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Matura ustna: Zadanie 1 - Rozmowa z odgrywaniem ról- przydatne zwroty 

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Matura ustna: Zadanie 1 - Rozmowa z odgrywaniem ról- przydatne zwroty 

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Czas-4min(max.30s na przygotowanie się),
4 aspekty- odnieść się i rozwinąć

1.rozpoczęcie:
• I wanted to talk to you about…
• Shall we talk about…
• We need to discuss…
2.objaśnienie:
• Let me put it another way.
• What I mean is…
• Well, the thing is…
3.argumenty:
• For a start…
• First of all…
• What’s more…
4.rady:
• If I were you, I’d…
• The best thimg to do is…
• How about…
• I was thinkig we could…
• That sounds like good plan.
• That’s fine by me.
5.wątpliwości:
• I’m not sure.
• That might not be the best idea.
• You might be right, but…
6.zakończenie:
• Don’t mention it.
• It’s my pleasure.
• I apologise.
• Don’t worry about it.

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Matura ustna: Zadanie 3 - Wypowiedź na temat materiału stymulującego-przydatne zwroty

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Matura ustna: Zadanie 3 - Wypowiedź na temat materiału stymulującego-przydatne zwroty

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Czas-5min( 1min przygotowanie),
Na koniec- 2 pytania od ogzaminatora,

1.omówienie zaproponowanych opcji:
• The (three) photos show/depict…
• I can see…
• So, the (three) options here are…
2.którę opcję wybierasz i dlaczego:
• (Picture 1) seems to be the best option because…
• I think I’d choose… because…
• I say this because the image of… is…(eye-catching)
3.którą opcję odrzucasz i dlaczego:
• I wouldn’t choose (poster 1) because…
• The obvious disadvantage of (the third leaflet) is…
• It looks quite interesting, but it wouldn’t be my first choice.

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One of my favorite films☺️
https://quizlet.com/pl/786820252/pride-and-prejudice-flash-cards/?i=3vuu9o&x=1jqY

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Forrest Gump is a novel written by Winston Groom. The novel follows Forrest's life, from his childhood in Alabama to his successful career as a shrimp boat captain.
It is narrated by Forrest, who in a simple and direct way of describing his experiences, both good and bad, is often humorious and always endearing.
Forrest is in the middle of some important moments in American history, such as the Vietnam War. Forrest's friends also play an important role in the book- Bubba, Jenny or Lieutenant Dan.
This is a very inspiring book worth reading. It's a story about live, perseverance and the American spirit, which is why I recommend this book to anyone looking for a good read.

Słowniczek:
perseverance- wytrwałość
Lieutenant- porucznik
endearing- ujmujący

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101 printable PDF worksheets for English grammar topic called mixed conditionals. Download fill in the blank mixed if clauses exercises and answer keys, for free. Suitable for beginner, elementary and pre-intermediate learners.

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6 Minute English Do trees have memories?

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6 Minute English Do trees have memories?

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Listen to this episode from Speak Better English with Harry on Spotify. In this episode, you'll learn better and more polite ways to say 'I don't like it' in English. Learn how to politely say "I don't like it" in daily conversational English.Get the full transcript here https://bit.ly/3YFp6qk Start using other ways native English speakers use to express negative feelings in English.

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6minute english-Can AI have a mind of its own?

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6minute english-Can AI have a mind of its own?

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6 Minute English-Why do we procrastinate?

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6 Minute English-Why do we procrastinate?

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„Anne of Green Gables” is a 1908 novel written by Lucy Moud Montgomery. Written for all ages, it has been considered a classic children’s novel since mid-20th century.

Firstly I have to say that this story is so underrated by numerous people. I for example immediately fell in love with the characters and the plot. I find the story really touching and heartwarming. I also really enjoyed the story of Anne and Gilbert bound to falling in love.

The novel recounts the adventures of 11 years old orphan girl Anne Shirley sent by mistake to two middle aged siblings who had originally intended to adopt a boy. The book gives us the whole story of how Anne makes her way through life with the Cuthberts, in school and within the town.

In conclusion the book was so charming and interesting. I read it in one sitting. I think it’s this kind of book that everyone should read. If you want to read an adventurous book with a little bit of love story in the background, you should choose “Anne of Green Gables”!

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„Sometimes it is the one who loves you who hurts you the most”

“It ends with us” is a romance book written by Colleen Hoover. The first paperback edition of this book was published in August 2016. Nowadays it is one of the author’s best-known books.

