BALLOONCAST - Go Ahead School

Levels: Pre-Intermediate + Lean is recognized globally as one of the most effective ways to build, improve, and sustain businesses and institutions. Listen to the recording to learn more about Lean. Enjoy!

Levels: Intermediate + When describing a process, we focus more on what is done than on who does it. For this reason, the passive is commonly used. It is also possible to mention what actions people or things perform in a process as well as focusing on the action itself, so there is a mixture of active and passive. Listen to two recordings where both structures can be found. Enjoy!

Levels: Pre-Intermediate + In a job interview during a recruitment process, three applicants were asked the question, 'what was your proudest achievement?' Make notes as you listen to the recording. Enjoy!

Levels: Intermediate + Listen to this news report and find examples of verbs being used as passives/in the Passive Voice.

Levels: Pre-Intermediate + Thanksgiving has become an annual tradition in the United States, and it often overshadows Christmas Day as the biggest holiday in the country. It’s common that people travel back home to spend the holiday with their families and loved ones. Listen to our BalloonCast and learn more about this important date for the Americans. Enjoy!

Levels: Basic & Pre-Intermediate What makes you feel at home? Listen to an unusual story that happened in India ... Enjoy!

Levels: Pre-Intermediate + Listen to seven superb and beneficial reasons to never stop learning. Enjoy!

Levels: Intermediate + In today’s increasingly interconnected and interdependent world, proficiency in other languages is a vital skill that gives you the opportunity to engage with the world in a more immediate and meaningful way—whether in your neighborhood or thousands of miles away—while better preparing you to compete and succeed in the global economy. Enjoy!

Levels: Intermediate + Are you into literature? What do you know about this classic book by Aldous Huxley? Listen to the recording to learn more about it. Enjoy!

Levels: Pre-Intermediate +  Halloween falls on October 31st each year in North America and other parts of the world. What do you know about Halloween?  Do you celebrate it in your country? Listen to some history about it. Enjoy!

Levels: Pre-Intermediate + Listen to three short, unrelated texts, and do the follow-up activity with your teacher.  Enjoy!

levels: Basic / Pre-Intermediate Listen to the recording and learn some facts about Libbie Nelson's life.  Enjoy!

Levels: Intermediate + Listen to this article written by the screenwriter and producer Alexander Combstrong.  In terms of language practice, your task is twofold: 1 - write a list with the Phrasal Verbs you can identify 2 - write a list containing the words bearing morphemes (prefixes and suffixes). Enjoy!

Levels: Intermediate + After having an online meeting, two workmates call each other and comment about a colleague's new idea. Listen to the dialogue, and pay attention to the business idioms that are used. Enjoy!

Levels: Pre-Intermediate + In this recording, the narrator tells us about Spotify's CEO Daniel Ek's morning routine. What's your morning routine like? 

Levels: Intermediate + Listen to two friends 'gossip' on the phone, and try to identify the Idioms that are used as well as their meanings. Enjoy!

Levels: High-Intermediate & Advanced One of the most important things you do when you address a group of people is try to change their minds. Listen to some goals of a persuasive speech, and think of how they can help you prepare future presentations. Enjoy!

Levels: Intermediate + Prepositions are single words such as at, from, in, of, on , and can be found: - as simple prepositions - in prepositional phrases - as dependent prepositions - as particles in Phrasal Verbs. Listen to the recording, and pay attention to the prepositions and their functions on the text. Enjoy!

Levels: Basic and Pre-Intermediate How do you commute to work? Tell about a time when you were red in the face.  Listen to the recording and find out the meaning of new expressions. Enjoy!

Levels: Basic / Pre-Intermediate Listen to the recording and focus on the expressions the teacher's asking about. Enjoy!

Levels: Intermediate + This text was written by Academy award-nominated writer and actress Nia Vardalos. In terms of writing style, pay attention to Nia's wit and fine irony. In terms of grammar, focus on the use of adjectives and the auxiliary 'do' for emphasis. Enjoy!

Levels: Intermediate +  Credit card companies are targeting youngsters as they've become an extremely active consumer group.  Listen to the text and learn more about this topic. In addition, improve your knowledge of noun phrases. Enjoy!

Levels: Pre-Intermediate + What do you usually .... on the weekend? Does your company .... good deals? Listen to the text and learn more about collocations with the verbs 'do' and 'make'. Also, find the 5 wrong collocations. Enjoy!

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Levels: High Intermediate + Are you a talker or a listener? Why is it important to be or to become a good listener? How do you know if you are a good listener?  Listen to a text adapted from Alain de Botton's 'School of Life' and get acquainted with such interesting topic. Enjoy!