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January 2022
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Online lesson schedule for January
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Week 1 (1/3-1/9) Chatterbox - Did you set any New Year's Resolutions?
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Week 1 (1/3-1/9) Weekly Task - No work E-mail for workers on vacation
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Week 2 (1/10-1/16) Chatterbox - What are you focusing on this month?
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Week 2 (1/10-1/16) Weekly Task - Ice bucket challenge could be good for charities
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Week 3 (1/17-1/23) Chatterbox - Do you usually write down your goals?
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Week 3 (1/17-1/23) Weekly Task - Food crime is an international problem
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Week 4 (1/24-1/30) Chatterbox - What is your hobby?
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Week 4 (1/24-1/30) Weekly Task - U.S. city will fine people who waste food
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Feedback and Q&A
February 2022
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Online lesson schedule for February
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Week 1 (1/31-2/6) Chatterbox - How often do you review your goals?
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Week 1 (1/31-2/6) Weekly Task - India to remove 287 'laughable' laws
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Week 2 (2/7-2/13) Chatterbox - Do you think you are a creative person?
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Week 2 (2/7-2/13) Weekly Task - Adidas to make shoes from ocean garbage
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Week 3 (2/14-2/20) Chatterbox - What do you like to do in your free time?
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Week 3 (2/14-2/20) Weekly Task - Baldness
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Week 4 (2/21-2/27) Chatterbox - Do you like listening to music?
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Week 4 (2/21-2/27) Weekly Task - Lost at Sea
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Feedback and Q&A
March 2022
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Week 1 (2/28-3/6) Chatterbox - Do you like art?
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Week 1 (2/28-3/6) Weekly Task - More and more people are eating insects
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Week 2 (3/7-3/13) Chatterbox - Do you like to cook?
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Week 2 (3/7-3/13) Weekly Task - Hero mother saves son from mountain lion attack
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Week 3 (3/14-3/20) Chatterbox - Have you ever lived in another country?
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Week 3 (3/14-3/20) Weekly Task - Nuclear fusion test could start an energy revolution
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Week 4 (3/21-3/27) Chatterbox - Do you remember the first time you fell in love?
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Week 4 (3/21-3/27) Weekly Task - Flavonoids can cut the risk of dementia by a third
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Feedback and Q&A
April 2022
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Online lesson schedule for April
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Week 1 (3/28-4/3) Chatterbox - Have you ever broken someone's heart?
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Week 1 (3/28-4/3) Weekly Task - Printer ink one of world's most expensive liquids
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Week 2 (4/4-4/10) Chatterbox - Do you think our lives are like a book?
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Week 2 (4/4-4/10) Weekly Task - UK Queen honours[honors] health service for its courage
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Week 3 (4/11-4/17) Chatterbox - Do you make friends easily?
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Week 3 (4/11-4/17) Weekly Task - Scientists explain video-conferencing fatigue
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Week 4 (4/18-4/24) Chatterbox - How would you describe yourself?
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Week 4 (4/18-4/24) Weekly Task - Most of world's rivers damaged by humans
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Feedback and Q&A
May 2022
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Online lesson schedule for May
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Week 1 (4/25-5/1) Chatterbox - What is your best trait?
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Week 1 (4/25-5/1) Weekly Task - A full moon could give you a bad night's sleep
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Week 2 (5/9-5/15) Chatterbox - How was your Golden Week?
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Week 2 (5/9-5/15) Weekly Task - Job offers $30 an hour for eating and testing candy
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Week 3 (5/16-5/22) Chatterbox - What happens when you get stuck on a goal?
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Week 3 (5/16-5/22) Weekly Task - Electric-car battery charges in five minutes
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Week 4 (5/23-5/29) Chatterbox - Are you good at taking action?
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Week 4 (5/23-5/29) Weekly Task - Identical twins are not so identical
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Feedback and Q&A
June 2022
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Online lesson schedule for June
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Week 1 (5/30-6/5) Chatterbox - What do you do when things go wrong?
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Week 1 (5/30-6/5) Weekly Task - Online learning and lessons to continue in 2021
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Week 2 (6/6-6/12) Chatterbox - Do you like learning English?
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Week 2 (6/6-6/12) Weekly Task - Tom Cruise's 'Top Gun: Maverick' breaks records
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Week 3 (6/13-6/19) Chatterbox - How do you stay focused?
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Week 3 (6/13-6/19) Weekly Task - Researchers want to 'correct' Japanese English
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Week 4 (6/20-6/26) Chatterbox - Do you think there is gender equality in Japan?
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Week 4 (6/20-6/26) Weekly Task - Plant-based milk
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Feedback and Q&A
July 2022
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Online lesson schedule for July
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Week 1 (6/27-7/3) Chatterbox - Are you a feminist?
