Challenge your English language skills in these text-reconstruction mini-elessons. Listen to articles about a range of topics, answer comprehension questions & then try to rebuild what you heard exactly. These fun & challenging ‘text reconstructions’ draw on your total knowledge of English grammar & vocabulary, as well as giving your ears some fine detail to listen out for. You can choose to eliminate from 20% to 100% of the texts.
What’s happened to the UK high-street?
In the UK articles about the decline of the British high-street are a daily feature of much news media. Yet the situation is far from new. In this task you will hear an article from 2014 about the the changes affecting towns across the UK & what some local councils have been doing to resist the change.