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Part of the
pools
project is
to produce
pools of
digital
materials to
be used
during the
planned
teacher
courses. The
materials
may be used
for
compiling
software and
exercises
for language
teaching. N.B. Most
of the
materials
are copyleft,
but a few
have
restrictions
that are
indicated
with each
file.
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Language pools
NL1
Inspiratie om te werken
in het buitenland
/Inspiration for working
abroad
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NL2
Waar zou ik naartoe
willen gaan? / Where
would I want to work?
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NL3
Waar ik stage in
buitenland zou willen
lopen en waarom / Why
and Where I would like
to go for work
Experience abroad
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NL4
Voorbereiding op stage
in buitenland door op
bezoek te gaan naar een
beurs / Research for a
work experience trip by
visiting an
International Fair
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NL5
Voorbereiding op stage
in buitenland- wat moet
je van tevoren doen? /
What kind of preparation
is needed before going?
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NL6
Hoe gaat het met de
planning voor de stage-
een bezoek naar de
Biljart/Pool cafe / A
visit to the Pool and
Billard hall. How is it
going with this
International Plan?
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NL7
Leer iets van de basis
talal voor dat je
opbezoek gaat / Learn a
few basics in the
language of the country
you are visiting- Basque
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NL8
Vertrek, vanuit het
Station, HOORN /
Farewell, at the station
IN HOORN
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NL9
Verlaten van je vriendin
en familie / Leaving
your girlfriend and
family
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Duration: ´6:44
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Electrician
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Slices of
Contemporary Hebridean
Life and Work in 40
English and Gaelic
videos presented for
language learners
Craigard Day Centre –
Re-Store Recycling
Project – Hebridean Food
– Ceòlas Summer School –
Taigh Chearsabhagh
Museum and Art Centre –
Bi Beò Songwriters
Short online films with
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for pre-intermediate to
post-intermediate
learners, totalling 3
hours of listening
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between the two
languages
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Island Voices Catalogue
Content / topic:
Care for adults with
special needs
Duration: 6:00
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: This is a
short documentary about
the Craigard Day Centre
in Lochmaddy, North Uist.
It’s a centre for people
with disabilities, run
by the Social Services
Department of Comhairle
nan Eilean Siar, the
Western Isles Council.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in North Uist
in the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English.
Language notes:
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Content / topic:
Care for adults with
special needs
Duration: 2:03
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary:
Donald Mackinnon is a
client at Craigard Day
Centre. Here he talks
about his activities at
Craigard. He also talks
about the pictures he’s
exhibiting at the Taigh
Chearsabhagh art centre.
He goes on to say what
else he does during the
week, mentioning the
names (NAAFI, Lovats) of
another workplace, and
his musical activities
at the weekend.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in North Uist
in the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English.
Language notes:
Unscripted authentic
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Content / topic:
Care for adults with
special needs
Duration: 3:38
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary:
Marnie Keltie is the Day
Care Supervisor at the
Craigard Day Centre in
Lochmaddy, North Uist.
She talks about the
activities they do, and
the reasons why they’re
important.
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of the community is
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English.
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Content / topic:
Furniture restoration
and recycling
Duration: 5:04
Level (listening
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Summary: The
Re-Store Project is a
social enterprise in
South Uist. Old
furniture is restored
and recycled. The
project also houses a
book recycling scheme,
and provides employment
and training
opportunities in the
local community.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in South Uist
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of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
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Furniture restoration
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Duration:
Level (listening
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Summary:
Seumas Macdonald is the
Craftsman/Trainer at the
Re-Store project in
Bornais, South Uist. He
talks about the work and
training they do, and
the value of the project
to the trainees and the
community.
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Content / topic:
Furniture restoration
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voluntary sector
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development
Duration:
Level (listening
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Summary: Neil
Macdonald is a director
on the Board of
Management of Cothrom,
the community group that
manages the Re-Store
project. He describes
the directors'
responsibilities for the
work of Cothrom in
general and the
importance of voluntary
group involvement in
island community life.
Cultural notes:
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Content / topic:
Fish Processing
Duration:
Level (listening
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Summary: The
Hebridean Smokehouse on
North Uist processes
salmon and other
foodstuffs for a global
market. This documentary
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preparation and
packaging of the product
Cultural notes:
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of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English
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Content / topic:
Food handling
Duration: 5:31
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary:
Alasdair MacEachen is an
Environmental Health
Officer in Benbecula. He
describes the
implications of his job
in terms of both
enforcement and
education in particular
relation to food
handling and production.
Cultural notes:
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of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English.
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Content / topic:
Food preparation, and
local specialities
Duration: 7:02
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: The
“Blas Uibhist” night was
put on by the Ceòlas
community group in South
Uist to celebrate local
food as well as music.
Local food producers
offered tastings of
their products, and a
well-known hotelier gave
a cookery demonstration.
The evening finished
with live local music.
The event was held in
Gaelic, with
simultaneous translation
into English
Cultural notes:
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Duration: 2:25
Level (listening
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Summary:
Isabel Graham is a
well-known hotelier and
cook at the Orasay Inn
in South Uist. Here she
describes how she uses
local produce when
preparing meals for
guests.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in South Uist
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of the community is
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English
Language notes:
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Content / topic:
Music Summer School,
Tourism
Duration: 6:47
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: The
Ceòlas music summer
school is held annually
in South Uist. It aims
to integrate traditional
music and dance in a
community setting. It
has strong links with
tutors from Cape Breton
in Canada, where old
styles of Scottish
fiddling and stepdancing
have been maintained.
The school attracts
students from around the
world.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in South Uist
and Eriskay in the Outer
Hebrides, where a high
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community is bilingual
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Community impact of
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Duration: 3:57
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary: Mary
Macinnes is the
chairperson of the local
committee that organises
the summer school each
year. She describes the
activities of the group
and the impact of Ceolas
on the local community.
Cultural notes:
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of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English
Language notes:
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Content / topic:
Administrative
procedures for summer
school
Duration: 2:25
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary: Mary
Ellen Stewart is the
administrator of the
summer school. She
describes the tasks that
need to be done leading
up to and during the
week.
Cultural notes:
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in the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English
Language notes:
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Content / topic:
Educational impact of
summer school
Duration: 3:30
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary: Dale
Cummings is an American
student who has
regularly attended the
school over many years.
He talks about the
quality of the
instruction and the
curriculum, and
describes its personal
impact upon himself.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in South Uist
in the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English
Language notes:
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Content / topic:
Museum and Art Centre,
Tourism
Duration: 7:20
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: Taigh
Chearsabhagh is a key
attraction for both
visitors and local
people in North Uist. It
has an important
development and
educational role in the
visual arts, as well as
in conserving and
displaying aspects of
local culture and
history.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in North Uist
in the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English
Language notes:
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Content / topic:
Heritage development
Duration:
Level B2
Summary:
Caitriona MacCuish is
the Heritage Officer at
Taigh Chearsabhagh. She
describes what the job
entails and what she
enjoys about working
there.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in North Uist
in the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English
Language notes:
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Content / topic:
Value of museum and art
centre as visitor
attraction and
educational centre
Duration:
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary:
Donald Ferguson speaks
as a student on the
first year of the BA in
Fine Art that is hosted
by Taigh Chearsabhagh.
He describes and
comments on the
facilities in the centre
and the quality of
services and teaching
staff on the course.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in Benbecula in
the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English
Language notes:
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Content / topic:
Media Studies
Duration:
Level (listening
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Summary: Kevin
De Las Casas and James
McLetchie, both resident
in North Uist, write and
perform songs with their
group “Bi Beò”. The
documentary follows the
song creation process
from initial ideas round
a kitchen table through
musical arrangement to
studio recording.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in North Uist
and Benbecula in the
Outer Hebrides, where a
high proportion of the
community is bilingual
in Gaelic and English
Language notes:
Simple documentary
narrative and
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Content / topic:
Lyric writing and
interpretation
Duration:
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary: James
McLetchie talks about
what prompted him to
write the words to the
song “Na seann daoine”.
He explains the
references to local
people and family
members, and reflects on
how things have changed
in his local community.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in North Uist
in the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English
Language notes:
Unscripted authentic
speech at natural pace,
exhibiting
characteristic
"performance errors" -
false starts, pauses,
repetitions, etc -
explaining writing
process
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Content / topic:
Composition
Duration:
Level (listening
level required):
Summary: Kevin
De Las Casas talks to
James McLetchie about
the song creation
process, and about his
musical background and
influences. He also
describes his own
musical development
since arriving in Uist,
and the importance of
performance experience
for both composing and
recording.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in North Uist
in the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English
Language notes:
Unscripted authentic
speech at natural pace,
exhibiting
characteristic
"performance errors" -
false starts, pauses,
repetitions, etc -
explaining composition
process
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Content / topic:
International trade
Duration: 17.44
Level (listening
level required): B2 - C1
Summary:
"Interview portraying
the FITCH marketing
company. The interviewer
asks the following
questions:
What is your business
mission / core product(s)
What is your marketing
strategy?
Are there special
specifications /
requirements that your
customers must meet?
(like size, reputation
etc.) If so why?
What are the most vital
marketing parameters of
a consulting company,
whose product is finding
solutions for other
companies?
How do you develop new
products?
How would you
characterize competition
in your field?
How do you differentiate
in this market compared
to your competitors?"
Cultural notes:
Interesting case study
showing strategies for
marketing and branding
products
Language notes:
The interviewer is
Danish, but the bulk /
core of the interview is
the part of the
interviewee who is
British.
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Content / topic:
International Trade
Duration: 10.32
Level (listening
level required): B2 - C1
Summary:
"Interview with a
portrait of the SYNOCO
marketing company.
During the interview the
following questions are
raised:
How do you create a
competitive edge in your
field? (Technological
advances? Product
development?)
What is more important;
focusing on production
or sale?
In what way do you take
the global market into
consideration at the
planning stage of your
products?
Is it only production,
which is influenced by
the global market, or is
this also the case with
other activities like
marketing, control and
distribution?
What demands do the
global market place on
your employees? (E.g.
cultural understanding,
flexibility)
When we are talking
about good marketing
strategy, what do you
consider to be the
greatest differences
between business to
business relations and
other markets, e.g. the
consumer market?
Cultural notes:
Interesting case study
showing marketing
strategies
Language notes:
The interviewer is
Danish, but the bulk /
core of the interview is
the part of the
interviewee who is
British.
