TED Videos and material

From TED's newsletter:

As the world faces the coronavirus crisis, TED is committed to being a resource for information, inspiration and hope. We’ve curated talks and interviews to help provide some perspective. Here’s where to start:

TED Fellow Alanna Shaikh shares why COVID-19 is hitting us now — and what we’ll learn from it. Infectious disease expert Adam Kucharski discusses what the future may hold. (Listen to his full episode on The TED Interview.) Public health expert David Heymann answers 11 questions about the novel coronavirus. This playlist draws from our archive of talks on infectious diseases, vaccines and pandemics. Kids at home? Keep busy with hundreds of free animated lessons from TED-Ed. If you're an educator, learn more about how to create your own TED-Ed lessons. And check out this helpful round-up of TED-Ed lessons about understanding the outbreak of a virus. Finally, these talks offer simple ways to stay healthy — both physically and emotionally.

And keep your eye on the homepage — we'll continue to share new TED Talks every week day on TED.com. Submit your email address here: https://ed.ted.com/daily_newsletter

Listening practice at home

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The rise and fall of Anna Delvey, who conned New York high society into believing that she was a multi-millionaire heiress. Vicky Baker and Chloe Moss dig deeper into the scandal. (6 episodes in total)

Further practice at home or in the computer room

How can I practise at home?

• Free Rice Vocabulary Game
• British Council: Advanced Vocabulary
• Spotify podcasts: Stuff you should know
• CNN 10
• Voice of America: Learning English
• The Guardian
• The Life Scientific Podcasts
• BBC Radio 4
• Scientific American
• TED videos
• Collection on the school's blog