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January 2025
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Online lesson schedule for January
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Week 1 (1/6-1/12) Chatterbox - Are you a confident English speaker?
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Week 1 (1/6-1/12) Weekly Task - Scientists say the egg came before the chicken
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Week 2 (1/13-1/19) Chatterbox - What’s the best way to improve your skills at something?
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Week 2 (1/13-1/19) Weekly Task - Thousands wait for foul smell of corpse flower
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Week 3 (1/20-1/26) Chatterbox - What activities make you feel confident?
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Week 3 (1/20-1/26) Weekly Task - Text abbreviations make you look less sincere
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Week 4 (1/27-2/2) Chatterbox - What is your best trait?
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Week 4 (1/27-2/2) Weekly Task - Social media platform Bluesky growing fast
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Feedback and Q&A
February 2025
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Online lesson schedule for February
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Week 1 (2/3-2/9) Chatterbox - How do you make a difficult task more enjoyable?
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Week 1 (2/3-2/9) Weekly Task - Scientists make world's thinnest spaghetti
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Week 2 (2/10-2/16) Chatterbox - Do you like learning English?
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Week 2 (2/10-2/16) Weekly Task - Hopes for global treaty to end plastic pollution
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Week 3 (2/17-2/23) Chatterbox - How would you describe your learning style?
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Week 3 (2/17-2/23) Weekly Task - Scientists find that rats love driving
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Week 4 (2/24-3/2) Chatterbox - What makes reaching a goal fun for you?
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Week 4 (2/24-3/2) Weekly Task - Stowaway found on New York to Paris flight
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Feedback and Q&A
March 2025
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Online lesson schedule for March
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Week 1 (3/3-3/9) Chatterbox - Are there any habits you want to have but don't?
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Week 1 (3/3-3/9) Weekly Task - Japan store starts selling drinkable mayonnaise
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Week 2 (3/10-3/16) Chatterbox - Is change hard for you?
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Week 2 (3/10-3/16) Weekly Task - Millions of Syrian refugees ready to go home
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Week 3 (3/17-3/23) Chatterbox - What is the best part about change?
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Week 3 (3/17-3/23) Weekly Task - One in three people could detest fidgets
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Week 4 (3/24-3/30) Chatterbox - What traits make it easy or hard to change?
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Week 4 (3/24-3/30) Weekly Task - Mystery drones in USA causing alarm
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Feedback and Q&A
April 2025
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Online lesson schedule for April
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Week 1 (3/31-4/6) Chatterbox - How do you build fortitude in times of stress or change?
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Week 1 (3/31-4/6) Weekly Task - Students using A.I. over humans to learn English
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Week 2 (4/7-4/13) Chatterbox - What's one unconventional decision you've made that you're proud of?
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Week 2 (4/7-4/13) Weekly Task - YouTuber MrBeast earns $250,000 from video on X
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Week 3 (4/14-4/20) Chatterbox - Do you have a personal mantra that guides you in life?
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Week 3 (4/14-4/20) Weekly Task - Ghanaian one-year-old world's youngest artist
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Week 4 (4/21-4/27) Chatterbox - Are you good at asserting yourself?
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Week 4 (4/21-4/27) Weekly Task - Prince Harry's book 'Spare' is a bestseller
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Feedback and Q&A
May 2025
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Online lesson schedule for May
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Week 1 (5/5-5/11) Chatterbox - Do you meditate or do yoga at all?
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Week 1 (5/5-5/11) Weekly Task - Fog harvesting could provide water for dry cities
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Week 2 (5/12-5/18) Chatterbox - Where do you go when you want to feel a sense of tranquility?
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Week 2 (5/12-5/18) Weekly Task - Bricklayer shortage worsens UK housebuilding crisis
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Week 3 (5/19-5/25) Chatterbox - How do you create a peaceful environment at home?
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Week 3 (5/19-5/25) Weekly Task - People need $100,000 salary to stop money worries
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Week 4 (5/26-6/1) Chatterbox - Do you find it easy to concentrate on what you are doing?
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Week 4 (5/26-6/1) Weekly Task - Global warming will delay next ice age, say scientists
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Feedback and Q&A
June 2025
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Online lesson schedule for June
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Week 1 (6/2-6/8) Chatterbox - Are you a calm and relaxed person?
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Week 1 (6/2-6/8) Weekly Task - Scientists find new part of our immune system
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Week 2 (6/9-6/15) Chatterbox - What kind of calendar do you use for organizing your day?
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Week 2 (6/9-6/15) Weekly Task - Cyclists on mobile phones in Japan could face jail
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Week 3 (6/16-6/22) Chatterbox - What's your organizing style?
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Week 3 (6/16-6/22) Weekly Task - Korean Air wins best airline of the year award
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Week 4 (6/23-6/29) Chatterbox - Do you know any ways to increase productivity?
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Week 4 (6/23-6/29) Weekly Task - Woman gets kidney stones following carnivore diet
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Feedback and Q&A
July 2025
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Online lesson schedule for July
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Week 1 (6/30-7/6) Chatterbox - Do you have a routine or ritual to start your day?
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Week 1 (6/30-7/6) Weekly Task - Researchers find way to target sound to individuals
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Week 2 (7/7-7/13) Chatterbox - How do you reduce your household waste?
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Week 2 (7/7-7/13) Weekly Task - Traveling could slow down the ageing process
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Week 3 (7/14-7/20) Chatterbox - Do you think companies should try harder to reduce their carbon footprint?
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Week 3 (7/14-7/20) Weekly Task - Babies make memories but cannot remember them
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Week 4 (7/21-7/27) Chatterbox - When you need to purchase something, do you think about sustainability?
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Week 4 (7/21-7/27) Weekly Task - Generation Z is facing a 'career apocalypse'
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Feedback and Q&A