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Content / topic:
Energy production based
on wind mill generators.
A film about the
construction of the
worlds largest offshore
wind farm so far
Duration: 18 minutes
Level (listening
level required): B2 /C1
Summary: A
film about the
construction of the
worlds largest offshore
wind farm so far, the
video gives an insight
into the planning and
construction of the
offshore wind farm and
also deals with the
maintenance of the power
generators.
Cultural notes:
Denmark is the world's
largest producer of wind
powered generators. The
unofficial goal in
Denmark is in 2020 to
have 50% of the
country's power covered
by wind energy.
Language notes:
Authentic commentary.
High quality
professional speak
Copyright:
Copyrighted, but the
videos may be used for
language teaching online
and offline. Permission
given by Energinet.dk.
It is also possible to
get a free DVD with the
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Content / topic:
Electronics, and general
society
Duration: 7:40
Level (listening
level required): C1
Summary: "A
140 km long 400kV line
between Århus and
Aalborg was built in
2002-2004.
The video deals with the
work of constructing the
line and shows the
techniques and materials
required"
Cultural notes:
For more information on
Energinet.dk, which is
the transmission system
operator for the whole
of Denmark visit
www.energinet.dk
Language notes:
Authentic commentary.
High quality
proffessional speak
Copyright:
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teaching "as is".
Energinet.dk offers a
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video.
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Content / topic:
Electronics, and general
society
Duration: 12:53
Level (listening
level required): C1
Summary: "A
140 km long 400kV line
between Århus and
Aalborg was built in
2002-2004.
The video deals with the
work of constructing the
line and shows the
techniques and materials
required"
Cultural notes:
For more information on
Energinet.dk, which is
the transmission system
operator for the whole
of Denmark visit
www.energinet.dk
Language notes:
Authentic commentary.
High quality
professional speak
Copyright:
Copyright Energinet.dk -
The video and text may
be used for language
teaching "as is".
Energinet.dk offers a
free DVD version of the
video.
Video files:
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93MB 1341Kbps
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Content / topic:
Electronics, and general
society
Duration: 12:53
Level (listening
level required): C1
Summary: "A
140 km long 400kV line
between Århus and
Aalborg was built in
2002-2004.
The video deals with the
work of constructing the
line and shows the
techniques and materials
required"
Cultural notes:
For more information on
Energinet.dk, which is
the transmission system
operator for the whole
of Denmark visit
www.energinet.dk
Language notes:
Authentic commentary.
High quality
professional speak
Copyright:
Copyright Energinet.dk -
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teaching "as is".
Energinet.dk offers a
free DVD version of the
video.
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Content / topic:
Electronics, and general
society
Duration: 2:56
Level (listening
level required): C1
Summary: "A
140 km long 400kV line
between Århus and
Aalborg was built in
2002-2004.
The video deals with the
work of constructing the
line and shows the
techniques and materials
required"
Cultural notes:
For more information on
Energinet.dk, which is
the transmission system
operator for the whole
of Denmark visit
www.energinet.dk
Language notes:
Authentic commentary.
High quality
proffessional speak
Copyright:
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teaching "as is".
Energinet.dk offers a
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video.
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English text:
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Content / topic:
Electronics, and general
society
Duration: 6:14
Level (listening
level required): C1
Summary: "A
140 km long 400kV line
between Århus and
Aalborg was built in
2002-2004.
The video deals with the
work of constructing the
line and shows the
techniques and materials
required"
Cultural notes:
For more information on
Energinet.dk, which is
the transmission system
operator for the whole
of Denmark visit
www.energinet.dk
Language notes:
Authentic commentary.
High quality
proffessional speak
Copyright:
Copyright Energinet.dk -
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be used for language
teaching "as is".
Energinet.dk offers a
free DVD version of the
video.
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Content / topic:
Electronics, and general
society
Duration: 5:46
Level (listening
level required): C1
Summary: "A
140 km long 400kV line
between Århus and
Aalborg was built in
2002-2004.
The video deals with the
work of constructing the
line and shows the
techniques and materials
required"
Cultural notes:
For more information on
Energinet.dk, which is
the transmission system
operator for the whole
of Denmark visit
www.energinet.dk
Language notes:
Authentic commentary.
High quality
proffessional speak
Copyright:
Copyright Energinet.dk -
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teaching "as is".
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free DVD version of the
video.
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Content / topic:
Electronics, and general
society
Duration: 6:14
Level (listening
level required): C1
Summary: "A
140 km long 400kV line
between Århus and
Aalborg was built in
2002-2004.
The video deals with the
work of constructing the
line and shows the
techniques and materials
required"
Cultural notes:
For more information on
Energinet.dk, which is
the transmission system
operator for the whole
of Denmark visit
www.energinet.dk
Language notes:
Authentic commentary.
High quality
proffessional speak
Copyright:
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teaching "as is".
Energinet.dk offers a
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video.
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Content / topic:
Electronics, and general
society
Duration: 3:26
Level (listening
level required): C1
Summary: "A
140 km long 400kV line
between Århus and
Aalborg was built in
2002-2004.
The video deals with the
work of constructing the
line and shows the
techniques and materials
required"
Cultural notes:
For more information on
Energinet.dk, which is
the transmission system
operator for the whole
of Denmark visit
www.energinet.dk
Language notes:
Authentic commentary.
High quality
proffessional speak
Copyright:
Copyright Energinet.dk -
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Energinet.dk offers a
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Video files:
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Content / topic:
Electronics, and general
society
Duration: 4:45
Level (listening
level required): C1
Summary: "A
140 km long 400kV line
between Århus and
Aalborg was built in
2002-2004.
The video deals with the
work of constructing the
line and shows the
techniques and materials
required"
Cultural notes:
For more information on
Energinet.dk, which is
the transmission system
operator for the whole
of Denmark visit
www.energinet.dk
Language notes:
Authentic commentary.
High quality
proffessional speak
Copyright:
Copyright Energinet.dk -
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teaching "as is".
Energinet.dk offers a
free DVD version of the
video.
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Content / topic:
Electronics, and general
society
Duration: 2:24
Level (listening
level required): C1
Summary: "A
140 km long 400kV line
between Århus and
Aalborg was built in
2002-2004.
The video deals with the
work of constructing the
line and shows the
techniques and materials
required"
Cultural notes:
For more information on
Energinet.dk, which is
the transmission system
operator for the whole
of Denmark visit
www.energinet.dk
Language notes:
Authentic commentary.
High quality
proffessional speak
Copyright:
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video.
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Content / topic:
Electronics, and general
society
Duration: 2:28
Level (listening
level required): C1
Summary: "A
140 km long 400kV line
between Århus and
Aalborg was built in
2002-2004.
The video deals with the
work of constructing the
line and shows the
techniques and materials
required"
Cultural notes:
For more information on
Energinet.dk, which is
the transmission system
operator for the whole
of Denmark visit
www.energinet.dk
Language notes:
Authentic commentary.
High quality
proffessional speak
Copyright:
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Energinet.dk offers a
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Content / topic:
Electronics, and general
society
Duration: 1:40
Level (listening
level required): C1
Summary: "A
140 km long 400kV line
between Århus and
Aalborg was built in
2002-2004.
The video deals with the
work of constructing the
line and shows the
techniques and materials
required"
Cultural notes:
For more information on
Energinet.dk, which is
the transmission system
operator for the whole
of Denmark visit
www.energinet.dk
Language notes:
Authentic commentary.
High quality
proffessional speak
Copyright:
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video.
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English text:
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Content / topic:
Electrician
Duration: ´6:44
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: Step
by step instruction on
how to wire a plug. The
plug used is a British
type with a fuse
Cultural notes:
Instructional video
which may be suitable
for all vocations
Language notes:
Typical instructions.
Intermediate
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Content / topic:
Electrician
Duration: ´6:44
Level (listening
level required): A1
Summary: Step
by step instruction on
how to wire a plug. The
plug used is a British
type with a fuse
Cultural notes:
Instructional video
which may be suitable
for all vocations
Language notes:
Typical instructions.
Simplified version.
Copyright:
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Content / topic:
ICT and society
Duration: 1:11
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary: What is
actually going on in
Digital North Denmark?
What is the return of
the huge investments? -
We are trying to provide
an answer to such
questions in the
attached video clips
from 19 vastly different
projects within the
framework of the Digital
North Denmark.
Cultural notes: The
video shows the usage of
ICT in Danish society
and future application
of ICT based technology
Language notes:
Documentary with voice
over. Professional speak
based on adaptation /
translation from
materials originally in
Danish
Copyright:
Copyright,
Fyrtårnscentret ·
Vesterbro 102 · DK-9000
Aalborg · Tlf.: +45 72
13 70 90 · Fax: +45 98
10 21 85
fyrtaarn@nja.dk
Website:
http://detdigitalenordjylland.dk/en/
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Transcription of
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by Níall Tracey, one of
the pools members who
joined pools after the
project funded period.
Níall has included notes
on any features in the
videos that appeared
unnatural. A warm thanks
to Níall for his work:-)
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Content / topic:
ICT and society
Duration: 1:19
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary: Sports
results, recipes, chat,
fun games… Dad, mum, the
teenager and the 8 year
old twins are all having
different wishes and
requirements to the
Internettet. But what if
they had each their
personal portal – on the
same monitor? And what
if the monitor was
mobile and wireless and
could be brought all
over the house…
Cultural notes: The
video shows the usage of
ICT in Danish society
and future application
of ICT based technology
Language notes:
Documentary with voice
over. Professional speak
based on adaptation /
translation from
materials originally in
Danish
Copyright:
Copyright,
Fyrtårnscentret ·
Vesterbro 102 · DK-9000
Aalborg · Tlf.: +45 72
13 70 90 · Fax: +45 98
10 21 85
fyrtaarn@nja.dk The
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English text: If you
transcribe the video
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Content / topic:
Healthcare and ICT and
society
Duration: 1:26
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary: Can IT
really be used to give
asthmatic children a
better quality of life
and better prevention
and treatment? This is
at least the vision of
those involved in the
project, who among other
things are developing an
individual electronic
shared patient record
based on Internet
technology...
