Program Spanish : B1 Level
The objective of level B1 is to reach the "threshold", that is, to achieve the level to achieve a coherent conversation on simple, familiar topics or the interest of the student in addition to understanding simple and standard language. Our online Spanish language courses are structured to expand and improve vocabulary in topics such as literature, entertainment, science, art and information. Grammar topics include: sentence types, tenses, quick reading, adverbial phrases, modifiers, etc.
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Module 1 (Books and literature)
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Books Part 1 – Types of Books Over the Years.
This topic will cover : Books before the printing press era, Books during and after the ‘Printing Press’ era. Audiobooks and E-Books.
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Books Part II - Types of Books After Printing Press Era (paperback,manuscript, hard bound,ebooks,audio books,etc..)
In this session, we will cover: Books during and after the ‘Printing Press’ era, audio books and E-Books with exercises
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Passage Comprehension (Passages with Adverbs)
In this session, we will cover: How do adverbs affect written paragraphs?, Read and answer questions using passages, combination of exercises to recognise adverbs in text.
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Book my show (Movie adaptations of books)
In this session, we will cover: What is the meaning of ‘book adaptations’?,
the most memorable book adaptations across the world (fiction and non-fiction), some Bad and Good Book Adaptations.
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Benji-The book and Karen-The kindle (Conversation between a book and the kindle...Books v/s technology).
In this session we will cover: Benji the Book and Karen the Kindle are talking about what they are, which is better Benji or Karen? what the characters inside Benji have to say about Benji and Karen.
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Summary Writing
In this session, we will cover: What is Summary Writing?, importance and Use of Summary Writing, exercises in Summary Writing.
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New age reads (blogs,reviews,ghostwriters,freelancers….)
In this session we will cover: What are blogs, and vlogs?, who are professional ghost-writers?, who are freelance writers?, who are book reviewers? with exercises.
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Speed reading (How to speed read…techniques…)
In this session, we will cover: Meaning of Speed Reading and importance, types of Reading, speed reading techniques, advantages and disadvantages.
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Sentence ladder
This session will cover: Why it is it Important to Write Good Sentences? exercises on Sentence Building.
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Literary festivals (Literature festivals around the world)
What is a Literary Festival? Some Famous Literary Festivals Around the World with exercises.
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All time favourite children's books
In this session, we will cover: What is children’s literature? Why are children’s books important? A look at some timeless children’s stories with exercises.
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Forms of Poetry (Stanza, Sonnets,Lyrics,Ballad…)
This session will cover: Vocabulary, What is poetry? Different forms of poetry, Famous poets with exercises.
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The Booker Prize (Nominating for the booker prize)
This session will cover: Vocabulary, introduction to the Man Booker prize, judging process of the prize, role play, Point of Contention, Related Awards with Exercise.
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My favourite book (Write about my favourite book)
In this session, we will cover: Vocabulary, Steps to decide your favourite book with Exercises.
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Adverbial phrases of degree, extent, probability
In this session, we will cover: What is an Adverbial Phrase?, Adverbial phrases of degree, extent and probability with Exercises.
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Lasting impressions (Authors that made an impact with their writing)
In this session, we will cover: Vocabulary, Introduction, Influential writers (according to genres) with Exercises.
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Module 2 (Entertainment)
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Forms of Entertainment (Reading,Concerts,Television,Internet,Games…)
In this session, we will cover: What is entertainment and why is it important? types and forms of Entertainment and exercises.
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Entertainment in the earlier Ages (Banquets, Wrestling, hunting, gladiators, fun n fairs,circus,storytelling….)
This session will cover: Evolution of entertainment from Ancient to Medieval ages, Types of Medieval Entertainment, Entertainment during the Industrial Revolution, Entertainment in the late 1800's and Exercises.
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Reported speech (range of tenses)
This session will cover: What Is Reported Speech? Asking Questions And Reported Speech, Orders And Reported Speech, Requests And Reported Speech and exercises.
