Culture In Content

The main objective is to give learners new opportunities to improve their listening skills with unscripted and natural samples of English in a video format. 

First, I selected topics, in part, to align with other listening activities on the Web site, so learners can recycle similar topics for additional language practice.

Second, I chose high-interest topics in everyday life that would interest teachers and learners

The voices are my adult children who have appeared in many of my listening activities for the past 20 years. Now, you get to meet them close up and personal. 

Most of the interviews are between 2-5 minutes, a very digestible length for language learning. 

These interviews are for intermediate to advanced learners, due in part the the unscripted nature of conversations. We wanted to make them as authentic as possible without digesting the language for the consumption of the learn. Enjoy.

Each activity will have several key parts:

1. A pre-listening question to stimulate thought around the topic.
2. A list of vocabulary that appear in the interview with sample sentences to learn how the words are used in context.
3. The video.
4. A comprehension quiz that focuses on the main points of the interview.
5. Post-listening questions that recycle the topic and vocabulary from the video. Some deal with general comprehension, and others deal with inferring meaning.
6. A list of related listening activities on my site that can extend learning on similar themes.

My initial plan is to release new videos throughout 2022, based on feedback from users. Feel free to contact me if you have suggestions.