Here’s an artistic video for you of our daytime student orientation for the new school year. Watch it multiple times!
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Ghosts of Student Orientations Past
Inspirational Speeches
Speeches are a great way to practice listening. Here are 20 of the best inspirational speeches from movies. You can listen to one in the morning to start your day off, maybe one while you are walking through the park and one while you are cooking, cleaning or relaxing in the evening. If you like the speeches you can also check out the movies that they are from. There are some great movies on the list. Have you seen any of them?
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Literacy Out Loud
Here’s a video of the annual Literacy Review celebration at NYU. Watch for the Adult Literacy Program’s own Grace Zhang at the 1:23 mark!
In the Heat of the Moment Revisited
Here’s a song for you from the ’80s using our last Idiom of the Week. As you listen, fill in the blanks with the words you hear and check your answers when you’re finished!
Heat of the Moment
by Asia
I never meant to be so _____1_____ to you
One thing I said that I would never do
A look from you and I would fall from grace
And that would wipe the smile right from my _____2_____Do you remember when we used to dance?
And incidents arose from circumstance
One thing led to another, we were young
And we would scream together _____3_____ unsungIt was the heat of the moment
Telling me what my heart meant
The heat of the moment showed in your eyesAnd now you find yourself in ’82
The disco hot spots hold no charm for you
You can concern yourself with _____4_____ things
You catch a pearl and ride the dragon’s wings‘Cause it’s the heat of the moment
Heat of the moment
The heat of the moment showed in your eyesAnd when your looks are gone and you’re alone
How many nights you sit beside the _____5_____
What were the things you wanted for yourself?
Teenage ambitions you remember _____6_____It was the heat of the moment
Telling me what your heart meant
The heat of the moment showed in your eyesHeat of the moment
Heat of the moment
Heat of the moment showed in your eyesHeat of the moment
Heat of the moment
Heat of the moment
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