Environment, Australia -- Listen and read

Many of my "best" students improve their English almost without trying. It's because they have many interests outside language - in technology, sport, fashion, music, world issues and more - which they follow online in English.

As these students follow their interests, their thinking broadens and deepens, their circle of English-speaking friends widens, and their language skills develop, too.

Here's a link to an interesting story one student sent to me:


http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2012/s3574584.htm

It's about the use of an insect to control a destructive, introduced plant species in Australia.

You can listen, then read, listen and read again -- or find whatever combination works best for you!