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The laughter club (Humour/Comedies-stand up comedians, performers, groups…famous comedians/shows like I Love Lucy)
In this session, we will cover: Laughter- What Is It? Laughter Is Indeed The Best Medicine, Comedy: Stand Up Comedians, Satire, Television Sitcoms and Exercises.
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Gaming - Entertaining & Educative
This session will cover: Popularity of video games, especially as a teaching tool, What makes games fun and educational? A glimpse of some popular games, Parental Tips and Exercises.
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The Grammys (The Grammy Annual Music Awards)
In this session, we will cover: What Is A Grammy Award? History Of The Grammy's, The First Award Ceremony, The Trophy, Categories Of Awards, First Grammy Winners, Facts About The Grammy's and Exercises.
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Entertaining Cities (around the world)
In this session we will cover: Why do people travel? A look at some cities where entertainment meets culture and Exercises.
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Screen detox (Harmful effects of prolonged exposure to screens...Films, mobiles, computers…)
In this session, we will cover: What Is A Screen Detox? Importance Of Screen Detox.
Steps Towards Screen Detox and Exercises.
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Confusables (Homophones-Similar sounding words)
In this session, we will cover: Homophones, Difference Between Their, They’re And There, Homographs, Homonyms and exercises.
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Complex question tags
In this session, we will cover: What Is A Simple Sentence? What Are Complex Sentences? Question Tags, Same-way Tag Questions, Question Tags For Complex Sentences and Exercises.
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Storytelling (give an outline of a story and have them create it)
In this session, we will cover: Introduction, Steps To Tell A Great Story, Story Outline and exercise.
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New age entertainment (Netflix, Internet, mobiles, Smart Tv's...)
In this session, we will cover: Changing Trends in the Entertainment Industry, Emergence of New and Growth of Existing Entertainment Channels, A Glimpse of Trending Entertainment Online and Mobile Apps and exercise.
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Entertainment bonds people
In this session, we will cover: Introduction, Importance Of Entertainment, Connecting Through Entertainment and Exercises.
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Error spotting. (Give magazine article...Identify the relevant entertainment phrases. Incorporate these phrases in a writing exercise.)
In this session, we will cover: Exercise 1: Punctuation, Exercise 2: Passages.
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Exercises in Present Perfect / Present Simple, Present Perfect Continuous-1
In this session we will cover: Exercise on the Simple Present Tense. Exercise on the Present Continuous Tense. Exercise on the Present Perfect tense. Exercise on the Present Perfect Continuous Tense.
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Module 3 (Leisure activities)
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FIFA
This topic will cover : Vocabulary, Introduction, Tournaments , Team of The Year, Top 12 Players (Men & Women), World cup, Role play and Exercise.
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Modifiers
This topic will cover : What are modifiers? What is the purpose of Modifiers? Modifiers as Adjectives, Adverbs and Articles and Incorrect use of Modifiers.
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Virtual Games
This topic will cover : Introduction to Virtual gaming, Xbox, PlayStation, Virtual Reality Games for the PC, Online Virtual Games and Exercises.
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Horse Riding
This topic will cover : Introduction to Horse Riding, Horse Riding Equipment, Techniques, Types of Horse Riding Sports and Exercises.
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Futuristic Theme Parks
This topic will cover : What Is A Theme Park?, Examples Of Futuristic Theme Parks and Exercises.
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Adjective Collocations
This topic will cover: What Is A Collocation? Types Of Adjective Collocations. Exercises.
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Le Tour de France
This topic will cover : What is Le Tour de France about?, History of Tours de France, Route—It’s Predictability and Public Reception and Some Memorable Wins.
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Gardening— Tips and Benefits
This topic will cover : Gardening Tools and their use, How to Plan a Good Garden Outside your Home?, Glimpse of Some Benefits of Gardening and Exercises.
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Spoilsport
This topic will cover : Introducing The Characters, Role Play: How Much Is Too Much? and Exercises.
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How Does Leisure Influence our Quality of Life?
This topic will cover : Changing Perception of Time, Shift to Less Physical Activity, Physical Benefits of Recreation, How Does Leisure Lower Stress and Depression?, Does Quality of Life Improve by Participating in Leisure Activities?, Recreational Therapy...
