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The 30-day-challenge

Östergårdsskolan sär fritidshem, Halmstad · Senast uppdaterad: 10 april 2018

Two days every week for 30 days I want you to do at least one thing from the list of challenges or something of your own choice. You have more than 50 to choose from!

This is the 30-day-challenge in English!

The challenge has a great variety of tasks (Reading, Speaking, Listening, Writing and Vocabulary).

 

Watch this TED-talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_cutts_try_something_new_for_30_days?language=sv

 

For five days every week for a total of 30 days you are supposed to do as many different things using English as possible. I want you to do at least one thing every day. Try to do as many different things as possible. You can only do each assignment three times.

 

The diary:

You are to keep a diary where you write about what you did, how it went and what you thought about it. When 30 days are over I want you to hand in your diary to me.

 

 

The evaluation:

The last thing you do is to write an evaluation (1 page) where you write about the following:

- What did you like the most?

- What did you like the least?

- How did you learn the most?

- What will you do again?

 

 

Challenges

  1. Use Facebook in English for at least 24 hours.
  2. Watch a movie in English with no subtitles.
  3. Watch a movie in English with English subtitles.
  4. Listen to a podcast in English, look here for examples: http://www.podcastsinenglish.com/.
  5. Read at least one article at News in Levels http://newsinlevels.com
  6. Write at least five text messages in English.
  7. Watch TV news in English (using the internet works fine). Retell three important things from the news to someone else.
  8. Read a blog in English. You can find popular blogs here: http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/blogshttp://www.cision.com/uk/social-media-index/top-50-uk-blogs/.
  9. Write your own blog entry in English.
  10. During a meal with family or friends, speak only English.
  11. Make a room in your home the “English room”. Whenever you are in it, you may only speak English. Use this rule for at least 24 hours.
  12. Take a walk with a friend or a member of your family for at least 30 minutes, speak English all the time.
  13. Use an English source of information for school work in a subject other than English.
  14. Cook a meal using a recipe in English. http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes
  15. Listen to three songs from a top list from an English speaking country and sing along in at least one.
  16. Practise lyrics from a song you like at www.lyricstraining.com
  17. Chat with a stranger in English in a computer game for at least ten minutes.
  18. Find a clip from a tv show and imitate the accent. Overact as much as possible to sound really British or American. For British English: Downton Abbey or Peppa Pig, for American English: Frasier or My Name is Earl. These are only suggestions, feel free to find your own shows.
  19. Find a new friend at http://www.englishbaby.com/findfriends and write to them in English.
  20. Read a short story in English at http://storywrite.com/.
  21. Spend at least 15 minutes practising vocabulary at http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/.
  22. Make a short comic in English using http://www.pixton.com/ or www.powtoon.com. Feel free to work with a friend.
  23. Watch a video-blog in English and leave comments. Here’s a list of famous “vloggers”: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/apr/07/youtube-uk-20-online-video-bloggers
  24. Learn at least five new English idioms. http://www.idiomsite.com/
  25. Make labels for at least ten everyday household items and stick them around your house or apartment.
  26. Play a digital game of some kind (on your smartphone, through facebook or something similar) in English and find at least ten new words to learn. Add them to your personal wordlist.
  27. Make your own meme in English, using for example http://memegenerator.net/.
  28. Read all the words and translations on one page in an English dictionary. Repeat them once later the same day.
  29. Listen to news about Sweden in English at http://sverigesradio.se/sida/default.aspx?programid=2054#
  30. Translate your favourite Swedish song into English and sing it to a friend (if you dare).
  31. Play at least three games with the Akinator. http://en.akinator.com/
  32. Send a digital message to a friend trying to persuade them to play a game or sport you like. Give them three reasons why they should start playing your game or sport.
  33. Read or write a story in English at www.storybird.com
  34. Read a newsarticle at http://www.goteborgdaily.se/ and retell it to someone in English.
  35. Listen to a news programme at http://www.ur.se/Produkter/180166-Newsreel-2014-01-25 and discuss it with someone.
  36. Practise your decorating skills at http://www.ur.se/sprk/engelska/inredning/.
  37. Practise British slang at http://www.ur.se/sprk/engelska/slang_br/.
  38. Listen to some British accents with Anglophenia. http://youtu.be/FyyT2jmVPAk
  39. Practise American slang at http://www.ur.se/sprk/engelska/slang_am/.
  40. Send postcards to at least three people in English from this site: http://www.ur.se/sprk/engelska/vykort/.
  41. Test your personality here: http://www.ur.se/sprk/engelska/quiz/.
  42. Watch a film in English at http://www.ur.se/Produkter?ur_subject_tree=engelska.
  43. Write a poem in English based on your name using this structure: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson391/WritingNamePoem.pdf. If you want to, go to www.canva.com and make a nice poster with your poem in it.
  44. Learn about Scotland using this website: http://www.visitscotland.com/brave/.
  45. Songs in English: Listen-read or- sing-along: http://esl-bits.net/Songs.for.English.Language.Learning/Songs.for.English.Language.Learning.html
  46. Listen and read: http://esl-bits.net/listening/ESL.English.Listening.htm
  47. Play some word games http://games.wordreference.com/language-games/verb-dash
  48. Read and listen to Robinson Crusoe: http://robinsoncrusoe.newsinlevels.com/
  49. Practise vocabulary playing games at http://www.elevspel.se/amnen/engelska/.
  50. Google Translate (translate.google.com) has a new feature. Try having a conversation in English with someone speaking another language using it. Let your teacher know what you think about the new feature. Does it work? Learn about it here: http://time.com/3668192/google-translate-hands-on/.
  51. Speak English for at least 10 minutes while eating lunch in school.
  52. Watch three movie trailers in English on Youtube. Comment on at least one of them.
  53. Look at these Top 10 Swedish words you won’t find in English and try to use at least half of them in English, using other words.
  54. Read an English book and write a reading journal.
  55. Practise reading comprehension at www.readtheory.org 
  56. Watch a TED-talk 
  57. Visit www.kimstudies,com
  58. Practise all skills at your own level at https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/

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