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Spot on news lessons for teens

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Spot on news lessons for teens: Getting connected
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Spot on news lessons for teens: Getting connected

By Karen Richardson (activities), Ann Foulds (text)

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This month's Spot on news lesson looks at some of the most popular websites in the world, social-networking sites, which are changing the way we all meet and stay in touch with people.

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    Spot on news lessons for teens: The world at your fingertips

    By Karen Richardson (activities) Toby Skingsley Richard Mote and Martin Simmonds (text)

    In this lesson, we meet young people who tell us about their jobs and how they couldn’t do them without speaking English.

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    Spot on news lessons for teens: Earth in danger

    By Karen Richardson (activities) Toby Skingsley Martin Simmonds and Talitha Linehan (text)

    This Spot on news lesson is about climate change and the ways in which we can help to save the planet.

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    Spot on news lessons for teens: One school, 71 languages

    By Karen Richardson (activities) Toby Skingsley (text)

    This Spot on news lesson is about the kids in a school in south London. They come from 60 countries and speak a total of 71 languages at home.

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    This month's Spot on news lesson visits Canada, where we meet three teenagers from different parts of the country.

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