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  • Listening: A Podcast on Mental Health (PDF)

    Listening: A Podcast on Mental Health (PDF)

    A podcast on mental health is a B2 listening text in the long-form conversational genre. The audio covers a host and an expert guest discussing aspects of mental health — common challenges, available approaches, what helps and what doesn’t. Learners practise sustained-attention listening, expert-vocabulary recognition, and identifying the speakers’ attitudes on a sensitive topic.

    This worksheet builds B2 listening comprehension through a long-form podcast audio.

    What’s inside:

    • A podcast audio (~6 minutes) with annotated transcript
    • Pre-listening vocabulary box with mental-health and therapeutic terms
    • Comprehension items: identify key claims, distinguish host from guest views, infer attitudes
    • Multiple-choice on factual claims and reasoning
    • Production task: write a reflection on what helps your own wellbeing
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

    Common challenges: Sustained-attention listening at B2 — 6 minutes is longer than most learners are used to. Sensitive-topic handling: anxiety, depression, burnout, therapy, medication — vocabulary that carries weight. Hedged expert-speak: research suggests, in my experience, what we tend to see.

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B2, in upper-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge B2 First (FCE) Listening Part 3 and C1 Advanced (CAE) Listening. Part of the Media & Entertainment collection — the natural next step is A Cooking Show Segment, which returns to a more accessible media-listening entry.

  • Listening: A News Report Climate Change (PDF)

    Listening: A News Report Climate Change (PDF)

    A news report climate change is a B2 listening text in the broadcast-news genre. The audio covers a news report on a climate-related event or development — wildfires, flooding, a policy announcement, a research finding — with the conventional news structure: headline, key facts, expert source, context, implications. Learners practise tracking news-formal register, catching essential facts, and identifying the report’s framing.

    This worksheet builds B2 listening comprehension through a broadcast-news audio.

    What’s inside:

    • A news-report audio (~4 minutes) with annotated transcript
    • Pre-listening vocabulary box with news-and-climate terms
    • News-tracking task: capture the 5Ws (who, what, when, where, why)
    • Multiple-choice on report structure and source attribution
    • Production task: write a 100-word news summary of a current climate story
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

    Common challenges: Broadcast-news listening at B2 is fast and information-dense. News-formal vocabulary: officials have confirmed, scientists report, experts warn, the government has announced. Distinguishing factual reporting from interpretive framing.

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B2, in upper-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge B2 First (FCE) Listening Part 3 and C1 Advanced (CAE) Listening. Part of the Travel, Work & Stories Listening collection — the natural next step is A Debate: Should School Be Compulsory, which extends news listening into argumentative format.

  • Listening: A Job Interview Comprehension (PDF)

    Listening: A Job Interview Comprehension (PDF)

    A job interview comprehension is a B1–B2 listening text in the professional-dialogue genre. The audio covers a typical job-interview exchange — opening pleasantries, tell me about yourself, strengths and weaknesses, behavioural questions (tell me about a time when), salary expectations, candidate questions. Learners practise tracking two-speaker professional dialogue and identifying both content and pragmatic cues (confidence, evasion, enthusiasm).

    This worksheet builds B1–B2 listening comprehension through a job-interview audio.

    What’s inside:

    • A job-interview audio (~6 minutes) with annotated transcript
    • Pre-listening vocabulary box with interview-specific terms
    • Comprehension items: catch candidate answers, identify interviewer’s follow-up patterns
    • Multiple-choice on candidate strengths, weaknesses, and salary expectations
    • Production task: prepare answers to three standard interview questions
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

    Common challenges: Professional-dialogue listening at B1–B2 requires tracking register and content simultaneously. Interview vocabulary: role, responsibilities, qualifications, achievements, strengths, weaknesses, salary expectations, notice period. Reading evasion and confidence in the candidate’s tone.

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B1–B2, in intermediate and upper-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge B2 First (FCE) Listening and BEC Vantage. Part of the Travel, Work & Stories Listening collection — the natural next step is A News Report: Climate Change, which extends professional listening into news-format.

  • Listening: A Sports Commentary (PDF)

    Listening: A Sports Commentary (PDF)

    A sports commentary is a B1–B2 listening text in the high-speed media genre. The audio covers live commentary on a football or other sports event — pace shifts (calm during play, urgent during crucial moments), specialist vocabulary (positions, tactics, fouls, plays), and the commentator’s emotional reactions. Learners practise tracking fast speech, catching key events, and recognising the commentator’s framing.

    This worksheet builds B1–B2 listening comprehension through a high-speed sports-commentary audio.

    What’s inside:

    • A sports-commentary audio (~4 minutes) with annotated transcript
    • Pre-listening vocabulary box with sports-specific terms (positions, fouls, tactics)
    • Event-tracking task: note key moments in the order they happen
    • Multiple-choice items on game state and key plays
    • Production task: write a short paragraph describing a memorable sports moment
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

    Common challenges: Speed is the central B1–B2 challenge in sports commentary — natural commentary is among the fastest spoken English. Sports-specific vocabulary may need explicit pre-teaching. Idiomatic language: hit the back of the net, go down to ten men, play out of their skin.

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B1–B2, in intermediate and upper-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge B2 First (FCE) Listening. Part of the Media & Entertainment collection — the natural next step is A Podcast on Mental Health, which extends media listening into long-form conversational format.

  • Listening: A Radio Interview Entrepreneur (PDF)

    Listening: A Radio Interview Entrepreneur (PDF)

    A radio interview entrepreneur is a B1–B2 listening text in the broadcast-interview genre. The audio covers a journalist interviewing a startup founder — about the business idea’s origin, early challenges, key moments, current state, and future plans. Learners practise tracking two voices in turn-taking, catching specific business details, and recognising the interviewer’s questioning techniques.

    This worksheet builds B1–B2 listening comprehension through a broadcast-interview audio.

    What’s inside:

    • A radio-interview audio (~5 minutes) with annotated transcript
    • Pre-listening vocabulary box with startup and business terms
    • Comprehension items: catch business details, identify entrepreneur’s reasoning, infer attitude
    • Multiple-choice on key facts and figures
    • Production task: prepare three interview questions for a successful person you’d like to meet
    • Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes

    Common challenges: Two-speaker turn-taking at B1–B2 requires tracking who is asking and who is answering. Business vocabulary: startup, founder, investor, funding, scale, market, customer base, pivot. Reading the interviewer’s stance: neutral, supportive, sceptical.

    For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B1–B2, in intermediate and upper-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge B1 Preliminary (PET) Listening Part 3 and B2 First (FCE) Listening Part 2. Part of the Media & Entertainment collection — the natural next step is A Sports Commentary, which extends interview listening into high-speed media.