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Introduction
Dear Students,

In this unit, you will be learning about "**//Global Warming//**" through different means: videos, podcasts, readings, discussions, group and individual work. All these resources will be online. You will find the links to the material and the instructions for the work you will be doing in this wiki. **Use the navigation bar to move from page to page.**

Since most of the information will get to you through videos and podcasts, you will have to develop your listening comprehension. We would like to suggest some strategies that will help you achieve this objective:

1. What strategies do you use when you listen to a recording in your own language? 2. Do you think you can use the same strategies in English?
 * Think:**


 * Very Important:** You don't need to understand every word that is said

Listening Comprehension Strategies:

 * Before listening / viewing**

1. Find out what the video or podcast is about 2. Think about what you know about that topic 3. Think about the vocabulary you might find in the recording / video

1. Do not try to understand everyword 2. Listen for the first time, just to see what you can understand 3. After listening two or three times, you should be ready to do the activities assigned by your teacher 4. Check your understanding with other classmates. In this way you can get more information from the oral text. 5. Listen again to try to find the information provided by your classmates.
 * While listening / viewing**


 * After listening / viewing**

1. Complete the activities provided by your teacher 2. Think of the strategies you use while you are listening. 3. Make a list of the new words you learned with the video / podcast 4. When you find a written word and you don't know how it is pronounced, go to this online dictionary and look it up, you will find the correct pronunciation (http://www.m-w.com/ )