What I've Learnt This Week

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What I Learnt This Week - a podcast sharing what I've learnt this week to help you practise and improve your English. At the end of every podcast, I ask you to join the debate and write a comment with your opinion about the question of the week.

Episodes

  1. 06/12/2020

    What I Learnt This Week: Episode 5 - All About Bisons

    What is the difference between a bison and a buffalo?  Why are there so few bison alive today in the USA compared to at the start of the 19th Century? Should we domesticate bison for meat production?

    What I Learnt This Week: Episode 5 - All About Bisons

  2. 05/27/2020

    What I've Learnt This Week - Episode 4: The Money Boat & The Titanic

    This episode is about Lifeboat No. 1 that fled the sinking Titanic in 1912.  Why was this lifeboat nicknamed 'The Money Boat'?  Why did it transport only 12 passengers to safety when it could have held up to 40 passengers? Listen to this week's episode to find out!  As always, please leave a comment or email me with your opinion about the episode's weekly question!

    What I've Learnt This Week - Episode 4: The Money Boat & The Titanic

  3. 05/18/2020

    Episode 3: 'Mooting' & Operation Cornflakes

    Do you know what ''mooting'' is? Do you know the story of 'Operation Cornflakes'? No? Then listen to week's episode of 'What I've Learnt This Week'! As always, please do join the debate by commenting below or emailing me to let me know what you think about the questions of the week:  Q1) Are 'moot courts' and 'mooting' competitions a useful skill for law students to practise? Q2) In your opinion, what distinguishes fake news from propaganda?  How would you define 'Operation Cornflakes' - is it an example of fake news or propaganda?  I look forward to reading your comments!

    Episode 3: 'Mooting' & Operation Cornflakes

  4. 05/10/2020

    What I've Learnt This Week, Episode 2: Confusing contronyms, clever crows and contagious Mary.

    Did you know that crows can memorise your face? Have you heard of the infamous Typhoid Mary? Ever heard of a contronym?  No? Then, listen to this week's podcast to find out the answers! And as always, please leave a comment to share your opinion on the questions of the week raised in this podcast:  Is training crows to avoid eating certains things a good idea or another case of humans interfering with nature?  How do you feel about Mary Typhoid's fate? And don't forget to send in your best examples of sentences using contronyms!

  5. 04/26/2020

    Episode 1: 'What I've learnt This Week' about contronyms, making cheese and why Snoopy works for NASA!

    Do you know what a contronym is? Or that Snoopy works for NASA? Do you know how to make own cheese?  Then welcome to Episode 1 of the podcast 'What I learnt this week!' with Miss Hurst.  A short podcast to share with you what fun facts I've learnt this week and to  help you practise your English.  Don' t forget to share your opinion on the question of the week: Is cheese vegetarian?  Enjoy and please feel free to leave a comment. Have a good week!

    Episode 1: 'What I've learnt This Week' about contronyms, making cheese and why Snoopy works for NASA!
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What I Learnt This Week - a podcast sharing what I've learnt this week to help you practise and improve your English. At the end of every podcast, I ask you to join the debate and write a comment with your opinion about the question of the week.

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