Levels: all

For centuries, people have tried to send signals over long distances using bonfires and flashing mirrors. Listen to the episode and learn more about the evolution of means of communication. Have fun!

Levels: Upper-Intermediate-Advanced

Customer requests: annoyance or opportunity? Maintaining the entrepreneurial zeal and relentless customer focus of a startup company.

Levels: all

Listen to a dialogue between Mike and Eric where they talk about one of their coworkers, John. Is John an "eager beaver"? Why?

Are you an eager beaver yourself?

Listen to the episode and find out. Have fun!

Levels: Pre-Intermediate +

Are you (or is anyone you know) a minimalist? What do you understand by minimalism? Listen to this Ballooncast and find out more about it.

Enjoy it!

Levels: all

Listen to some interesting facts about playtime toys and inventions. 

Have fun! ;-)

(source: Pocket Genius - Inventions. Penguin, 2016)

Levels: Intermediate +

According to Steve Jobs, this one thing separates The Doers from The Dreamers - no one is coming to save you.

(extracted from an article written by coach career Michael Thompson)

Level: Advanced

This amusing text's been taken from "The Book of Awesome", and shows the "agonies" of finding out that your birthday will fall on a weekday, and, conversely, the excitement about having the big day over the weekend.

Enjoy!

Level: Go Teens 4

Level: Go Teens 3

Level: Go Teens 3