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Week 1 (6/27-7/3) Weekly Task - Hundreds of unpunished crimes at UK royal palaces
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Week 2 (7/4-7/10) Chatterbox - Have you ever felt discriminated against because of your gender?
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Week 2 (7/4-7/10) Weekly Task - Millionaires say 'tax us more'
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Week 3 (7/11-7/17) Chatterbox - What are you learning at the moment?
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Week 3 (7/11-7/17) Weekly Task - Shinzo Abe, long-serving Japanese leader, slain at 67
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Week 4 (7/18-7/24) Chatterbox - Do you think repetition is important for learning something?
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Week 4 (7/18-7/24) Weekly Task - Japan opens to foreign tourists after two years
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Feedback and Q&A
August 2022
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Online lesson schedule for August
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Week 1 (7/25-7/31) Chatterbox - How do you learn new English vocabulary?
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Week 1 (7/25-7/31) Weekly Task - Climate Change Targets
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Week 2 (8/1-8/7) Chatterbox - Do you study anything other than English at the moment?
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Week 2 (8/1-8/7) Weekly Task - New eye drops improve vision without glasses
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Week 3 (8/15-8/21) Chatterbox - Are you on any social media?
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Week 3 (8/15-8/21) Weekly Task - Flying taxis could be here in next three years
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Week 4 (8/22-8/28) Chatterbox - What do you do if you find a strange new word online?
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Week 4 (8/22-8/28) Weekly Task - Top 25 travel destinations for 2022 revealed
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Feedback and Q&A
September 2022
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Online lesson schedule for September
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Week 1 (8/29-9/4) Chatterbox - Do you share stuff on social media?
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Week 1 (8/29-9/4) Weekly Task - Working long hours kills hundreds of thousands
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Week 2 (9/5-9/11) Chatterbox - What do you think about social influencers?
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Week 2 (9/5-9/11) Weekly Task - People in the UK have no money to boil potatoes
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Week 3 (9/12-9/18) Chatterbox - Do you like writing?
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Week 3 (9/12-9/18) Weekly Task - Gardeners urged not to cut the grass
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Week 4 (9/26-10/2) Chatterbox - Do you ever write in English?
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Week 4 (9/26-10/2) Weekly Task - Man breaks M&M stacking world record
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Feedback and Q&A
October 2022
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Online lesson schedule for October
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Week 1 (10/3-10/9) Chatterbox - What is your favorite season?
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Week 1 (10/3-10/9) Weekly Task - 'Shrinkflation' now widespread in goods and services
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Week 2 (10/10-10/16) Chatterbox - Does it snow in your hometown?
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Week 2 (10/10-10/16) Weekly Task - Brains do not slow down until after 60
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Week 3 (10/17-10/23) Chatterbox - What’s the worst season in Japan?
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Week 3 (10/17-10/23) Weekly Task - UK government gives twice-fired politician top honor
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Week 4 (10/24-10/30) Chatterbox - What's your favorite thing to do in summer?
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Week 4 (10/24-10/30) Weekly Task - 'Quiet quitting' becoming common in workplaces
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Feedback and Q&A
November 2022
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Online lesson schedule for November
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Week 1 (10/31-11/5) Chatterbox - Do you celebrate the changing of the seasons?
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Week 1 (10/31-11/6) Weekly Task - Feeling hungry can make us feel 'hangry'
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Week 2 (11/7-11/13) Chatterbox - What made you start learning English?
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Week 2 (11/7-11/13) Weekly Task - Life expectancy in Africa grows by 10 years
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Week 3 (11/14-11/20) Chatterbox - What materials do you use for learning English?
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Week 3 (11/14-11/20) Weekly Task - 'Warm banks' spread in UK as heating costs rise
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Week 4 (11/21-11/27) Chatterbox - How do you practice speaking English?
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Week 4 (11/21-11/27) Weekly Task - Brad Pitt says he suffers from facial blindness
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Feedback and Q&A
December 2022
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Online lesson schedule for December
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Week 1 (11/28-12/4) Chatterbox - What’s the most difficult thing about learning English?
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Week 1 (11/28-12/4) Weekly Task - Airplane pilots fall asleep instead of landing
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Week 2 (12/5-12/11) Chatterbox - What are your values?
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Week 2 (12/5-12/11) Weekly Task - Five planets line up 'like string of pearls'
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Week 3 (12/12-12/18) Chatterbox - What do you love most about yourself?
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Week 3 (12/12-12/18) Weekly Task - Toxic workplaces increase depression risk by 300%
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Week 4 (12/19-12/25) Chatterbox - What activity makes you feel happy and fulfilled?
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Week 4 (12/19-12/25) Weekly Task - Japanese company allow pets into the office
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Feedback and Q&A
