Distance learning (homework assignment Nov. 25)

1) Watch a TED talk and comment on it. Choose one that you think is relevant for you.
2) Home - a film about the Earth.
Watch it (with subtitles, if you need) and post a comment here. Does it have any associations with your speciality?
Making of the film:
The shooting of the film.
The Arctic. Inuits.
Iceland.
New York. Los Angeles.
Easter Island, Rapa Nui.
Mauritania.
Gabon.
Kenya. Kilimandjaro.
Brasil.
The press conferences, July 2008, May 2009, 

HOME - The Adventure with Yann Arthus-Bertrand. 

The music by Armand Amar.

Khan Academy.

Homework assignment: Choose a lecture, do the exercises, write a comment on why you chose it and if it was useful/easy/difficult... etc.
Post a comment (add your initials and 'course code' - TE EK1 for example).
A video to explain the principles by the founder of the Academy, Salman Khan.

Speaking fast:

if you need to speak a lot and speak fast:
for fun and practice: http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/tongue-twisters
when you click on the picture, you should be able to listen to the twister and record your own version and listen to how YOU sound.

Award for the best metal roof -

AHHAA scientific centre, Peeter Voovere, Estonia
http://www.ifd-roof.com/ifd-cms/index.php?cmsid=7G8b4fFXf48fdcG0PlXb&action=10

Online resources (listening, grammar, vocabulary)

Various resources for learners of diffeerent levels: http://www.manythings.org/