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Apr 13,  2020

Lesson 4/5   45 Min 

Hello Michael!

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This lesson we'll work on grammar, specifically  going to 

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/will-or-be-going-to.html

 

If we have time for discussion, we can discuss Paris under lock down:

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2004/200411-daytime-exercise.html

Apr 9,  2020

Lesson 3/5   45 Min 

Hello Michael!

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We'll finish our lesson about plane seats and do some grammar, too.

 

Standing room only is a possibility on airplanes.

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/0907/090709-air_travel.html

Hello Michael!

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Space austerity: plane seats and changing rooms needn’t bring out our worst

 

Standing room only is a possibility on airplanes.

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/0907/090709-air_travel.html

April 6,  2020
​Lesson 2/5  45 Min                      

April 2,  2020

​Lesson 1/5  45 Min

           

Hello Michael,

Today we'll work on grammar again.

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/

March 30,  2020

Lesson 5/5 +5   45 Min 

Another problem in India: we'll discuss zero integrity in some schools even involving parents!  

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1503/150323-cheating.html

Hello Michael,

Our topic is a special ink used to maintain voting integrity in India's elections.

March 26,  2020
​Lesson 4/5  45 Min                         Grammar

March 23,  2020
​Lesson 3/5  45 Min 

Hello Michael,

Our  lesson today is about a 101 year old man which the British government thought was a year old because of a computer glitch!

Malaysia's leader is 92 years old!

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1805/180512-oldest-leader.html

March 16,  2020
​Lesson 2/5  45 Min 

Hello Michael,

This Guardian article asks, "Why do we gender AI?"  Voice tech firms are moving to have more inclusive Gender-neutral voice assistants and accent recognition among the projects in the pipeline.

For more discussion we can discuss the  gender-neutral pronoun 'they' which is often used by technology.

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1909/190920-the-pronoun-they.html

March 12,  2020
​Lesson 1/5
 45 Min 

Hello Michael!

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Why aren't waiters give the respect and pay they deserve?  This is the question and the topic of our Guardian article/lesson today.

BNE shows that UK waitstaff didn't receive the full amount of the tips intended for them by customers until a law was passed in 2018..

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1810/181004-tipping.html

Feb 27,  2020
​Lesson 4/5
+5  45 Min 

Hi Michael​, 

This time our topic concerns education:

‘The Netflixization of academia’: is this the

end for university lectures?

Will technology end paper textbooks...?

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1907/190718-textbooks.html

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