Speakout Advanced: Horizons

Today's the day. After sixty-two weeks publishing a weekly video podcast from the textbook Speakout, from Pearson Longman, we have come to the end of the series with the last episode, Horizons, where passers-by discuss their plans for the future by answering the questions below:

How do you feel about where you are in your life at the moment?
Are you the kind of person who makes plans, or do you ‘go with the flow’?
Do you have any long-term goals in your life?



Now it's over to you. Answer the questions about yourself, and try and use some of the expressions and vocabulary you heard on the video.

You can read the transcript here.

Speakout Advanced: Inspiration

This is the last but one episode of our Speakout series, the video podcasts from Pearson Longman. Today's topic is inspiration, which deals with the role of creativity and art in our lives.

Passers-by are asked the questions below:

Do you do anything creative in your life?
Is there anything or anyone that really inspires you?
In what ways do the arts influence your life?



Now it's over to you. Answer the questions above about yourself. Try and use some of the expressions you heard on the video.

You can read the transcript here.

Speakout Advanced: Time

There are very few episodes of our Speakout series left. As a matter of fact, this video podcast about time is the last one but two.

This week passers-by are asked the following questions:

In what ways do you feel different today than you did ten years ago?
What’s the best time of life do you think?
In what ways has ageing affected your life?



Now it's over to you. Go over the questions above and answer them about yourself. Try and use some of the expressions you heard in the video.

You can read the transcript here.

Speakout Advanced: Freedom

In this week's video podcast from Speakout, Pearson Longman, passers-by discuss the topic of freedom by answering the questions below.

What do you do to switch off at the end of the day?
What kinds of things in your life make you feel free?
In what period of your life have you felt the most free?
Do you think young people have more freedom now than in the past?



Now it's over to you. Answer the same questions about yourself. Try and use some of the expressions you heard on the video.

You can read the transcript here.

Speakout Advanced: Music and fashion

This week the Speakout video podcast revolves around the topic of trends in music and fashion. Passers-by answer the following questions about the topic:

Are you interested in music and fashion?
Tell me about a music trend or style that you love or hate.
Tell me about a fashion trend that you love or hate.




Now it's over to you. Answer the questions above about yourself. Try to use some of the expressions and vocabulary you heard on the video.

You can read the transcript here.

Speakout Advanced: Secrets

In this week's episode of our Speakout series, Pearson-Longman, we touch on the topic of secrets. These are the three questions passers-by answer:

Are you good at keeping secrets?
Is it ever a good thing to keep a secret from someone?
Do you have a secret talent that your friends or family don’t know about?

Listen to the different speakers and try to note down their answers.



Now it's over to you. Answer the questions above about yourself. Try to use some of the expressions and vocabulary you heard on the video.

You can read the transcript here.

Speakout Advanced: Justice

In a new episode of our Speakout video podcasts, from Pearson Longman, we touch on the topic of justice today.

Passers-by answer the questions below:

Have you ever had reason to contact the police?
Have you ever broken the law?
What legal or social issues concern you the most?
If you could introduce a law in your country or community what would it be?



Now it's over to you. Answer the same questions about yourself. Try to use some of the expressions you heard on the video podcast.

You can read the transcript here.

Speakout Advanced: Places

We are posting a new installment of the Speakout advanced video podcasts, from Pearson Longman. This week's video deals with the topic of places in a general.

Watch the video podcast and note down the answers the different speakers give to the questions below.

Do you have any holidays or trips planned?
Do you have a favourite place to go on holiday?
Do you have a regular haunt that you like to visit?



Now it's over to you. Answer the questions above about yourself. Try to use some of the expressions and vocabulary you could hear on the video.

You can read the transcript here.

Speakout Advanced: Advice

In this week's video podcast from Speakout, the Pearson Longman textbook, passers-by answer some questions about advice:

Are you the kind of person who asks other people for advice?
What’s the best or worst advice you’ve ever been given?
What would be your best advice for living a happy life?

Watch the video and note down what each person says.



Now it's over to you. Answer the questions above about yourself. Try and use some of the vocabulary and expressions the people in the video used.

You can read the transcript here.

Speakout Advanced: Family history (origins)

During the next ten weeks will be posting on Tuesday the video podcasts corresponding to Speakout Advanced, Pearson Longman.

I know that the difficulty of the videos far exceeds the range of the intermediate level students this blog is aimed at. However, the quality of the Speakout video podcasts, together with the possibility of students coming face to face with native speakers talking about everyday topics are two very powerful reasons not to turn a blind eye on this extraordinary material.

The topic of this week's video podcast is family history. Passers-by answer the following questions:

Do you spend much time with your family?
Do you think you have inherited any family characteristics?
Do you know much about your family history?
Does your family history play a part in your sense of who you are?



Now it's over to you. Answer the questions above about yourself.

You can read the transcript here.