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Extensive Listening Materials
Listen, Think, and Discuss |
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For Seminar classes
To learn to speak English, you need to listen to English. I recommend at least 10 minutes a day. YouTube has plenty of interesting materials in a variety of topics. Here are some videos about historical figures.
| Spring term |
| Man vs Machine
The computer program that beat the world champion. |
| Leonardo daVinci
Artist and engineer from Florence |
| Fall term |
| Dogen
The Buddhist monk that founded the Soto sect of Zen Buddhism. |
| Napoleon Bonaparte
French general from Corsica who became Emperor |
| Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter |
| Churchill
Prime Minister of Britain during World War II. |
| Louisa May Alcott
Author of Little Women. |
| Albert Einstein
German/Swiss Physicist who immigrated to America |
| Other webpages |
| Afghanistan
Six women describe their turbulent lives in Afghanistan. |
| House of Windsor
British Royal Family after Queen Victoria |
| Martin Luther
Germany monk who wanted to reform the Catholic Church |
| Genghis Khan
Mongolian general who conquered China |
| links to misc. historical figures |
| Title | Historical figures, places, events, etc. |
| Ekaterina the Great of Russia |
Wife and Mother
Sophia, Johanna, Ivan VI, Elizabeth, and Peter III, Frederick II, Voltaire, Madame Choblykov, Sergei Saltykov, Paul I The Road to Power Charles Hanbury Williams, Stanislaus Poniatowski & Anna Petrovna, General Apraksin, Grigory Orlov & Aleksey, Alexei Orlov, and Michelle the hairdresser An Enlightened Ruler Ivan VI, Voltaire, Franklin, Jefferson, Denis Diderot, Dr. Thomas Dimsdale, and Dimitri Love Grigory & Alexei Orlov, Grigory Potemkin, and Emilian Pugachev War and Death Joseph II of Austria, Stanislaus Poniatowski, Grigory Potemkin, Paul I, Peter III, and Voltaire |
| Alexander the Great [trailer] |
Various scenes:
[5] Horse King Philip II, Queen Olympias, and Alexander's horse Bucephalus [14] Babylon and Its Women Antigonous, Hephaistion, Parmenion, Philotas, and Stateira II [26] After Assassination Alexander and his mother Queen Olympias [28] In India Alexander and his horse Bucephalus |
| Alfred the Great
(871-899) |
Napolean | Columbus [cartoon] |
| William I
(1028-1087) |
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| William Wallace
(1272-1305) |
Jonathan Swift
(1667-1745) |
Henry V
(1386-1422) |