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Into the Wild-A Glimpse of Wildlife and Wilderness
This topic will cover : The Importance of Wildlife and Wilderness areas, Glimpse of Some Wilderness Areas on Our Planet and Exercises.
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Strike 10 (All About Bowling)
This topic will cover : Introduction To Bowling, Role Play: All About Bowling and Exercises.
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Module 4 (Film)
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Genres of Movies
This topic covers: What is a movie genre?, Glimpse of some movie genres and examples with Exercises.
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I Like to Mov(i)e It-How to Make a Movie?
This topic covers: What is film-making?, 10 Steps to Making a Good Movie with Exercises.
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World Cinema Film Directors
This topic covers: A Glimpse of Some Famous Directors, Their Styles and Films with Exercises.
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Some More Phrasal Verbs - Exercises
This topic covers: How Often do we Come Across Phrasal Verbs Everyday? with Exercises.
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Iconic - A Glimpse of Popular Culture
This topic covers: What makes people or things cultural icons?, Memorable Popular Culture Icons with Exercises.
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The Red Carpet - A Glimpse of International Film Awards
This topic covers: Some Cinema Related Terms and their Meaning, A Glimpse of International Film Awards with Exercises.
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Using Adverbial Phrases of Extent and Probability in Conversations
This topic covers: Why Are Adverbial Phrases Important? and Exercises Using Adverbial Phrases of Extent and Probability.
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Importance Of Costumes And Make-Up In Cinema
This topic covers: Importance of Costumes and Make-Up, Functions of Costume Design and Make-Up., Influence of Cinema on Fashion with Exercises.
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I’m a Critic - All About Movie Reviews
This topic covers: Who is a Film Critic?, What Makes a Film Critic the Best?, 2 Well-Known Film Critics and Exercises to Develop Your Critical Writing Skills.
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Attitudinal Adverbs
This topic covers: What are Adverbs of Attitude or Attitudinal Adverbs?, Usage of These Adverbs and Exercises.
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Best Movies Of All Time
This topic covers: Examples of some of the best movies of all time with Exercises.
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Movie Ratings
This topic covers: What are Movie Ratings and their importance?, About Movie Ratings of the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) and Exercises.
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Plot A Movie
This topic covers: James Cameron, a successful filmmaker, director, producer and screenwriter shares his experiences in movie making with an interviewer along with Exercises.
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Going For A Movie
This topic covers: Role Play between two friends who are planning to go for a movie with Exercises.
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Module 5 (Education)
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Blogs, School Articles…
This topic covers: Reading different Blogs, School Articles and understanding them with Exercises.
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Articles With Abstract Nouns
This topic covers: How to use "Articles With Abstract Nouns" along with Exercises.
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Write A Blog
This topic covers: How to write a blog which includes Topic, Content, Images and Layout along with Writing Exercises based on it.
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Unity In Diversity
This topic covers: Students from different countries/places interact on campus along with Exercises.
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Campus Sports
This topic covers: Different sports like Martial arts, basketball played in campus along with Exercises.
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Fundraising Activities At School
This topic covers: Different Fundraising Ideas and Activities at School along with Exercises.
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Simple Past (Narrative)
This topic covers: How to use Simple Past in the form of Narration along with Exercises.
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Events In School
This topic covers: Different kinds of Events and advertise it on print, Facebook, Twitter. E.g. - Music and dance fest, Bake sales, School garage, etc. along with Writing Exercises based on it.
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Educational Field Trip
This topic covers: Purpose and Benefits of Educational Field Trip along with Exercises.
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Traditional Versus Virtual Classroom
This topic covers: Difference between Traditional and Virtual Classroom along with Exercises.
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I would like to meet the Counsellor please
This topic covers: Counselling in campus - bullying, exam stress, peer pressure, teen issues-acne, boyfriend, BFF etc. along with Exercises.
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Highlights Of Your Campus Life
This topic covers: The highlights of campus life E.g. - Gap year, 1st crush, prom nights, making friends, studying abroad, etc along with Writing Exercises based on it.