At first I have to say that I had very high expectations for this book and I was so disappointed when I finished reading it. The characters themselves were pretty well developed but I didn’t like the plot at all. Lily is a woman destroyed by life. One day she meets Ryle who changes her life for the better. But not every story is as beautiful as it seems.

Lily opens her own flower shop, decides to live with Ryle and creates a family but suddenly someone she loved appears in her life when she managed to forget about him. The past hits her with redoubled force, everything began to get complicated. The truth about Ryle and Lily’s perfect relationship can only be seen by Atlas.

I love reading romances but I just didn’t like this author’s writing style enough. Maybe some day I will get around to them. If you like reading books with theme of second chance then this book is for you. I didn’t like it but you might enjoy reading it.

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“The Spanish love deception” is a slow-burn romance book written by Elena Armas. It is a New York Times bestseller and it is really popular on TikTok. Many people in their reviews think that book is just a romance like any other. Is it? I decided to check it out.

A wedding in Spain. An infuriating man. Three days to convince her family she is actually in love. Catalina is a Spanish women who works in one of the greatest corporations in America. She desperately needs a date to her sister’s wedding. She has only four weeks to find someone willing to cross the Atlantic and aid in her deception. Aaron Blackford - her handsome colleague surprisingly offers to help her. She have always hated Aaron but he looks like her best option.

First of all, I have to say that the book is very well written. The dialogue is well-matched, the chapters aren’t too long and the characters are well developed. There is a hate-love and one bed trope theme. Spain itself is wonderfully described and the characters are witty and tenacious. Catalina’s mum speaks Spanish so that’s an added plus - you can learn some from her. Not only are there wonderful and romantic moments but also there are numerous arguments and misunderstandings.

In conclusion, the book is worth your time. You will enjoy reading it as much as I did. You won’t be bored and will provide good and bad emotions. Just read it. You won’t regret it, I promise!

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Studying 6minutes english-meet the flavourists on Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/pl/781117023/6minutes-english-meet-the-flavourists-flash-cards/?x=1jqU&i=3vut9e

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6minute english -the art of conversation 

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6minute english -the art of conversation 

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Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. It presents the story of the tragic love of two young people - Juliet is 14 years old, Romeo is 15. The book tells the story of the conflict between the Capulet and Montecchi families. This dispute causes the story of lovers from Verona to end unhappily. The book presents the contrast of two contradictory feelings, love and hate. "Romeo and Juliet" is a play in which the author showed the power of love. Thanks to this feeling, the characters change internally, they become more mature. And their death unites the feuding families of Monteki and Capulet at the grave.

dispute causes-przyczyny sporu
internally-wewnętrznie
feuding families-zwaśnione rody

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Link do sztucznej inteligencji ChatGPT - utwórzcie tam sobie konto, a potem zadajcie pytanie "How would you rewrite this review to make it sound more natural in English" i wklejcie tekst swojej recenzji....  Potem wystarczy przeanalizować co SI poprawiła i... człowiek się rozwija. Może też pokombinować z innymi pytaniami, np. o wyłapanie błędów gramatycznych czy leksykalnych

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Link do sztucznej inteligencji ChatGPT - utwórzcie tam sobie konto, a potem zadajcie pytanie "How would you rewrite this review to make it sound more natural in English" i wklejcie tekst swojej recenzji....  Potem wystarczy przeanalizować co SI poprawiła i... człowiek się rozwija. Może też pokombinować z innymi pytaniami, np. o wyłapanie błędów gramatycznych czy leksykalnych

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The Plague is a novel by Albert Camus in which the city of Oran suffers from an outbreak of the plague. The reasons and behaviour of people in the face of danger are presented - despite of very difficult situations, there are heroic attitudes of people who sacrifice themselves to help other people. This novel contains a lot of important content and I believe that everyone should read it in order to learn how to behave in difficult circumstances.

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I'm going to UK next week😍. I'm so excited! I love this country not only for the outstanding, marvelous, flawless nature but also for how polite and kind people can be there. There are some useful phrases to remember especially when you want to travel abroud. I like this quizlet, these words are not that difficult to learn😎. (cup of tea for me!!😂🍵)

Nauka Travelling Tourism w Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/pl/753230312/travelling-tourism-flash-cards/?x=1jqU&i=3vutbc

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I needed to hear it!☺️ I've been struggling with insomnia since I remember. I am delighted to see how to let my problems go away. I highly recommend this video (especially for people who aren't able to sleep.)
https://youtu.be/HZd53TJpmoQ

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Why we forget the things we learn - 6 Minute English

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The book is about a boy who lives alone on his little planet and takes care of a rose. Despite daily conversations with the rose, he feels unsatisfied and decide to go on a journey to find a friend. The boy discovers new planets and meets different people and values ​​they follow. When he reaches the ground, he realizes what is really most important to him - the rose.