Cultural notes: The
video shows the usage of
ICT in Danish society
and future application
of ICT based technology
Language notes:
Documentary with voice
over. Professional speak
based on adaptation /
translation from
materials originally in
Danish
Copyright:
Copyright,
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Vesterbro 102 · DK-9000
Aalborg · Tlf.: +45 72
13 70 90 · Fax: +45 98
10 21 85
fyrtaarn@nja.dk The
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Content / topic:
ICT and society
Duration: 1:40
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary: Your Open
Municipality Digital
Administration for the
Future - from Vision to
Reality
Imagine that you were
able to choose whether
you wanted to meet in at
the municipality when
having to apply for
health benefit or
unemployment benefit –
or maybe you preferred
to apply for it on your
computer? To the
citizens of
Frederikshavn, Skørping
and Skagen new options
are opening up for
self-service via the
Internet…
Cultural notes: The
video shows the usage of
ICT in Danish society
and future application
of ICT based technology
Language notes:
Documentary with voice
over. Professional speak
based on adaptation /
translation from
materials originally in
Danish
Copyright:
Copyright,
Fyrtårnscentret ·
Vesterbro 102 · DK-9000
Aalborg · Tlf.: +45 72
13 70 90 · Fax: +45 98
10 21 85
fyrtaarn@nja.dk The
video may be used for
language teaching.
Video files:
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Content / topic:
Agriculture and ICT and
society
Duration: 1:19
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary: On the
www.agrovidennet.dk a
forum has been
established for farmers,
consultants, teachers,
and researchers to
discuss agricultural
production and farming
in general. Everyone has
access to search for, to
share, and to distribute
knowledge, - on
fattening units, cherry
trees, pesticides and
their alternatives and
more...
Cultural notes: The
video shows the usage of
ICT in Danish society
and future application
of ICT based technology
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over. Professional speak
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Content / topic:
Healthcare & ICT and
society
Duration: 1:42
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary: When the
district nurses of the
Aalborg municipality
order medicine for a
citizen, it happens via
a mobile phone and a
laptop computer. And
when Mrs. Hansen has
been admitted to
hospital, the care
system is automatically
notified on her
discharge so she will
not be missing the
attendance she is
normally receiving…
Cultural notes: The
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ICT in Danish society
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of ICT based technology
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ICT and society
Duration: 1:35
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary: Who was
Jens Bang? When was his
day? How was the stream
of Østeraa led through
Aalborg??
www.noks.dk is
a new offer with various
archives, museums and
libraries in North
Jutland teaming up to
establish a common
search database filled
with photos, articles,
audios and film etc. to
be explored by everyone
with an Internet access.
Including school pupils…
Cultural notes: The
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ICT in Danish society
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of ICT based technology
Language notes:
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over. Professional speak
based on adaptation /
translation from
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Content / topic:
Media & ICT and society
Duration: 1:44
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary: Are you
dreaming of a lot more
regional television? An
option to access the
Internet via your TV?
Interactive
TV-programmes where you
could retrieve the
recipe onscreen while
watching the Gourmet
Guru, prepare it? Or...
TV2/Nord Digital is
working to make this
come true...
Cultural notes: The
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ICT in Danish society
and future application
of ICT based technology
Language notes:
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over. Professional speak
based on adaptation /
translation from
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Content / topic:
ICT and society
Duration: 1:33
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary: So far the
Internet has been closed
country to the dyslectic
and those coping with
difficulties in reading
and writing. But now
they can download an
icon resembling a remote
control on
www.adgangforalle.dk.
With the use of the
”remote control” contact
is established to a
server with speech
synthesis, making it
possible to have a text
read aloud – for example
an e-mail or a home
page…
Cultural notes: The
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ICT in Danish society
and future application
of ICT based technology
Language notes:
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over. Professional speak
based on adaptation /
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Content / topic:
ICT and society
Duration: 1:24
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary: Projects
not only spanning across
classes but also
grammar-schools and
upper secondary schools.
Teachers sharing
experience in Internet
meetings in the virtual
faculty room. An
increased educational
use of the Internet –
both in language and
math classes but also in
cross-disciplinary tasks
– is made reality in the
large common project for
the schools at an upper
secondary and grammar
school level in North
Denmark…
Cultural notes: The
video shows the usage of
ICT in Danish society
and future application
of ICT based technology
Language notes:
Documentary with voice
over. Professional speak
based on adaptation /
translation from
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project funded period.
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Content / topic:
ICT and society
Duration: 1:38
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary: On the
hospital of
Frederikshavn-Skagen a
lot of headway has been
made on a large-scale
project, containing an
electronic case record,
electronic booking in
the X-ray department,
computer access for
patients confined to
their beds and more. The
object is to give
patients a better
service and more
information, without
involving any expenses
funded by taxpayers…
Cultural notes: The
video shows the usage of
ICT in Danish society
and future application
of ICT based technology
Language notes:
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over. Professional speak
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Content / topic:
ICT and society
Duration: 1:38
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary: To the
citizens of the
municipality of Hals
local democracy has
become part of everyday
life. Citizens can chat
with politicians,
citizens of Ulsted have
got their own portal –
and the church council
has opened an IT-Café in
the schoolroom for
confirmation candidates.
And the 9th graders
learn about democracy at
the town hall and are
playing democracy
practising games on the
Internet…
Cultural notes: The
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ICT in Danish society
and future application
of ICT based technology
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Kultnord- a Portal
Presenting New Cultural
Experiences on the
Internet
Content / topic:
ICT and society
Duration: 1:34
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary: An
interactive cultural
calendar, where you can
read news and get
background information
is in the process of
being. Behind the
www.kulturnordjylland.dk
portal are Nordjyllands
Mediecenter, Grafisk
Værksted Hjørring, the
Aalborg Theatre and the
Aalborg Zoo – but other
cultural facilities are
welcome to use the
portal…
Cultural notes: The
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ICT in Danish society
and future application
of ICT based technology
Language notes:
Documentary with voice
over. Professional speak
based on adaptation /
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Content / topic:
ICT and society
Duration: 1:41
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary: To many
mentally afflicted
people isolation and
loneliness is a gloomy
element in everyday
life. But with the Break
the Isolation project
mentally challenged
citizens will be enabled
to take part in distance
education and chatting
with fellow patients –
and maybe use this to
get new friends and lead
a more full life…
Cultural notes: The
video shows the usage of
ICT in Danish society
and future application
of ICT based technology
Language notes:
Documentary with voice
over. Professional speak
based on adaptation /
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Content / topic:
Healthcare & ICT and
society
Duration: 1:26
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary: Now cardiac
patients can walk about
in their own home, go
shopping, see friends
and all – while their
heartbeat is monitored
from the hospital. This
happens via a measuring
instrument and a mobile
phone. To about half of
all cardiac patients
this project can be a
contribution to give
them a normal – and safe
– everyday life…
Cultural notes: The
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ICT in Danish society
and future application
of ICT based technology
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Content / topic:
Education & ICT and
society
Duration: 2:00
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary: The 8th
graders of the Vester
Mariendal School of
Aalborg are going on a
field trip to Prague. On
the Internet. Using a
new virtual learning
game the teacher can
assign different roles
to pupils with each
their specific task –
for example finding the
cheapest fare to Prague.
The pupils are both
playing and learning…
Cultural notes: The
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ICT in Danish society
and future application
of ICT based technology
Language notes:
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over. Professional speak
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Content / topic:
Education & ICT and
society
Duration: 2:08
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary: Preparatory
and advanced education,
adult education and
supplementary training…
Getting an overview of
the educations available
in North Denmark can be
quite a challenge. But
on
www.uddannelsenord.dk
you can get information
on educations, jobs,
economy etc. – and you
can get help from the
interactive education
counselling…
Cultural notes: The
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ICT in Danish society
and future application
of ICT based technology
Language notes:
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Content / topic:
ICT and society
Duration: 1:35
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary: Where is
the nearest kindergarten
– and school? What did
the town look like in
the old days? How do I
find my way to
Lerumbakken? What has
actually been done on
the waterfront? And what
about the new municipal
plan? Answers to this –
and more – can be found
by interested citizens
of Aalborg by clicking
your way to
www.detaktiveaalborgkort.dk
….
Cultural notes: The
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ICT in Danish society
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of ICT based technology
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ICT and society
Duration: 1:52
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary: Dynamic
simulation is already
used in manufacturing
where you can ”build” a
product – a car for
example, and view it in
3-D. But why not try to
build an entire
production facility this
way to ensure that the
production lines are
working optimally – also
for the personnel? This
was tried at Martin
International of
Frederikshavn…
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ICT in Danish society
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of ICT based technology
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Content / topic:
ICT and society
Duration: 2:23
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary:
The ultimate robot:
A fully automatic lawn
mower for the homeowner.
Tired of mowing your
lawn? Fed-up with your
lawn service? Or relying
on the neighbor’s team?
Robomow is the ultimate
in lawn mowing
convenience.
Especially designed to
mow your lawn completely
automatically. Powered
by a rechargeable
battery, Robomow is
extremely quiet and
environment friendly.
While Robomow
automatically cuts your
lawn you can enjoy your
free time the way you
like most. All Robomow
models traverse your
lawn in a systematic
pattern of zigzag lines,
which repeats it self in
several different
angles.
Language notes:
American English.
Suitable for students at
listening/reading level
B2 and upwards
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video and text:
Text linked to
dictionaries in ten
languages and followed
by exercises:
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Slices of
Contemporary Hebridean
Life and Work in 40
English and Gaelic
videos presented for
language learners
Craigard Day Centre –
Re-Store Recycling
Project – Hebridean Food
– Ceòlas Summer School –
Taigh Chearsabhagh
Museum and Art Centre –
Bi Beò Songwriters
Short online films with
transcripts and
translations, suitable
for pre-intermediate to
post-intermediate
learners, totalling 3
hours of listening
material divided evenly
between the two
languages
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Island Voices Catalogue
Content / topic:
Care for adults with
special needs
Duration: 6 minutes
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: This is a
short documentary about
the Craigard Day Centre
in Lochmaddy, North Uist.
It’s a centre for people
with disabilities, run
by the Social Services
Department of Comhairle
nan Eilean Siar, the
Western Isles Council.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in North Uist
in the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English.
Language notes:
Simple documentary
narrative and
description
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Content / topic:
Care for adults with
special needs
Duration: 1.33 minutes
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary: Donald
Mackinnon is a client at
Craigard Day Centre.
Here he talks about his
activities at Craigard.
He also talks about the
pictures he’s exhibiting
at the Taigh
Chearsabhagh art centre.
He goes on to say what
else he does during the
week, mentioning the
names (NAAFI, Lovats) of
another workplace, and
his musical activities
at the weekend.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in North Uist
in the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English.
