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In this tutorial, we will look at:

-new words and phrases to speak about fashion and shopping
-sample questions and answers for speaking part 1 and part 2
-more difficult part 3 questions related to fashion and shopping

Read the full tutorial here: https://www.ieltspodcast.com/ielts-speaking/fashion-shopping/

Read the full transcript here: https://www.ieltspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Transcript-433-blog-Vocabulary-about-Shopping.docx_watermark.pdf

Speaking vocabulary about fashion and shopping

IELTS Speaking Course

IELTS Speaking Vocabulary about Shopping

Spoon feeding students is a controversial topic that often gets talked about with a negative vibe. It’s certainly something that teachers complain about having to do sometimes in order to get results, and yet, it also seems like something that our education systems are trying to stamp out. Why is that? My guest today is Richard Andrew, who’s been working in teacher professional learning for the past 10 years, and now runs all of his courses in the online space. He recently wrote posted an article on LinkedIn as to why we shouldn’t spoon feed students, ‘claiming that spoon feeding robs students of the opportunity to take responsibility for their own learning’. But still, the question remains why… why should we stop, given that the world has produced plenty of talented and highly skilled people despite our misgivings about our education systems. In this episode, I tease out this issue with Richard a bit further and suggest some practical ways to make the shift towards a more student centred approach to learning.

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78: Stop spoon feeding school students? Online learning specialist Richard Andrew explains why.

Part 3 of 3: An Industry in Crisis - Live Animal Export
Just how much do we need to know about an industry before we shut it down? How much will people tolerate before enough is enough? Is it ethical to continue industries where we know for certain, that a great deal of animal suffering is involved? And perhaps the toughest question… is it worth the money?

This is part three of a three part case study on the ethics of the live animal export industry in Australia. To find all three episodes, you can subscribe for free to Learning Capacity on your favourite podcast app, and look for episodes 80, 81 and 82. My guest in the series is Dr Lynn Simpson, who’s sailed 57 voyages on live animal export ships over 11 years, transporting live Australian sheep and cattle to the other side of the world for slaughtering and processing.

In this episode we talk about the industry here in Australia and some of the major players involved. It seems that even though there’s plenty of research and evidence to suggest that significant change is needed for improved animal welfare… the industry continues largely unchanged. It immediately raises the question of viability… is it worth the money? Or is the money worth the suffering? And if we can’t fix it, should we simply stop it?

And a warning... some listeners may find this story distressing.

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82: An industry in crisis - Live animal export with Dr Lynn Simpson part 3

Without student engagement, is there any point in trying to teach anything? 
These days the education conversation is clearly shifting back towards learning, rather than school work. But what if your students aren’t engaged, or interested in what you think they should learn, or what the curriculum thinks they should learn? And what if teachers think that student centred learning is a great idea, but the students don’t. Surely not every student is enthusiastic about learning. Is lack of student engagement the elephant in the room… or the classroom? My guest today is Richard Andrew, a specialist in online learning. He’s had a wide range of experience in classrooms across Australia and interacted with hundreds of teachers through the professional development courses he delivers. In this episode we take a light hearted but serious look at possibly one of the most significant topics in the education debate.

This podcast is brought to you by LearnFast. To find out more about science based language, learning and reading programs for your school or child, visit www.learnfasthome.com.au

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83: Student engagement is critical to learning success with Richard Andrew.

A tourist information official welcomes a group of newly arriving tourists to the city of Norwich and describes walking tours on offer.

Public notice monologues like this are used in IELTS Listening Part 2.

Listening - PART 2 - Norwich Tourist Guide

George Monbiot is an author, Guardian columnist and environmental campaigner. His best-selling books include Feral: Rewilding the land, sea and human life and Heat: how to stop the planet burning; his latest is Out of the Wreckage: a new politics for an age of crisis. George cowrote the concept album Breaking the Spell of Loneliness with musician Ewan McLennan; and has made a number of viral videos. One of them, adapted from his 2013 TED talk, How Wolves Change Rivers, has been viewed on YouTube over 40m times. Another, on Natural Climate Solutions, that he co-presented with Greta Thunberg, has been watched over 50m times.

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each.

This talk was recorded at the second online 5x15 in May 2020.

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5x15 May 18th online event 

It's time for a Great Reset - George Monbiot

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