water is fairly and affordably distributed?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7773298.stm

Social notworks

Facebook or Twitter? Graphs here.

Who do you write like?

Analyse your style: http://iwl.me/b/b3a26720

Indigenuous languages: save them! Taiwan.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10602697

Zoo Pandas beat the heat wave

http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/07/08/vo.panda.zoo.popsicle.cnn?iref=allsearch

Climate change: Polar bears facing 'tipping point'.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8700000/8700472.stm

Presentation skills:

UK: hung parliament

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/default.stm

The world's dumbest sports?

http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/sports/2010/05/04/mckay.rick.reilly.dumb.sports.cnn?hpt=Mid

Society:

The real value of professions to society
http://www.neweconomics.org/sites/neweconomics.org/files/A_Bit_Rich.pdf

The crises of credit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0zEXdDO5JU&feature=player_embedded#
Part II Turning Point
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhDkZjKBEw&feature=channel

Kids OFF Facebook!

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/04/30/principal.facebook.ban/index.html

Environmental catastrophy: Oil Katrina

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8655528.stm
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/04/30/Napolitano.oil.spill.wdsu?hpt=T1
Fishing industry devastated
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/04/30/Napolitano.oil.spill.wdsu?hpt=T1
Damage worse than at Alaska with Exxon Valdez
http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/05/01/nr.ott.oil.debate.cnn
Rising concerns http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tech-transport/gulfofmexico-oilspill-whatwhenwhere-whatyoucando.html
Barrels to litres http://www.metric-conversions.org/volume/barrels-to-liters.htm


On the world energy industry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDIYgG0gSiY&feature=player

Glossary of terms. http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/25/gulf-coast-oil-spill-demystified-a-glossary

TED-talk: Carl Safina talk with subtitles (optional) and the transcript.

Listening task: read you loud and clear!

the recording.
What does 'roger' mean?
Any other specific expressions you figured out?
What or who is MOONEY?

Plastic beach:

consumer waste turning a wonderful Hawaiian beach into a plastic beach. Video.

WEF: phrases

I. Find phrases from the text to express the following ideas:
1. on langenud
2. saavutab edu
3. kaotused tasakaalustavad võidud
4. hinnanguline sissetulek
5. üldine tulemus, punktid kokku
6. langes tabelites … kohta
7. jäi samaks kui eelmisel aastal
8. suurenes (natuke, märkimisväärselt jms)
9. vähenes (oluliselt, pisut jms)
10. püsib kõige kõrgemal positsioonil
11. hüpet tulemustes soodustas veelgi
12. näitab püsivat taset
13. suhteliselt suur langus …. arvus
14. püsib … kohal, talle järgneb kohe …

2. II Compare 4 countries from the Highlights (use the Country Profiles also).
WEF

The Khan Academy.

2 in 1: lectures on differnt subjects AND learning English.

First class: pandamonium!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1248678/Panda-monium-Sixteen-panda-cubs-pose-class-shot-day-nursery.html

Cigarette butts -toxic waste!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8490511.stm

Huskies at Scottish sled race

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8476824.stm

Winter wonderland...

NB! This is actually a colour photograph!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8447023.stm