Language notes:
Unscripted authentic
speech at natural pace,
exhibiting
characteristic
"performance errors" -
false starts, pauses,
repetitions, etc -
describing daily
activities.
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Content / topic:
Care for adults with
special needs PLUS
Traditional Skills
Duration: 4.30 minutes
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary: Flora
Macdonald, a North Uist
resident, talks first of
all about the importance
of Craigard in the
community, and her own
interactions with Donald
MacKinnon. She goes on
to describe her reasons
for setting up the
traditional skills
exhibition in Taigh
Chearsabhagh, and her
own thoughts on their
place in the community
today.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in North Uist
in the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English.
Language notes:
Unscripted authentic
speech at natural pace,
exhibiting
characteristic
"performance errors" -
false starts, pauses,
repetitions, etc -
describing activities,
and expressing opinions
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Content / topic:
Furniture restoration
and recycling
Duration: 5:03
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: The
Re-Store Project is a
social enterprise in
South Uist. Old
furniture is restored
and recycled. The
project also houses a
book recycling scheme,
and provides employment
and training
opportunities in the
local community.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in South Uist
in the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English
Language notes:
Simple documentary
narrative and
description of furniture
recycling process, with
the focus on the
craftsman
Copyright:
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Content / topic:
Furniture restoration
and recycling
Duration: 4:12
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary:
Seumas Macdonald is the
Craftsman/Trainer at the
Re-Store project in
Bornais, South Uist. He
talks about the work and
training they do, and
the value of the project
to the trainees and the
community.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in South Uist
in the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English
Language notes:
Unscripted authentic
speech at natural pace,
exhibiting
characteristic
"performance errors" -
false starts, pauses,
repetitions, etc -
describing daily
activities, and
explaining their
importance
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Content / topic:
Furniture restoration
and recycling PLUS
voluntary sector
engagement in rural
development
Duration: 4:30
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary: Neil
Macdonald is a director
on the Board of
Management of Cothrom,
the community group that
manages the Re-Store
project. He describes
the directors'
responsibilities for the
work of Cothrom in
general and the
importance of voluntary
group involvement in
island community life.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in South Uist
in the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English
Language notes:
Unscripted authentic
speech at natural pace,
exhibiting
characteristic
"performance errors" -
false starts, pauses,
repetitions, etc -
describing management
and community issues
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Content / topic:
Fish Processing
Duration: 4:32
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: The
Hebridean Smokehouse on
North Uist processes
salmon and other
foodstuffs for a global
market. This documentary
illustrates the
preparation and
packaging of the product
Cultural notes:
Recorded in North Uist
in the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English
Language notes:
Simple documentary
narrative and
description of food
preparation and
packaging process, with
the focus on the product
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Content / topic:
Food handling
Duration: 6:07
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary:
Alasdair MacEachen is an
Environmental Health
Officer in Benbecula. He
describes the
implications of his job
in terms of both
enforcement and
education in particular
relation to food
handling and production.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in Benbecula in
the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English.
Language notes:
Unscripted authentic
speech at natural pace,
exhibiting
characteristic
"performance errors" -
false starts, pauses,
repetitions, etc -
describing job remit and
regulatory framework
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Content / topic:
Food preparation, and
local specialities
Duration: 7:02
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: The “Blas
Uibhist” night was put
on by the Ceòlas
community group in South
Uist to celebrate local
food as well as music.
Local food producers
offered tastings of
their products, and a
well-known hotelier gave
a cookery demonstration.
The evening finished
with live local music.
The event was held in
Gaelic, with
simultaneous translation
into English
Cultural notes:
Recorded in South Uist
in the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English
Language notes:
Simple documentary
narrative and
description, mixed with
sections of authentic
public speaking
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Food preparation, and
local specialities
Duration: 2:04
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary:
Isabel Graham is a
well-known hotelier and
cook at the Orasay Inn
in South Uist. Here she
describes how she uses
local produce when
preparing meals for
guests.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in South Uist
in the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English
Language notes:
Unscripted authentic
speech at natural pace,
exhibiting
characteristic
"performance errors" -
false starts, pauses,
repetitions, etc -
expressing preferences
and explaining choices
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Content / topic:
Music Summer School,
Tourism
Duration: 6:48
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: The
Ceòlas music summer
school is held annually
in South Uist. It aims
to integrate traditional
music and dance in a
community setting. It
has strong links with
tutors from Cape Breton
in Canada, where old
styles of Scottish
fiddling and stepdancing
have been maintained.
The school attracts
students from around the
world.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in South Uist
and Eriskay in the Outer
Hebrides, where a high
proportion of the
community is bilingual
in Gaelic and English
Language notes:
Simple documentary
narrative and
description
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Content / topic:
Community impact of
summer school
Duration: 4:08
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary: Mary
Macinnes is the
chairperson of the local
committee that organises
the summer school each
year. She describes the
activities of the group
and the impact of Ceolas
on the local community.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in South Uist
in the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English
Language notes:
Unscripted authentic
speech at natural pace,
exhibiting
characteristic
"performance errors" -
false starts, pauses,
repetitions, etc -
describing activities,
and assessing impacts
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Content / topic:
Administrative
procedures for summer
school
Duration: 2:15
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary: Mary
Ellen Stewart is the
administrator of the
summer school. She
describes the tasks that
need to be done leading
up to and during the
week.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in South Uist
in the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English
Language notes:
Unscripted authentic
speech at natural pace,
exhibiting
characteristic
"performance errors" -
false starts, pauses,
repetitions, etc -
listing and describing
tasks
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Content / topic:
Educational impact of
summer school
Duration: 2:03
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary:
Ruairidh MacIlleathain
is a well-known Gaelic
broadcaster with a
particular interest in
Gaelic learners. He is
attending Ceolas for the
first time. He talks
about the quality of the
instruction in his
chosen subjects, and
assesses the value of
the school for learners
of Gaelic.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in South Uist
in the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English
Language notes:
Unscripted authentic
speech at natural pace,
exhibiting
characteristic
"performance errors" -
false starts, pauses,
repetitions, etc -
describing learning
activities and giving
personal opinions
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Content / topic:
Museum and Art Centre,
Tourism
Duration: 7:20
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: Taigh
Chearsabhagh is a key
attraction for both
visitors and local
people in North Uist. It
has an important
development and
educational role in the
visual arts, as well as
in conserving and
displaying aspects of
local culture and
history.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in North Uist
in the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English
Language notes:
Simple documentary
narrative and
description
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Heritage development
Duration:
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary:
Caitriona MacCuish is
the Heritage Officer at
Taigh Chearsabhagh. She
describes what the job
entails and what she
enjoys about working
there.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in North Uist
in the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English
Language notes:
Unscripted authentic
speech at natural pace,
exhibiting
characteristic
"performance errors" -
false starts, pauses,
repetitions, etc -
describing job remit and
satisfaction
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Content / topic:
Value of museum and art
centre as visitor
attraction and
educational centre
Duration:
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary:
Donald Ferguson speaks
as a student on the
first year of the BA in
Fine Art that is hosted
by Taigh Chearsabhagh.
He describes and
comments on the
facilities in the centre
and the quality of
services and teaching
staff on the course.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in Benbecula in
the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English
Language notes:
Unscripted authentic
speech at natural pace,
exhibiting
characteristic
"performance errors" -
false starts, pauses,
repetitions, etc -
listing and grading
services and facilities
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Content / topic:
Media Studies
Duration:
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: Kevin
De Las Casas and James
McLetchie, both resident
in North Uist, write and
perform songs with their
group “Bi Beò”. The
documentary follows the
song creation process
from initial ideas round
a kitchen table through
musical arrangement to
studio recording.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in North Uist
and Benbecula in the
Outer Hebrides, where a
high proportion of the
community is bilingual
in Gaelic and English
Language notes:
Simple documentary
narrative and
description
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Content / topic:
Lyric writing and
interpretation
Duration:
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary: James
McLetchie talks about
what prompted him to
write the words to the
song “Na seann daoine”.
He explains the
references to local
people and family
members, talks about the
importance of social
customs and the physical
environment in Uist, and
reflects on how things
have changed in his
local community.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in North Uist
in the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English
Language notes:
Unscripted authentic
speech at natural pace,
exhibiting
characteristic
"performance errors" -
false starts, pauses,
repetitions, etc -
explaining writing
process
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Content / topic:
Community heritage and
change
Duration:
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: The
song “Na seann daoine”
was created by James
McLetchie and Kevin De
Las Casas for
performance by their
group “Bi Beò”. This is
a “first cut” recording
made in Benbecula.
Cultural notes:
Recorded in Benbecula in
the Outer Hebrides,
where a high proportion
of the community is
bilingual in Gaelic and
English
Language notes:
Poetic verses and chorus
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Content / topic:
Electrician
Duration: 6:44
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: Step
by step instruction on
how to wire a plug. The
plug used is a British
type with a fuse
Cultural notes:
Instructional video
which may be suitable
for all vocations
Language notes:
Typical instructions.
Intermediate
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Content / topic:
Electrician
Duration: ´6:44
Level (listening
level required): A1
Summary: Step
by step instruction on
how to wire a plug. The
plug used is a British
type with a fuse
Cultural notes:
Instructional video
which may be suitable
for all vocations
Language notes:
Typical instructions.
Simplified version.
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Content / topic:
TV news on an organ
donation scandal in the
world of 2080.
Duration: 3:45
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary: There have
been complications with
patients who had had an
organ transplantation. A
big trust is blamed.
Cultural notes:
"Mock news on the
topical issue of organ
donation.
It is part of a drama
written and staged by a
rama class of a German
technical college."
Language notes:
Both newsreader and
reporter are native
speakers of German. The
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Content / topic:
A cocktail against
depression.
Duration: 3:42
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: In this
parody of common DIY and
cookery shows on TV a
bartender demonstrates
how to mix a strange
drink.
Cultural notes:
Shows of this nature are
seen all too often on
private TV channels.
Language notes:
Both students are native
speakers of German. In
the transcription some
slight mistakes have
been corrected.
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Content / topic:
Daily routine and
activities at a
meditation centre.
Duration:
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: A class of
our college spends four
days at a centre for
medidation. In an
interview, the
accompanying teacher
speaks about the daily
routine there and
leisure activities like
archery (kyudo),
meditating, fishing etc.