I believe that everyone should read this book because it contains a lot of wise life content. The author shows many characters who are busy with unnecessary activities and do not see what is most important. Constant rush and lack of time mean that we do not see how beautiful the world around us is. Money and material things matter most to most people. The little prince teaches that the most important values are love and friendship.

https://quizlet.com/pl/766654764/the-little-prince-flash-cards/?x=1jqU&i=3wqvi4

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linki do ćwiczeń online:
https://www.e-ang.pl/test,56,Conditionals.html

https://www.focus.olsztyn.pl/gramatyka-conditional-I-test-1.html

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For some, it's a companion when it comes to relaxing at the end of a hard day. For others, it's a complex elixir which requires study and involves almost a ritual. We are talking about wine. Rob and Sam talk about the life of a sommelier and teach you related vocabulary along the way.

This week's question

In 2018, a bottle of wine dating back to 1774 sold at auction in eastern France for a record-breaking price. Do you know how much it was sold for?

a) $20,800
b) $120,800
c) $220,800

Listen to the programme to find out the answer.

Vocabulary

plonk cheap, poor quality wine

connoisseur
someone who enjoys a particular thing and knows a lot about it

sheer
word used to emphasise the amount of something; nothing but

palate
describes someone's ability to distinguish and appreciate different tastes

encodes
changes information into something we can use or understand

Transcript
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Sam Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Sam.

Rob
If you mean am I someone who enjoys wine and knows a lot about it, then no - although the 'enjoy' part is true - particularly a nice glass of red.

Sam
Of course, wine might not be everybody's cup of tea - not something they like - but wine has been an important part of history and language.

Rob
And even if you don't drink alcohol, wine can be used as a commodity you can invest in and sell at an auction.

Sam
And that brings me on to my quiz question, Rob. In 2018, a bottle of wine dating back to 1774 sold at auction in eastern France for a record-breaking price. Do you know how much it was sold for? Was it...

a) $20,800
b) $120,800, or
c) $220,800?

Rob
I know wine can fetch a high price - but not as high as some of those options, so I'll say a) $20,800.

Sam
I'll reveal the answer later on. But let's talk more about wine now. A glass of the stuff can be sipped and savoured or just glugged.

Sam
If you go to a restaurant, there might be a sommelier - a person whose job is to serve and give advice about wine. They may have had years of training to learn about the different types of wine and the individual flavours or aromas, known as notes.

Rob
This job has fascinated journalist and author Bianca Bosker. She wrote a book called 'Cork Dorks'.

Sam
And here she is talking on the BBC World Service programme The Why Factor describing her fascination with sommeliers...

Bianca Bosker, writer and author
These were people who had taken wine, which I always thought of as a thing of pleasure, something you turn to after a long stressful day, and turned it into something approaching sheer God-awful pain. They licked rocks, trained their palates, they divorced their spouses to spend more time reviewing flash cards - they had hired voice coaches and memory coaches, they took dance classes to learn how to move more gracefully across the dining room floor.

The word sheer is used to emphasise the amount of something - or to mean 'nothing but'. She thought the work of a sommelier was nothing but pain - they seemed to dedicate their life to wine!

One thing a sommelier does is train their palate - this is their ability to distinguish and appreciate different tastes - and identify types of good wine from their taste. I guess this is quite important.

Sam
WeIl, Rob, cheap wine doesn't always have to be poor quality. Interestingly, there is some evidence that shows we only think wine tastes better because it's more expensive.

Rob
Ah yes, this is research Hilke Plassmann from INSEAD Business School in France spoke about on the BBC World Service's Why Factor programme. She's been looking into what influences consumer behaviour...

So, our brain is possibly playing tricks on us. When we see the price tag on a bottle of wine, our brain encodes the information and tells us how it should taste. Encodes means changes the information into something that we can use or understand. Drinking more expensive wine makes you think it tastes better. So perhaps, when buying supermarket wine or wine in a restaurant, it may be better telling yourself that the cheaper option is OK!

Rob
I'll drink to that! But I wonder how that most expensive bottle of wine ever sold at auction tastes? The one dating back to 1774 that you asked me about.

A palate describes someone's ability to distinguish and appreciate different tastes.

Rob
Thanks for listening and goodbye.

