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🎧SKILL 3📘 Year 10 · Common core

🎧 Listening Comprehension

Understand spoken English — dialogues, interviews, videos and films. Identify key information and understand different accents.

💡 Key Notions
▸Global listening: understand the main idea and general context without every word
▸Selective listening: focus on specific information (names, numbers, dates, places)
▸Predicting: use the topic and images to anticipate content before listening
▸British vs American English: key pronunciation and vocabulary differences
📝 Vocabulary
listen forécouter pour trouver
"Listen for the main idea, not every word."
contextcontexte
"Use the context to understand unknown words."
key wordmot-clé
"Identify key words before listening."
accentaccent
"British and American accents differ significantly."
toneton
"The speaker's tone suggests she is worried."
pausepause
"Pauses help identify important information."
hesitationhésitation
"Hesitations like "um" and "well" are common in speech."
intonationintonation
"Rising intonation often signals a question."
✍️ Grammar Focus
📝 Exercises — Common core
EX-C3-1FacilePredicting content

Before listening to a documentary about the Great Barrier Reef, you see the title and the image of a bleached coral reef. Q1: What topic do you predict the documentary will address? Q2: List 5 words you expect to hear. Q3: Write 2 questions you hope the documentary will answer.

🤖 Aide IA
EX-C3-2IntermédiaireBritish vs American English

Match each British English word with its American English equivalent: British: flat / lift / holiday / biscuit / lorry / autumn / chemist / queue American: fall / line / cookie / truck / vacation / elevator / drugstore / apartment

🤖 Aide IA
✨ According to your stream
Content adapted to your future stream.
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💻 NSI/Tech
Technology audio content — tech podcasts, tutorials and presentations
Specific vocabulary
tutorialcodedebuginterfacealgorithmsoftwareuserplatform
EX-C3-N1IntermédiaireTech Podcast Comprehension (NSI)

You listen to a tech podcast intro: 'Welcome to Code and Society. Today we're exploring how artificial intelligence is being used in healthcare — from diagnosing diseases to personalizing treatments. But we'll also ask the big question: should machines make life-or-death decisions?' Q1: What is the topic of this podcast episode? Q2: Name two specific AI applications mentioned. Q3: What ethical question will the podcast raise?

🤖 Aide IA
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