Cultural notes:
Many Colleges in Germany
do special activities at
the end of the academic
year, in most cases
trips. This is a less
common one.
Language notes:
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interviewee are native
speakers of German. The
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Content / topic:
Talking about a band and
their music.
Duration: 5:37
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary:
One of about 40 members
of a band project of the
University of Mainz is
interviewed about their
latest gig, the history
of the project, their
repertoire, their
rehearsing and the
future of the project.
Cultural notes:
Playing in a band and
coming to fame is a
dream of many young
people these days.
Language notes:
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interviewee are native
speakers of German. The
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really say.
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Content / topic:
Dealing with EAC
Duration: 3:24
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary: Interview
with a student who is
taking part in a three
days' project to write a
manual for EAC audio
software, because such a
manual does not yet
exist.
Cultural notes:
Working with computers
and using audio software
are of common interest
among young people these
days.
Language notes:
Both interviewer and
interviewee are native
speakers of German. In
the transcription some
mistakes have been
corrected.
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Daily routine and
activities at a
meditation centre.
Duration: 2:47
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: A class of
our college spends four
days at a centre for
medidation. In an
interview, one of the
participants speaks
about the daily routine
there and leisure
activities like archery
(kyudo), meditating,
fishing etc.
Cultural notes:
Many Colleges in Germany
do special activities at
the end of the academic
year, in most cases
trips. This is a less
common one.
Language notes:
The interviewees are
native speakerss of
German. The interviewer
is Asian with a
near-perfect command of
German. The
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really say.
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Content / topic:
Work placement at a
workshop for the
handicapped.
Duration: 6:32
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: Interview
with two students on
their one week's work
placement at a workshop
for the handicapped.
Cultural notes:
Many Colleges in Germany
do special activities at
the end of the academic
year, in most cases
trips. This is a less
common one, though. Work
placements are becoming
more and more important
for academic studies.
Language notes:
The interviewees are
native speakers of
German, the interviewer
has grown up in Germany.
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some slight mistakes
have been corrected.
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Content / topic:
YEC - A Comenius project
Duration: 4:00
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: Michael
took part in a Comenius
project which was about
editing a multinational
Internet magazine for
youngsters. He speaks
about his experiences at
the meetings and on the
importance of English as
lingua franca.
Cultural notes:
We all know about the
importance of EU funded
projects. This clip may
help to motivate
students to improve
their English and take
part in such projects.
Language notes:
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interviewee are native
speakers of German. In
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mistakes have been
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A Kyudo trainer is
interviewed about this
kind of sport.
Duration: 4:49
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary: The trainer
speaks about his first
contact with Kyudo,
explains its origin,
details of the bow etc.
He also talks about the
group he is training at
the moment.
Cultural notes:
Asian martial arts are
very popular among
youngsters these days.
Language notes:
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interviewee are native
speakers of German. In
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mistakes have been
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Content / topic:
Opening scene of a
science fiction drama.
Duration: 2:13
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary: While
clones are preparing for
a "selection ceremony",
one of them wants to
leave the "land commune"
for some time to visit
the city.
Cultural notes:
This is part of a
science fiction drama
written and staged by a
drama class of a German
technical college.
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Ceremony held by a
"priest" of a commune of
clones.
Duration: 4:24
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary: The
"priest" performs a
"selection ceremony"
with a number of clones
to decorate two of them.
Cultural notes:
This is part of a
science fiction drama
written and staged by a
drama class of a German
technical college.
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Content / topic:
Meeting of a self-help
group.
Duration: 3:16
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary: Clones who
suffer badly from pains
due to organ donation
meet in a self-help
group to overcome their
situation.
Cultural notes:
This is part of a
science fiction drama
written and staged by a
drama class of a German
technical college.
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Press conference held by
the board of managers.
Duration: 2:02
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary: Managers
explain the development
of their company giving
a lot of statistical
figures.
Cultural notes:
This is part of a
science fiction drama
written and staged by a
drama class of a German
technical college.
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speakers of German. The
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Content / topic:
Return of clone 64/38
Duration: 4:00
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary: A clone who
had left the commune is
welcomed back but he is
not the one they had
expected.
Cultural notes:
This is part of a
science fiction drama
written and staged by a
drama class of a German
technical college.
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The clones try to rebel.
Duration: 2:02
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary: A rebellion
by the clones is put
down thanks to the
"priest's" power.
Cultural notes:
This is part of a
science fiction drama
written and staged by a
drama class of a German
technical college.
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Content / topic:
Statements by the
managers and Russions
investors
Duration: 1:02
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary: Managing
directors and Russion
investors discuss the
future of the clones.
Cultural notes:
This is part of a
science fiction drama
written and staged by a
drama class of a German
technical college.
Language notes:
Not all actors are
native speakers of
German. The ones who
take the part of the
Russians were born in
Russion speaking
territory. The
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really say.
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Content / topic:
How to shoot an arrow.
Duration: 2:09
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: A kyudo
trainer demonstrates a
specific shooting
technique.
Cultural notes:
Asian martial arts are
very popular among
youngsters these days.
Language notes:
The person speaking is a
native speaker of
German. In the
transcription some
mistakes have been
corrected.
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Getting rid of the mess
in your wardrobe
Duration: 3:57
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: Three
students demonstrate how
to fold up your clothes
neatly to put them in
the wardrobe.
Cultural notes:
Many young people are
unwilling to tidy up
their rooms. It is also
a parody of the many TV
shows of that kind.
Language notes:
Two of the actors are
native Speakers of
German, one has an Asian
background, but speaks
virtually perfect
German.
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Bokken Training
Duration: 1:36
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: A Bokken
trainer explains the
origin of this martial
art.
Cultural notes:
Asian martial arts are
very popular among
youngsters these days.
Language notes:
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interviewee are native
speakers of German. In
the transcription some
mistakes have been
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The Bokken Sword
Duration: 1:46
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: A Bokken
trainer gives
information about the
self-made swords they
use for fighting.
Cultural notes:
Asian martial arts are
very popular among
youngsters these days.
Language notes:
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interviewee are native
speakers of German. In
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mistakes have been
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Content / topic:
Energy production based
on wind mill generators.
A film about the
construction of the
worlds largest offshore
wind farm so far
Duration: 18 minutes
Level (listening
level required): B2 /C1
Summary: A
film about the
construction of the
worlds largest offshore
wind farm so far, the
video gives an insight
into the planning and
construction of the
offshore wind farm and
also deals with the
maintenance of the power
generators.
Cultural notes:
Denmark is the world's
largest producer of wind
powered generators. The
unofficial goal in
Denmark is in 2020 to
have 50% of the
country's power covered
by wind energy.
Language notes:
Authentic commentary.
High quality
professional speak
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Content / topic:
Electrician
Duration: ´6:44
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: Step
by step instruction on
how to wire a plug. The
plug used is a British
type with a fuse
Cultural notes:
Instructional video
which may be suitable
for all vocations
Language notes:
Typical instructions.
Intermediate
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Content / topic:
Electrician
Duration: ´6:44
Level (listening
level required): A1
Summary: Step
by step instruction on
how to wire a plug. The
plug used is a British
type with a fuse
Cultural notes:
Instructional video
which may be suitable
for all vocations
Language notes:
Typical instructions.
Simplified version.
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STUDENTŲ VALGYKLOJE
Content/ topic:
Catering/ everyday life
situations
Duration: 2:31
Level (listening
level required): A1
Summary: A
typical situation from
the students’ life. Two
students of Kaunas
College meet and decide
to have lunch. They go
to the students’ canteen
and choose the typical
dishes the Lithuanian
students would have for
their lunch.
Cultural notes:
Lunch is usually the
biggest meal of the day
in Lithuania. It is
characteristic for women
to eat less than men.
Language notes:
The language of the
dialogue is very simple.
It includes everyday
phrases and very basic
structures. The use of
tenses is restricted to
Present Indefinite and
Future Indefinite.
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STUDIJŲ PROGRAMOS
PASIRINKIMAS
Content/ topic:
starting students’ life
Duration: 2:37
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary:
Two
young men meet in front
of the main building of
Kaunas College. One of
them appears to be a
student of this college
and the other one is a
school leaver willing to
study here. The school
leaver is not sure which
study programme to
choose. The student
shows him around the
college and takes to a
consultant. The
consultant explains him
about the possible study
programmes at the
college. The school
leaver is helped to make
his choice and he goes
to fill in the
application form. Some
statistics on the
applicants and students’
numbers is provided at
the end of the video.
Cultural notes:
At the beginning of July
Lithuanian school
leavers hurry to choose
their future Alma Mater
and study programme.
Language notes:
The language of the
dialogue is a little bit
more complicated. It
includes both everyday
phrases and some
‘educational’
expressions. It includes
the use of both general
and special questions,
Present Indefinite, Past
Indefinite, Present
Perfect tenses and
subjunctive mood.
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Content / topic:
Tourism
Duration: 8:09
Level (listening
level required):
Summary: Two
students arrive to
College and see
something unusual
happening at College. It
turns out that the
students of Business
Management Faculty are
celebrating
International day of
Tourism.
Cultural notes:
A lot of traditional
events take place at
Kaunas College every
year. The traditions are
very deep and continue
year by year. The
students of different
Faculties organize and
celebrate their
Speciality days. Every
year the students of
Tourism celebrate
International day of
Tourism. Everybody is
invited to participate
and watch the show.
Therefore, this film
reveals how the
Lithuanian students
celebrate one of their
Speciality days.
Language notes:
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basic vocabulary related
to the theme of the
film. The language is
quite simple, though
includes some specific
tourism terms.
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Content / topic:
Media
Duration: 4:53
Level (listening
level required):
Summary: A
student buys a computer
but he does not know how
to connect it. He phones
a friend and asks for
help. The friend is
eager to help, but his
attempt also ends in
failure. One more friend
is invited to help. He
shows and explains the
two friends how to
connect the computer.
Cultural notes:
The Lithuanians tend to
use not only a lot of
slang, but barbarisms as
well in their language.
This is especially
popular among students.
Computer terms have
brought a lot of
barbarisms and slang
into the Lithuanian
language. The problem
has two aspects: on the
one hand, the
Lithuanians find some of
the Lithuanian
equivalents suggested by
the linguists funny and
cumbersome and prefer to
use barbarisms; on the
other hand, students try
to show off by using
barbarisms and slang in
their language.
Language notes:
Questions and answers,
basic vocabulary related
to the theme of the
film.