Sam
Goodbye.

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For some, it's a companion when it comes to relaxing at the end of a hard day. For others, it's a complex elixir which requires study and involves almost a ritual. We are talking about wine. Rob and Sam talk about the life of a sommelier and teach you related vocabulary along the way.

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Hi all,

In my last note I shared some of my explorations in t-shirt design. And I wondered, would you enjoy this as much as I do? And how many of you feel comfortable drawing your ideas? I have taught visual thinking in courses and workshops for more than 20 years. And I've learned that anyone can learn to draw if they don't mind investing a little time.

How's that for a New Year's resolution? A new habit for a new year.

Here is a series of short videos that will help you get up to speed with visual thinking. In total it will take about an hour but you can do it in chunks, one video at a time. No prior learning is required.

I recommend you have a pencil or pen and paper handy before you begin, so you can draw along with me.

Visual thinking is a way to organize your thoughts and improve your ability to think and communicate. It's a great way to convey complex or potentially confusing information.

It's also about using tools - like pen and paper, index cards and software tools - to externalize your internal thinking processes, making them more clear, explicit and actionable.

There's more information at your fingertips than ever before, and yet people are overwhelmed by it. When faced with too much information we shut down. If your ideas can't be drawn, they can't be done. Visual thinking is a vital skill for developing new ideas and designs, communicating those ideas effectively, and collaborating with others to make them real.

Yes, you can. Drawing is a natural process for thinking, exploring ideas and learning. Every child enjoys drawing - but at some point in our lives we learn that drawing is the province of artists. We begin to say things like:

"I'm no artist"
"I can't draw a straight line"
"I can't draw a stick figure"

This is a fallacy. You can draw, and when you were a kid you knew it. You just forgot.

Don't believe me? If you have got a pen or pencil, a piece of paper and five minutes, I will prove to you that you CAN draw. What do you have to lose? Click the video below.

In this 20-minute video I share some basics of visual thinking that will get you up and running in about 20 minutes.

Attribution:
In case there is any doubt, the visual alphabet is freely available under a Creative Commons Attribution license. This means you can use it in any way that you like and share it broadly, so long as you credit the source @davegray or xplaner.com. It would also be nice if you'd link back to this page.

Once you have gained some comfort with drawing, the next question is, "Now that I know how to draw, how do I decide what to draw in order to best convey my ideas? In this video I share a simple three-by-three matrix that will help you determine the best way to approach drawing an idea.

Not every situation is improved by drawing. Sometimes you don't need to draw. Maybe you just need to make a list. Sometimes writing is enough to do the trick, and sometimes drawing can really help. But when to do which? Here's a conversation with my friend and learning expert Marcia Conner exploring exactly this question.

I went to art school, and I was taught using the studio method. It works like this: "Watch one, try one, teach one." You watch the teacher do something. Then you try doing it yourself. And then, to be sure you really understand it, you teach it to others.

So I want to show you how I use drawing not only as a thinking tool but as a teaching tool. In these videos I share the main ideas in my book, Liminal Thinking: Create the change you want by changing the way you think.

First a short video:

And here's a longer one:

Someone once said, " writing is thinking." That's true, and I want to suggest that drawing is thinking too. Just like writing, drawing is a way to think things out by making them explicit, but unlike writing, it engages different parts of the brain that work in a nonlinear way.

That's it for now. I hope I've inspired you to spend more time with pen and paper working out your thoughts visually.

In case you want to try something like this yourself, here is a video explaining how I make these videos.

If you want to go deeper, dive into this Visual thinking reading list.

If you'd like to support my work, you can buy a t-shirt with the visual alphabet on it. It's a great conversation starter!

Until next time, be well!

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6 Minute English: The art of conversation.

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Social media encourages us to give our opinion on a subject without always listening in return - does this mean the art of conversation is being lost? Sam and Neil discuss the topic and teach you related vocabulary along the way.

This week's question

In 2012, a competition in Latvia broke the world record for the longest telephone conversation. How long did this record-breaking conversation last?

a) 24 hours and 4 minutes?
b) 54 hours and 4 minutes?
c) 84 hours and 4 minutes?

Listen to the programme to find out the answer.

Vocabulary

chinwag
a long and pleasant conversation between friends

enriched
improved by having something else added to it

survival instinct
the human instinct to do something in a dangerous situation to stay alive

build bridges
improve relationships between people who are very different or do not like each other

tittle-tattle
talk about other people's lives that is usually unkind, disapproving, or untrue

talk over (someone)
silence or drown out someone by talking more loudly, forcefully, and persistently than them

TRANSCRIPT
Note: This is not a word-for-word transcript.