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Education and The Industry - A Partnership
This topic covers: A Relationship between Education and The Industry along with Reading Exercises.
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Module 6 (Media)
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Follow the # (Hashtag)
This topic covers: Terms used in social media-hashtag, avatar, selfie, feed, follow etc. along with Exercises.
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Careers In Media
This topic covers: Different types of careers in media industry like Public relations, marketing, brand management, event managers etc. along with Exercises.
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Social Media Etiquettes
This topic covers: Social Media Etiquettes - Terms like trolling, phubbing, cyber bullying, oversharing, unfriending, etc. along with Exercises.
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Advertising and Marketing
This topic covers: What is Advertising and Marketing?, Difference between Advertising and Marketing along with Exercises.
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Ping! You have a message.
This topic covers: Over Dependence on phone,internet,social media along with Exercises.
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Present Perfect Continuous - 3
This topic covers: Present Perfect Continuous and Exercises based on it.
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Brands Through Media
This topic covers: How mass commercialization through media occurs? Whether it's paid news in newspaper supplements, branding in movies or even a simple toy along with Exercises.
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Is Media Taking Away Our Privacy?
This topic covers: How media has taken away our privacy? along with Exercises.
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Media Franchise
This topic covers: Biggest Media Franchises e.g. - Matrix trilogy, X-Men etc. along with Exercises.
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New Age Of Media
This topic covers: How media is playing an important part in shaping new icon? Kim Kardashian, internet sensations, budding filmmakers on net along with Exercises.
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Module 7 (News)
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News On The Move
This topic covers: Podcasts, vlogging, blogs, facebook, twitter, news apps…Emerging forms of audio/video news compete with the newspaper along with Exercises.
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Freedom Of Press
This topic covers: What is freedom of the Press and their rights? Are they misusing this right? along with exercises.
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Going Online
This topic covers: Getting Techy - News outlets have started to provide their services online along with exercises.
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News Scandals
This topic covers: Biggest news scandals E.g. - Rebecca Brooks, Billy Bush along with Exercises.
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Influential Women Of The 20th Century
This topic covers: Influential Women Of The 20th Century along with Reading exercises.
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Write A News Item Describing The Spirit Of Holidays
This topic covers: Introduction and exercises on writing a news item describing the spirit of holidays (Can be any holidays, like Christmas, Thanksgiving etc.)
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Careers in News
This topic covers: Careers in News Industry like the weather reporter, sportscaster, TV news anchor, etc. along with Spoken Interaction Exercises.
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Otzi - The 5300 Year Old Iceman.
This topic covers: About the life of Otzi - The 5300 Year Old Iceman with Reading Exercises.
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Write A News Report On....
This topic covers: Introduction and how to Write A News Report along with Exercises based on it.
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Role of Press
This topic covers: Role of Press in the Syrian war, Egypt revolution etc. along with exercises based on it.
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Photojournalism
This topic covers: Introduction and Some examples on Photojournalism along with exercised based on it.
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Module 8 (Lifestyle)
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New Year Resolutions
This topic covers: Write and explain about new year resolutions and why they are so hard to keep - in simple passive
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Resorts
This topic covers: The resort has a range of luxury accommodation to offer and Exercises based on it.
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Alternate Healing
This topic covers: Meditation, Acupuncture, Ayurveda, Yoga and Exercises based on it.
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From Distress To De-stress
This topic covers: Stress, esteem issues, etc. and how to combat them along with exercises based on it.
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Gadget Addiction
This topic covers: Addicted to the internet, whatsapp, facebook etc. along with Exercises.
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Do Careers Dictate Lifestyles?
This topic covers: Careers Dictate Lifestyles - Inspite of, despite, etc. e.g. I believe that inspite of my career, I can lead a healthy lifestyle along with exercises.
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Lifestyle Ailments
This topic covers: Sitting for too long, flying in different time zones. Connecting words expressing cause and effect, contrast etc. along with exercises.