The language includes
some slang and a number
of barbarisms, which are
borrowed from the
English language. Such
words are put into
quotation marks in the
dialogues, as their
usage is incorrect. For
example, instead of
saying ‘kompiuteris’,
the people tend to
shorten the word and say
‘kompas’. They use
barbarisms, such as
‘keibordas’ (=
klaviatūra) or ‘mausas’
(= pelė), which are
simply English words
‘keyboard’ and ‘mouse’
with a Lithuanian
ending. This tendency is
especially strong among
computer programmers and
students who study
computer science. It is
hard to provide the
translation of such
words into English, as
the English word or a
shortened English word
with a Lithuanian ending
is used. The linguists
try to fight the problem
by creating and
suggesting the
Lithuanian equivalents
but quite a lot of them
sound inappropriate and
funny to the speakers
and do not find the way
to the usage in everyday
language.
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Content/ Topic:
Tourism/ everyday life
situations
Duration: 1:38
Level: listening
level required: A2
Summary: A foreigner,
whose plane has just
landed in the airport of
Kaunas, the second
largest city of
Lithuania, addresses the
employee of the Tourist
Information centre, as
he needs to find a hotel
for his stay in
Lithuania. He is kindly
provided all the
necessary information.
Cultural notes:
Airports are very small
in Lithuania. One might
never get lost there.
Language notes:
The language, used in
the dialogue,
corresponds to the A2
level. The language
includes questions and
answers that are used
when requesting and
providing service.
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Content/ topic:
Healthcare
Duration: 1:06
Level: (listening
level required) A2
Summary: A
dialogue between a
doctor and a patient
takes place at the
family doctor’s office.
They discuss the
patient’s health
problems, the symptoms,
and the possible ways of
overcoming these
problems.
Cultural notes:
When we are ill, we
usually hurry up to see
our family doctor.
Language notes:
Questions and answers,
basic vocabulary related
to the theme of the
film. Present, past and
future tenses are used.
There are a few
sentences containing
imperative mood.
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Content/ topic:
Catering/ Lithuanian
cuisine
Duration: 3:43
Level: (listening
level required) B1
Summary: Sophy, a
foreign student, meets
with Marius, a student
from Kaunas, in the
downtown. They decide to
have dinner together.
Marius invites Sophy to
try some traditional
Lithuanian dishes,
introduces her to the
Lithuanian cuisine.
Cultural notes:
Each country’s national
cuisine is interesting
and unique. Lithuanians
like to eat good, tasty,
and filling foods.
Lithuanian traditional
cuisine took shape over
many centuries and was
much influenced by
cultural contacts with
neighbouring nations.
The Lithuanian cuisine
distinguishes itself by
a wide choice of potato
dishes. One of the most
famous Lithuanian dishes
is ‘didžkukuliai’ or as
the Lithuanians call it
‘cepelinai’.
‘Šaltibarščiai’ is
another traditional
Lithuanian dish. It is a
cold beetroot soup
served with green
onions, sour cream and
boiled potatoes. This
soup is especially
popular in the
summertime when it is
hot for it helps to
refresh oneself. ‘Gira’
(kvass) is a cold drink,
usually made from bread.
It is also very popular
in summertime.
Language notes:
Basic vocabulary related
to the theme of the
film. The language
includes questions and
answers that are used
when requesting and
providing service.
Some language used by
the students and the
waitress is incorrect
and would be corrected
by linguists, for
example ‘o tada eis
didžkukuliai pagal
eiliškumą’, ‘kolkas’,
however, this is the
language that the young
people usually speak.
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Content/ topic:
Healthcare
Duration: 0:59
Level: (listening
level required) B1
Summary: The
action takes place at
the chemist’s. Two
friends, Andrius and
Žilvinas, meet at the
chemist’s. They discuss
their health problems
and measures they take
to get better.
Cultural notes:
When autumn comes and
the weather becomes
chilly and wet,
different types of
disease start attacking
people. Students are the
ones that are the most
vulnerable, for they
study a lot, don’t get
proper meals on time,
don’t rest very well,
and usually don’t take
care of their health. So
they are easily exposed
to different types of
disease. On the other
hand, some students
simulate illness and
hurry to the doctors, as
they usually need some
excuse for
non-attendance of
lectures or failure in
the exams.
Language notes:
Questions and answers,
basic vocabulary related
to the theme of the
film. The use of tenses
is limited to present
and past tenses
(affirmative and
interrogative).
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Healthcare
Duration: 1: 07
Level: (listening
level required): A2
Summary: A
student decides to go in
for sports and goes to
the nearest Health
Centre. The action takes
place at the Health
Centre and depicts the
usual scene between a
customer and a
receptionist.
Cultural notes: It has
become very popular and
trendy among the young
people to go in for
sports at Health
Centres/ Clubs.
Language notes:
The language includes
both everyday phrases
and phrases used when
providing and receiving
service. The use of
tenses is restricted to
Present and Future
tenses. There are a few
cases when a subjunctive
mood is used.
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Content / topic:
Everyday life situations
Duration: 2.02
Level: (listening
level required): A2
Summary: A
student comes to the
public library. She has
never been to this
library before,
therefore, if she wants
to become a reader of
this library, she has to
get LIBIS reader’s card.
The librarian explains
the procedure of
becoming the library’s
reader. The student
fills in all the
necessary forms and now
she may use the services
of this library.
Cultural notes:
Library is an
inseparable part of each
student’s life. Students
spend long hours
studying for their
exams, preparing for
seminars, writing their
course papers in
libraries. Public
libraries are popular
among the Lithuanian
students.
Language notes:
Everyday language
(questions and answers)
that is used requesting
and providing service.
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Content/ topic:
Catering and Tourism/
Traveling around
Lithuania
Duration: 7:15
Level: (listening
level required) B1
Summary: A girl
receives a friend from
the other town who has
never been to Kaunas
before. They go
sightseeing round
Kaunas. They visit a few
most famous places in
Kaunas.
Cultural notes:
Kaunas is the second
biggest town in
Lithuania with the
population of 415,700
and the area of
156sq.km. The history of
Kaunas dates back to the
11-12th centuries.
Kaunas owes its
existence to its
favourable geographic
position. The town is
situated in the centre
of Lithuania, at the
confluence of the two
biggest rivers the
Nemunas and the Neris,
100 km from the capital
Vilnius and 250km from
the port town Klaipėda.
According to the
majority of Lithuanians,
Kaunas is the most
Lithuanian city of all.
Language notes:
Questions and answers,
vocabulary related to
the theme of the video.
The sentences include
Present, Past, and
Future tenses
affirmative, negative,
and interrogative. The
language also contains
several cases of using
Subjunctive mood and
Passive Voice.
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Content/ topic:
Everyday life situations
Duration: 1:15
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: A girl,
at a request of her
friend, phones Telephone
Inquiries 118, in order
to inquire about the
buses timetable. She
wants to find out when
is the next bus from
Kaunas to Klaipėda,
which is the seaport
town in the Western part
of Lithuania. A
conversation regarding
timetables takes place
between a Telephone
Inquiries operator and
the girl.
Cultural notes: All
the necessary
information, from
telephone numbers to bus
and railway stations’
timetables, can be
obtained by making a
call to Telephone
Inquiries 118.
Language notes:
Sentences containing
basic structures and
vocabulary related to
the theme of the video.
Present and Future
tenses (affirmative,
negative, and
interrogative) are used
in the dialogue. The
dialogue also contains a
few instances of
subjunctive mood.
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Everyday life situations
Duration: 1:11
Level: (listening
level required) A2
Summary: One
autumn morning, when the
summertime has been
changed into the
wintertime, three
students meet in the
college’s lobby. It
turns out that one of
them has forgotten to
set his watch back.
Cultural notes: A
lot of misunderstandings
occur in spring and
autumn every year when
clocks have to be set an
hour ahead or back of
the standard time,
switching from
summertime to wintertime
and vice versa. Some
students still happen to
forget to set their
clocks properly and
sometimes oversleep or
come to college too
early.
Language notes:
The language of the
dialogue is quite
simple. It includes both
affirmative and
interrogative sentences.
Although present, past,
and future tenses are
used, the sentence
structure remains quite
simple.
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Everyday life situations
Duration: 9:25
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Summary:
Cultural notes:
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Everyday life situations
Duration: 0:53
Level: (listening
level required)
Summary: A girl
comes to one of the
solariums that are
situated in the city
centre. She wants to
spend a few minutes in
the solarium and to
renew her suntan. A
conversation with a
receptionist takes place
Cultural notes:
Solariums are very
popular in Lithuania,
especially among young
people. Nowadays it is
so fashionable to look
suntanned. Even in a
deep winter time, when
it is hardly ever
possible to see the sun
in the sky, you may meet
a lot of people,
especially young ladies,
but men as well, who
have a very nice suntan.
Of course, not a natural
one…
Language notes:
The language used in the
dialogue corresponds to
the A2 level. The
language includes
questions and answers
that are used when
requesting and providing
service
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Jean-Marie Nau from
Luxembourg has mailed us
+300 five minutes radio
programmes broadcasted
over seven years - and
even better they are
complete with
transcriptions :-)
Aféierung
Den 2te Mee 2000 konnt
een déi éischt Bahá’í
Emissioun um Radio ARA
héieren. Bal aacht Joer
huet dës Aventure
gedauert, bis am August
2007. 376mol gouf
d’Emissioun gesent,
Freides owes a mat enger
Widderhuelung Samschdes
moies oder Dënschdes. Et
ass schwéier ze soen,
wéivill Leit d’Emissioun
gelauschtert hunn.
Sécher gouf et flott
Momenter, wou e puer
Leit ugeruff hunn, fir e
Buch oder eng CD ze
kréien.
Haut huet de Bahá’í
Glawe sech fest an der
lëtzebuerger Landschaft
etabléiert. Ech si ganz
frou, iech kënnen déi
allermeescht Texter vun
de Sendungen ze ginn,
zesumme mat der Audio
Versioun. Fir e puer
Sendunge gëtt et keen
Text an e puer Sendunge
sinn op Franséisch.
E grousse dem Här
Nazareno Gottardi, dee
gehollef huet dëse
Projet op d’Been ze
setzen, dem nationale
Rot vun de Bahá’í vu
Lëtzebuerg an all de
Frënn a Kollegen déi
matgehollef hunn, duerch
hir Virschléi an Hëllef.