Sam
Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Sam.

Sam
Recently I met up with an old school friend who I hadn't seen for years. We talked for hours...

Sam
With the rise of Twitter and social media, which encourages us to give our opinion on a subject without always listening in return, some think the art of conversation is being lost. But luckily, there are still millions of us who love to talk, chat, chinwag and chatter away. In fact, in 2012 a competition in Latvia broke the world record for the longest telephone conversation. So, Neil, my question is this: how long did this record-breaking conversation last? Was it:
a) 24 hours and 4 minutes?
b) 54 hours and 4 minutes? or,
c) 84 hours and 4 minutes?

Neil
Hmmm, I'll guess a) 24 hours and 4 minutes, after which they probably fell asleep!

Sam
OK, Neil, I'll reveal the correct answer later in the programme. During a long career, DJ and BBC radio presenter, Nihal Arthanayake, has had conversations with hundreds of people. Now he's used these experiences to write a book entitled, 'Let's Talk: How to Have Better Conversations'. Here Nihal tells another radio presenter, Michael Rosen, of BBC Radio 4's, Word of Mouth, about the influence of his mother who also loved talking to people in her job as a nurse:

Nihal Arthanayake
Well, it gave me the sense that you are enriched by listening. And this was of course, pre-social media which has of course encouraged us to project - to transmit - more than receive. So it meant that I guess I was conscious of experiences of others, and wanted to try and understand them. Also, partially, Michael, it was a survival instinct because I was a little brown boy in a predominantly white school, a state school in the 1980s.

Sam
Here's Nihal again in conversation with BBC Radio 4's, Word of Mouth:

Nihal Arthanayake
So conversation can build bridges, and it is proven through history that conversation has, and that conversation can be seen as an art form, and that's one of the things that I want us to understand - it's not just tittle tattle, it's not just shouting at each other on social media, it's not two politicians talking over each other.

Sam
And good conversation involves taking turns, not talking over someone - trying to silence people by talking more loudly, forcefully, and persistently than them.

Neil
Hopefully, Nihal's tips can help us all have better conversations, encounter new ideas and make friends. So, Sam, did you do any of these things when you met up with your old school friend?

Sam
I think so. We both listened to each other, there was no tittle-tattle but a little bit of gossip. Before we knew it a couple of hours had passed - but not as much time as those record-breaking telephone conservations I mentioned earlier.

Neil
Ah yes, in your question you asked how long the world's longest telephone conversation lasted. It guessed it was an incredible 24 hours and 4 minutes... was I right?

Sam
Well, Neil, I'm afraid that was... the wrong answer. In fact, the record-breaking conversation lasted 54 hours and 4 minutes - about the same as 540 programmes of 6 Minute English!

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Social media encourages us to give our opinion on a subject without always listening in return - does this mean the art of conversation is being lost? Sam and Neil discuss the topic and teach you related vocabulary along the way. In 2012, a competition in Latvia broke the world record for the longest telephone conversation.

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Ted Talk: Why you should forget about setting goals.

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Ted Talk: Why you should forget about setting goals.

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ReThinking with Adam Grant: Why you should forget about setting goals

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For someone who doesn't believe in goal setting, Emmanuel Acho is highly accomplished. He's a former NFL linebacker, a TV sports analyst and the bestselling author of "Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man" -- and hosts a video series and podcast of the same name.

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"The Sign of Four" - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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W komentarzu pod datą osoba zgłaszająca się na dany termin wpisuje swoje imię i nazwisko. Do każdego dnia wpisują się trzy osoby (pierwsze dwie z nich będą pytanie w pierwszej kolejności, a trzecia osoba jest "w zapasie" na wypadek, gdyby ktoś nie przyszedł.
Każdy musi się wpisać dwa razy - raz w pierwszej dwójce, a raz jako "zapas".

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Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

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Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

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6 Min. English - Unit 5 Życie rodzinne i tow.

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Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

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Students up and down the UK are busy revising for exams. Alice and Rob consider which study techniques are effective - and which aren't - including Rob's suggestions to sleep with his textbook under his pillow and singing in the shower.

This week's question

What's the word for a system, such as use of special poems or rhymes to help you remember something? Is it ...

c) hypnotics?

You can hear the right answer at the end of the programme.

Vocabulary

distributed practice
repeated testing over a longer period of time

learn lots of information in a short period of time

add more information

conceptual
based on ideas

Transcript

Note: This is not a word-for-word transcript.

Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English. I'm Alice...

... And I'm Rob.

So, it's nearly exam time again. And the subject of today's show is how to prepare well for an exam.

I've got some great tips, actually, Alice.

Have you really? Can you remind me what grades you got at school?

Yes, well ... [mumbles] ...

So, you didn't get very good grades.

I probably should've started revising earlier. But my learning strategies were very good.

Oh, really? Well, when you revise for an exam you study information you learned before. OK, Rob, I'd love to hear more about your learning strategies, but first here's today's quiz question for you. What's the word for a system, such as use of special poems or rhymes to help you remember something? Is it ...
a) pneumatics
b) mnemonics
Or c) hypnotics?

I'll go for b) mnemonics.

Well, we'll find out whether you got the answer right or not later on in the show. Now, according to current scientific research, some study methods popular with students aren't actually very effective.

Yes, I did, but without much success. Maybe I was using the wrong kind of pillow?!

Well, let's talk about more conventional methods than the book-under-the-pillow one. These include summarising, highlighting or underlining text to help you remember it... I do love a pack of highlighting pens, though.

Oh yes, me too. And actually highlighting text was one of my top tips. But I used to get so absorbed with the highlighting I'm not sure I was actually learning anything useful. My notebooks were works of art, though!

Yes, and that's the point made by John Dunlosky, Professor of Psychology at Kent State University in the US, who says that you need to do more than just highlight information. You need to test yourself on it. Let's hear from him now.

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John Dunlosky, Professor of Psychology at Kent State University in the US
Students who can basically test themselves or try to retrieve material from their memory are going to learn that material in the long run a lot better. So for instance maybe you start by reading a textbook using your favourite highlighter and favourite colours, but then you go back and make flashcards of all the critical concepts and instead of just rereading those, you basically try to test yourselves on them.

Professor John Dunlosky there. So he says trying to memorise the material isn't enough. You need to do something with it, for example, making flashcards of critical - or important - concepts and then testing yourself on them.By repeatedly testing yourself on something, you strengthen the pathways between neurons - or nerve cells - in the brain. And the more often you do this, the easier it becomes to retrieve information.

And retrieve means to get something back.

That's right. When you repeatedly test yourself over a longer period of time - for example, over months or weeks - this is called distributed practice - and psychologists believe this is a very effective way to learn.

It sounds like hard work, though, doesn't it? I prefer the cramming method - which means to try and learn lots of information in a short period of time. For example, the night before the exam.

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John Dunlosky, Professor of Psychology at Kent State University in the US
I would encourage students as they are reading to try and elaborate mentally using images, as they're reading, to kind of develop a more vivid picture of what they're reading. Again, that'll help quite a bit for some kinds of studies - maybe history and so forth - and a little bit less so for more conceptual studies.

And if you elaborate on something, it means you add more information - in this case, mental pictures.

So, creating mental pictures is useful for some subjects - like history or languages. But conceptual subjects - ones based on abstract ideas rather than things - like maths, for example - it might not be so easy to associate ideas with pictures.

Well done! Research on mnemonics suggests they are a good strategy for learning certain kinds of things, like how to spell difficult words. For example, the first letters of this sentence: ' big elephants cause accidents under small e lephants' spells 'because'. Now, do you think you can remember the words we heard today, Rob?

Well, that's the end of today's 6 Minute English. Remember to join us again soon!

Bye.

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BBC Learning English - 6 Minute English / How to prepare for an exam

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Students up and down the UK are busy revising for exams. Alice and Rob consider which study techniques are effective - and which aren't - including Rob's suggestions to sleep with his textbook under his pillow and singing in the shower.

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AEE 1695: 5 Tips to Stay Focused When You Read and Listen in English

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Do you struggle to stay focused when you read and listen in English? On this podcast episode, Lindsay and Michelle give you 5 winning tips. Listen now.

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In my opinion, this TED Talk is very interesting. Cecilia suffers from schizophrenia, she talks about it so that people do not perceive people suffering from it as monsters. I think that if we're on a biological profile with elements of psychology, it's good to get acquainted with this video.

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I Am Not A Monster: Schizophrenia | Cecilia McGough | TEDxPSU

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“The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.” – Steve Jobs.

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“The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.” – Steve Jobs.

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IDIOMS IN ENGLISH ABOUT MONEY -IRYNA'S ENGLISH PAGE

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IDIOMS IN ENGLISH ABOUT MONEY -IRYNA'S ENGLISH PAGE

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