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Fit-Bit By Bit
This topic covers: Gadgets that help us to be fit -- fit-bit, clothes, shoes, smart watch along with reading exercises.
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Write About Your Lifestyle
This topic covers: Introduction and Exercises on writing about your lifestyle.
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Luxury Hotels Around The Globe
This topic covers: Most of the Luxury Hotels Around The Globe along with the exercises.
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Spas Of The World
This topic covers: Natural and Man-made - Spas Of The World along with exercises based on it.
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Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous
This topic covers: Lifestyles of the rich and famous people around the world like celebs, Business Man etc. along with reading exercises based on it.
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Module 9 (Science & Current Affairs)
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The Big Bang
This topic covers: The birth of the earth, how the earth was formed and theory behind it with exercises.
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Scientific Breakthroughs
This topic covers: Incredible scientific breakthroughs and discoveries over the years using Broader range of intensifiers (such as too, so enough) and exercises based on it.
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Famous Scientists
This topic covers: Scientists like Charles Darwin,Isaac Newton, Marie Curie and their inventions with exercises.
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Through The Telescope
This topic covers: Constellations you have seen, shooting stars, and what you know about the planets and Writing exercises based on it.
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Inventions That Changed The World
This topic covers: Inventions like Telephone, Electricity, Fire, Wheel etc. along with exercises.
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Branches Of Science - Part 1
This topic covers: Geology, Biology, Sociology and exercises based on it.
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Comparatives and Superlatives
This topic covers: Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives Adjectives and Exercises
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Documentary: Amazing bridges
This topic covers: Some Amazing bridges around the world along with exercises.
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Mysteries Of The World
This topic covers: Introduction and What are mysteries of the world? along with exercises based on it.
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Reporting Live
This topic covers: Introduction and Describe news in your country along with writing exercises based on it.
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Toon in to the news
In this session, we will cover: (cartoons in the newspaper- political cartoons and the regular comic strip). and exercises.
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Mad Scientist
This topic covers: Introduction and Exercises on writing about one imaginary product you would like to invent.
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What's the next big thing going to be?
This topic covers: Use of Will and going to Eg.:- 1) In the future, it will be interesting to see what advances science will make. 2) In the future, we are going to build houses on the moon. (Use the Future Perfect Continuous Tense) and Exercises based on it.
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Medical Breakthroughs that Save Lives Everyday
This topic covers: Inventions and discoveries that improved lives along with exercises based on it.
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News Bulletin
This topic covers: News Bulletin - Breaking News from Around the world along with Listening exercises based on it.
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Module 10 (Arts)
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Performing Arts
This topic covers: Introduction and different forms of Arts - Music, Dance, Theater along with exercises.
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Media Arts
This topic covers: Introduction and Photography, Cinematography etc. along with Listening exercises.
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Famous Works Of Art - Part 1
This topic covers: Famous works of - The Thinker, Michael Jackson- Billy Jean etc.along with exercises.
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The Art World
This topic covers: what constitutes the art world- artists, galleries, museums, art critics, auction houses, etc. along with exercises.
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By the Fire
In this session, we will cover : (Use your own memories, others memories, inspiration from the internet, TV, etc) and exercises.
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Famous Works Of Art - Part 2
This topic covers: Famous Art work forms - Mona Lisa, The Sistine Chapel etc. along with exercises.
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The Worlds of Tintin, Asterix and Obelix, Mickey Mouse
This topic covers: Introduction and A look at World's most memorable cartoonists along with exercises.
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Culinary Arts
This topic covers: Culinary Arts like Cake Art, Chocolatier, Winemaking etc. along with exercises.
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Visual Arts - Unconventional
This topic covers: Sculpting, Drawing, Painting, Art from scrap etc. along with exercises.
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Changing Arts
This topic covers: Changing Arts from cave paintings to modern cinema and exercises based on it.
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Art Critic
This topic covers: Listen to an art critic (for food, painting, music etc.) and answer the questions.
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How Art Impacts Your Life?
This topic covers: Introduction and how art can impact our life? along with exercises.
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