Der ganzer Equipe vum
Radio ARA fir hir
Offenheet a gudde Wëllen,
speziell dem Germain fir
seng Gedold an dem Bert
Hoscheit fir seng
konstruktiv Virschléi
bei der Gestaltung vun
der Emissioun.
Ech hu mer vill Méi ginn,
déi lëtzebuerger Texter
richteg ze schreiwen,
awer sécher sinn nach
Feeler dran. Ech denken
och hei un déi vill
Studenten, déi
Lëtzebuergesch léieren,
an déi frou sinn,
interessant Texter ze
liesen an dobäi d’Texter
och kënnen ze
lauschteren.
Äre Jean-Marie Nau
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Content/topic:
presentation of a
Romanian university
Duration: 2:16
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: The
president of the
University of Pitesti
gives a short
presentation of the
university.
Cultural notes:
Formal Romanian language
Language notes:
Language structures and
words connected to
education and
educational facilities
and structure.
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Content/topic:
a tourist documentary
presenting monasteries
Duration: 5:24
Level (listening
level required): B 2
Summary: This is
a through documentary
about Arges county’s
monasteries.
Architecture, icon
painting and history
related to these
Romanian monasteries and
former fortresses.
Cultural notes:
This documentary gives a
realistic view upon
Romanian monasteries,
art and history.
Language notes:
Language structures and
words connected to
tourism, geographical
descriptions, road
directions and monument
presentation (style and
architecture).
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Content/topic:
a tourist documentary
presenting monasteries
Duration: 7:25
Level (listening
level required): B 2
Summary: This is
a through documentary
about Arges county’s
monasteries.
Architecture, icon
painting and history
related to these
Romanian monasteries and
former fortresses.
Cultural notes:
This documentary gives a
realistic view upon
Romanian monasteries,
art and history.
Language notes:
Language structures and
words connected to
tourism, geographical
descriptions, road
directions and monument
presentation (style and
architecture).
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Content/topic:
a tourist documentary
presenting monasteries
Duration: 6:44
Level (listening
level required): B 2
Summary: This is
a through documentary
about Arges county’s
monasteries.
Architecture, icon
painting and history
related to these
Romanian monasteries and
former fortresses.
Cultural notes:
This documentary gives a
realistic view upon
Romanian monasteries,
art and history.
Language notes:
Language structures and
words connected to
tourism, geographical
descriptions, road
directions and monument
presentation (style and
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Content/topic:
a tourist documentary
presenting monasteries
Duration: 7:26
Level (listening
level required): B 2
Summary: This is
a through documentary
about Arges county’s
monasteries.
Architecture, icon
painting and history
related to these
Romanian monasteries and
former fortresses.
Cultural notes:
This documentary gives a
realistic view upon
Romanian monasteries,
art and history.
Language notes:
Language structures and
words connected to
tourism, geographical
descriptions, road
directions and monument
presentation (style and
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Content/topic:
a Romanian conversation
class – at the
restaurant
Duration: 2:59
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: A group
of foreign students
studying at the
University of Pitesti,
play the roles of waiter
and customers in a
restaurant. The teacher
helps them with
instructions.
Cultural notes:
Different accents of
Romanian language spoken
by foreigners.
Language notes:
Language structures and
words used when ordering
food in a restaurant:
fruits, vegetables,
different dishes,
prepositions, etc.
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Content/topic:
a Romanian conversation
class – at the
restaurant
Duration: 2:42
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: A group
of foreign students
studying at the
University of Pitesti,
play the roles of waiter
and customers in a
restaurant.
Cultural notes:
Different accents of
Romanian language spoken
by foreigners.
Language notes:
Language structures and
words used when ordering
food in a restaurant:
fruits, vegetables,
different dishes,
prepositions, etc.
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Content/topic:
documentary about
Bratianu dynasty’s manor
– Florica Villa in
Pitesti
Duration: 2:53
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: Two
local personalities talk
about the history of the
20th century manor which
is now in the property
of the Cultural Centre
of Arges, and has now
become a major tourist’s
attraction. It is open
to all these who like to
taste the history and
culture of the Romanian
people. There are
outstanding images taken
inside and outside the
villa – a proof of
extraordinary
architecture beautiful
style furniture.
Cultural notes:
The Bratianu dynasty
played a major part in
the history, economical
and cultural life of the
Romanian people:
promulgation of two
constitutional acts, the
independence and the
consolidation of the
Romanian unitary State
etc.
Language notes:
Simple documentary
narrative and
description.
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Content/topic:
a foreign students’
performance for 9th May
– celebrating Europe Day
at the University of
Pitesti
Duration: 9:05
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: A group
o foreign students
studying at the
University of Pitesti,
gather around and give a
performance in Romanian
in order to show the
diversity and good
collaboration between
different people from
different countries
around the world. They
tell Romanian poems and
sing Romanian songs
while wearing
traditional costumes
from their own
countries.
Cultural notes:
Different accents of
Romanian language spoken
by foreigners.
Language notes:
Simple Romanian
structures.
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Content/topic:
a tourist documentary
presenting monasteries
and the cities within
the Arges county
Duration: 8:23
Level (listening
level required): B 2
Summary: This is
a through documentary
about Arges county’s
monasteries and
touristic destinations.
Architecture, icon
painting and history
related to these
Romanian monasteries and
former fortresses.
Cultural notes:
This documentary gives a
realistic view upon
Romanian monasteries,
art and history.
Language notes:
Language structures and
words connected to
tourism, geographical
descriptions, road
directions and monument
presentation (style and
architecture).
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Content/topic:
documentary about Ion
Bratianu Cultural Centre
Duration: 3:52
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary: This is
a cultural documentary
about the Ion Bratianu
Cultural Centre in the
county of Arges. It
begins with a short
interview of a member of
the Bratianu family – a
XIX century dynasty
standing for modesty and
Romanian democracy. It
is a presentation of the
lives of the political,
economical and cultural
personalities that this
family gave to the
Romanian people which
helps you understand the
national and local
history as well as the
interests of our people.
There is also a short
presentation of the
family manor which has
been restored and is now
used for different
cultural purposes.
Cultural notes:
The Bratianu dynasty
played a major part in
the history, economical
and cultural life of the
Romanian people:
promulgation of two
constitutional acts, the
independence and the
consolidation of the
Romanian unitary State
etc.
Language notes:
Formal Romanian
language. Structures
used for description of
a house or activity.
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Farsa - A Practical Joke
- Do not do to others
what you don't like to
be done to you - "Do
unto Others as You Would
They Should Do unto You"
A practical joke - two
birthday cakes a real
one and a polenta in
disguise
Duration: 4.36
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary: Fed
up with Dan’s flat
jokes, while preparing
cakes in a pastry-cook’s
workshop three students,
Maria, Paul and Andrei,
decide to crack a
practical joke on him.
They decide to give him,
as a birthday present, a
“special” cake made of
polenta with chocolate
icing. In order not to
spoil Dan’s party and
teach him a lesson at
the same time, they will
give him a real cake.
Cristina, Dan’s
girlfriend, enters,
overhears their
conversation, tries to
stop them first and
eventually decides to
join the group because
she also wants Dan to
give up his bad habit of
cracking flat jokes on
his friends. They decide
upon the necessary
ingredients for the two
cakes and divide their
work. Maria and Paul
will prepare the polenta
cake. Cristina and
Andrei will prepare the
real chocolate cake.
Cristina has the
“honour” to write Happy
Birthday! on both cakes.
Cultural notes:
Recipes of a traditional
Romanian dish. Proverbs
and sayings connected to
the Romanian customs.
Language notes:
The dialogue involves
native Romanian
speakers. Vocabulary
includes everyday
phrases and catering
terminology. Grammar is
restricted only to basic
structures. Simple Past
, Simple Present, Simple
Future are used. With
text the video is
supposed to meet the
requirements of the B1
level.
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Duration: 7.40
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary:
Because the students'
canteen is closed on
Sunday, six students
from different countries
(China, Maroque, Syria,
Iraq, Congo) discuss
about traditional meals
they would like to eat.
They do not agree on a
certain meal and decide
to have a Romanian lunch
instead.
Cultural notes:
Intercultural exchange
of information regarding
ways of cooking and
traditional meals
Language notes:
Sentences containing
names of various
ingredients used in
cooking. These
structures include
Present Tense
affirmative, negative,
interrogative.
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Very basic questions
and answers regarding
weather, seasons,
accommodation,
education, likes and
dislikes, etc.
Duration: 13.17
Level (listening
level required): A1
Summary:
Students answer
questions about weather,
seasons, accommodation,
education, likes and
dislikes, etc. They are
assisted by their
language tutor. These
students are from
Nigeria, Syria, Algeria.
Cultural notes:
Intercultural exchange
of information regarding
Romania and Romanian
everyday life:
impressions about
weather, seasons,
accommodation,
education, likes and
dislikes, seasons and
weather. The impact of
local conditions upon
students and their ways
of reacting and adapting
to it.
Language notes:
Sentences containing
familiar words, basic
structures and elements
connected to the theme
of the interview. These
structures include
Present Tense
affirmative, negative,
interrogative.
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Content / topic:
Electrician
Duration: 6:44
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: Step
by step instruction on
how to wire a plug. The
plug used is a British
type with a fuse
Cultural notes:
Instructional video
which may be suitable
for all vocations
Language notes:
Typical instructions.
Intermediate
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Content / topic:
Electrician
Duration: 6:44
Level (listening
level required): A1
Summary: Step
by step instruction on
how to wire a plug. The
plug used is a British
type with a fuse
Cultural notes:
Instructional video
which may be suitable
for all vocations
Language notes:
Typical instructions.
Simplified version.
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Content/topic:
Superstitions derived
from an old Romanian
legend referring to
spring weather
Duration: 3:22
Level (listening
level required): A2
Summary: On a
cold winter day, our
foreign students gather
in a classroom and,
influenced by the bad
weather, discuss upon an
old Romanian legend.
Baba Dochia was a very
old woman who used to
wear 9 sheepskin coats
at the same time. Once
spring came and the sun
started to melt the
snow, she began to take
off her coats one at a
time. That is why the
weather in spring is so
changeable in Romania.
Cultural notes:
Impressions about
Romanian weather in
winter and the impact of
local conditions upon
foreign students and
their ways of reacting
and adapting to it. All
students come from
countries where the
temperatures are quite
high and it never snows
whatsoever. The first
day of spring in Romania
is related to the image
of Baba Dochia.
