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23rd July 2020: Charities for deaf people call for more see-through face masks

Facemasks prevent the spread of infection. However, they also cause problems for deaf people who need visual clues to communicate.

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16th July 2020: The troubling truth about selfies with sloths

The sloth is becoming one of the most popular animals in the world to be photographed with. But what is the price of fame?

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9th July 2020: Millions of Americans lack access to quality parks

A new report reveals that millions of Americans lack access to quality parks especially people from low-income households.

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2nd July 2020: How Mongolia’s nomads are adapting to big city life

Travelling herders are moving to the Mongolian capital, but they’re having trouble with urban ways.

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25th June 2020: "A joyful thing": The man who wrote his wife a poem every day for 25 years

Actor Peter Gordon wrote poems for his wife Alison for over two decades even continuing after her death. 

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18th June 2020: Fiji returns to barter system as Covid-19 hits economy

Bartering is back! As people in the Pacific nations lose jobs, they create a trading system on Facebook.

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11th June 2020: Irish pubs use vans and drones to lift spirits

Ireland’s 7,000 pubs, 50,000 staff and millions of customers are in crisis. Time for some blue-sky thinking …

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4th June 2020: How seniors are learning to lead more digital lives

A generation who grew up with black-and-white TV are now video calling like teenagers – and for many, the transition has been relatively painless.

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Monthly news lesson: Why do we gender AI?

Voice tech firms move to be more inclusive, with gender-neutral voice assistants and accent recognition among projects in the pipeline.

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20th February 2020: Why do we gender AI?

Voice tech firms move to be more inclusive, with gender-neutral voice assistants and accent recognition among projects in the pipeline.

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6th February 2020: The farmers using drones to watch their flocks by flight

For some farmers in New Zealand, Britain and Australia, drones are not just a toy – they’re an increasingly vital tool.

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30th January 2020: ‘The Netflixization of academia’: is this the end for university lectures?

Universities are increasingly recording lectures, but academics are wary of being spied on or made obsolete.

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16th January 2020: New emoji set aims to shatter image of Africa as zone of famine and war

O’Plérou Grebet designs images that reflect the culture of his country, Ivory Coast.

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Impressions: In the past, we used to ...

In this lesson, students look at photos and guess their era, and use used to to compare old and modern objects.

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Language for ... music

This lesson provides students with the key vocabulary associated with music.

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Language for ... social media

This lesson provides students with the key vocabulary needed for using the internet and social media.

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Everyday life: Housework

In this lesson, students talk about household chores and match household appliances and pictures.

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Lesson Share: Hungarian train

Sinéad McMorrow wins this month’s Lesson Share competition with a video lesson about a solar-powered train.

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Lesson Share: Silver surfers

Heather Bowley wins the Lesson Share competition with this lesson designed to acquire technical vocabulary and discuss the technological exclusion of older people.

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Tech Tasks: Three tasks that work with technology

In this article, Tom Walton suggests three tasks that can be used with technology to improve writing and speaking skills.