According to the legend,
the old woman was
wearing 12 or 9
sheepskin coats that she
started to take off at
the beginning of March,
a fact which produced
changes in the weather.
Sunny days were
frequently followed by
rain or sleet.
Language notes:
Sentences containing
familiar words, basic
structures and elements
connected to weather and
clothes. These
structures include
descriptive adjectives
and comparatives.
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Content/topic: A
Romanian Easter custom –
painting the eggs
Duration: 15:31
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary: A group
of foreign students will
find out how Romanian
people prepare the most
popular orthodox dish
for Easter: painted
boiled eggs. The eggs
are dried and put in a
ceramic plate, after
they have been boiled,
and then they are
painted in different
colours. A Romanian
professor will help
students explaining them
how to paint boiled
eggs, including a few
cooking secrets in his
recipe.
Cultural notes:
Easter is the most
important event in the
Orthodox Christian
calendar, even bigger
than Christmas. The
hearts of Romanians are
full of hope and joy
looking forward to this.
Dressed in all their
finest clothes and
holding candles, people
gather round the
churches. At the Easter
Resurrection Mass (Slujba
de Inviere) just before
midnight, the priest
comes out to give a
blessing, distribute
holy bread and provide
the flame from which
everyone will light
their candles. Suddenly
the darkness is lit up
and thousands of candles
take to the streets.
Everyone tries to keep
the flame alive until
they arrive home. There,
around the table, the
family comes together
for a special Easter
meal. Roast lamb and
home-made cozonac
(sponge cake with nuts
and poppy seeds) are the
traditional dishes. One
of the most beautiful
Romanian Easter
traditions is painted
eggs. The shells of
hard-boiled eggs are
dyed in colourful
patterns, with a rich
red the prevailing
colour. They are often
decorated with folk
motifs. Designs are made
with an implement called
a condei or chisita - a
small cartridge filled
with paint with a sharp
point on the end. There
are a myriad of motifs
used on painted eggs.
The most popular ones
are the cross, the star,
the sun, the wave, the
zigzags, and stylised
flowers. Sometimes
motifs are applied using
natural leaves.
Traditionally, it's the
women who paint Easter
eggs, and they have to
do it on the Thursday
before Easter. Women are
not supposed to do any
work on the Friday.
Sunday Easter morning
the painted eggs are
tapped together with the
words "Hristos a Inviat
- Adevarat a Inviat" -
"Christ is Alive - He is
Alive indeed." This
beautiful ritual
proceeds the Easter
breakfast. For forty
days people, especially
in the countryside,
greet each other with
these words.
Language notes:
Language structures
related to cooking,
painting, introducing
people from different
countries and cultures;
adjectives (colours);
cardinal numerals;
giving instructions;
ways of expressing
future. Formulating
different kinds of
questions: Who are you,
Where are you from,
Where did you buy this
from?, etc.
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Content/topic:
A presentation of a job
interview
Duration: 3:00
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary: A Human
Resources director is
interviewing a candidate
for the post of
commercial director
assistant. The candidate
answers to typical
questions and gives a
presentation of her
former career and
education.
Cultural notes:
Analysing a resume and
presenting different
steps when taking a job
interview for a Romanian
company.
Language notes:
Sentences containing
formal language, basic
structures and elements
connected to a job
interview.
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Content/topic:
Preparing a reporter kit
and a news report
Duration: 3:41
Level (listening
level required): C1
Summary: Two
journalism students, a
reporter and a
cameraman, pack up their
kit and prepare to go to
a shooting for the news
broadcast. They have to
do this in a great hurry
and in the end, they
forget the most
important part of their
equipment, the
microphone. The
editor-in-chief is
putting pressure on them
to get their report
ready before the six
o’clock TV news
bulletin.
Cultural notes:
The language used to
describe a few parts of
a cameraman’s electronic
equipment includes words
borrowed from English
and used in Romanian on
a regular basis.
Language notes:
Technical language
structures used to
describe a cameraman’s
electronic equipment and
other language items
related to journalism.
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Content/topic:
Students in nursing are
preparing their
practical examination
Duration: 5:09
Level (listening
level required): B2
Summary: During a
nurse training class,
the students – the
future nurses – present
a situation of real
medicine. They prepare
their examination:
giving an injection.
They even perform as
nurse and patient in
order to have a more
realistic example of
practising their duty.
Cultural notes:
Students in nursing
prepare their
examinations by
practicing medicine on
each others; for
example, if they are to
learn how to give an
injection, they are used
to practice it on one of
their classmates as you
can see from the video.
Language notes:
Introducing language
structures related to
medicine and nurse
practice; use of the
Present Continuous to
describe actions taking
place at the moment of
speaking; presentation
of the medical equipment
necessary when giving an
injection.
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Content/topic:
a young couple shops for
clothes
Duration:
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary: A young
girl is taking her
boyfriend to a
fashionable clothes
store in order to find
something for him to
wear at a party tonight.
The boy seems to feel at
ease when he has to
decide upon the clothes
he wishes to buy …he is
very determined and
brief. He doesn’t like
to waste valuable time.
The girl also tries on a
pair of shoes and the
shop assistant, who is
very professional, by
the way, convinces her
to choose a matching
handbag, too.
Cultural notes:
Language notes:
Use of language
structures and
vocabulary related to
shopping; expressing
wishes, likes and
dislikes.
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Content/topic:
computer hardware
assembling
Duration:
Level (listening
level required): B1
Summary: Two
students are trying to
fix a computer in a
laboratory. This is
their compulsory
homework for the
computer science
laboratory. A professor
is checking on them from
time o time; the time is
short. They start by
taking out the computer
components and checking
them out. A girl comes
into a laboratory to ask
for a screwdriver. The
boys make fun of her and
don’t think she will be
able to use the tool,
but, in the end, she is
the one who manages to
fix whatever she was
fixing with the
screwdriver while the
boys are still trying to
figure out what is wrong
with the computer they
are supposed to service.
Cultural notes:
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Language notes:
Use of language
structures and
vocabulary related to
computer science:
computer components and
tools.
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Content/ Topic:
The routine of a
thirteen years old boy
in Spain
Duration: 3.17
Level: listening
level required A2
Summary: This
text and video is about
the day of a Spanish boy
of 13 years old. From
the time he gets up to
the time he goes to bed.
The video gives
knowledge of the hobbies
of a Spanish boy and the
subjects he has got.
Cultural notes:
Here we can learn too
many things: Parts of
the day (in the morning,
in the afternoon, in the
evening, at night). The
Spanish meals and their
timetable. The time. A
routine in boy’s life of
that age. Cultural
differences in hobbies,
time for study,
subjects…and so on.
Describing current
Languages notes
Colloquial language,
used by a young Spanish
boy.
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INMIGRATION (MARIA,
ANDREA, TAINA)
Duration:1.45
Level: listening
level required B1
Summary: It is an
interview with three
girls. There are
different points of view
about how they see the
immigration in Spain.
María and Andrea are
Spanish, but Taina is an
immigrant in our
country. Maria and
Andrea are talking about
the immigration from a
point of view of how
they feel the immigrants
in our country and Taina
talks about her own
experience.
Cultural notes:
they talk with a
colloquial vocabulary
used between students
.We can notice a lot of
exclamations and typical
Spanish tags.
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Content/ Topic:
El BELÉN
Duration: 6.17
Level: listening
level required B2/C1
Summary: This
video represents the
traditional decoration
in Spanish houses at
Christmas. All the
images have a religious
connotation.
Cultural notes:
Spain is a very
religious country.
People celebrate on
Christmas the Birth of
Jesus and it is
represented in each
house as a decoration
instead the Christmas
tree. Each image remains
us that day when Jesus
was born. Nowadays
people decorate their
houses with the Belén
and a small Christmas
tree too.Past time
references.
Languages notes:
Cultural aspects related
to an old Christian
tradition in Spain. It
is built for Christmas
time.
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INMIGRATION (MARIA,
ANDREA, TAINA)
Duration:1.45
Level: listening
level required B1
Summary: It is an
interview with three
girls. There are
different points of view
about how they see the
inmigration in Spain.
María and Andrea are
Spanish, but Taina is an
inmigrant in our
country. Maria and
Andrea are talking about
the inmigration from a
point of view of how
they feel the
inmmigrants in our
country and Taina talks
about her own
experience.
Cultural notes:
they talk with a
colloquial vocabulary
used between students
.We can notice a lot of
exclamations and typical
Spanish tags.
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Content/ Topic:
GIVING DIRECTIONS
Duration: 1.4
Level: listening
level required B1
Summary: One
person is exactly at the
Town Hall in Santander
and needs to go to
“Decroly” School. He
stops somebody and asks
the way to get there.
Cultural notes:
The aim of this text is
to show the appropriate
vocabulary, verbs and
prepositions to indicate
directions. Information
questions and answers.
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SANTANDER´S CATHEDRAL
Duration: 3.43
Level: listening
level required C2
Summary: the
video shows one of the
gothic cathedrals in
Spain. It talks about
the history of it and
shows all the important
parts.
Cultural notes:
As cultural notes, we
can see a simple
cathedral but with an
important history in it
and a lot of art
connotations. We have a
lot of vocabulary about
art. Using of Past
Simple Tense. Past time
references
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Content/ Topic:
Application form for VET
studies in Decroly
Duration: 0.34
Level: listening
level required B1
Summary: Two
friends meet in the
street and one of them
tells the other that she
is going to Decroly
College to fill in the
application form for
Commercial and Marketing
studies.
The main scenery is
between the secretary
and the pupil filling in
the application form.
Cultural notes:
Reflect some of the
differences that foreign
students may have if
they want to study in
Spain. The options they
have.
Language notes:
The student dialogues
deal with everyday
matters using informal /
colloquial language.
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IMMIGRATION (MARIA,
ANDREA, TAINA)
Duration: 6.23
Level: listening
level required B1
Summary: It is an
interview with three
girls. There are
different points of view
about how they see the
immigration in Spain.
María and Andrea are
Spanish, but Taina is an
immigrant in our
country. Maria and
Andrea are talking about
the immigration from a
point of view of how
they feel the immigrants
in our country and Taina
talks about her own
experience.
Cultural notes:
they talk with a
colloquial vocabulary
used between students.
We can notice a lot of
exclamations and typical
Spanish tags.
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Content/ Topic:
THE FAMILY
Duration: 1.43
Level: listening
level required A1
Summary: this is
a representation of a
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