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Listening activity: Charlie — Motor Mechanic
Listen to an interview (3:03 min.) with Charlie, a student on the Motor Mechanic programme at MidKent College in the UK.
Video: Ole Fossgård, Tom Knudsen / CC BY-SA 4.0
Watch the video and answer the questions below:
- Why did Charlie choose the Motor Mechanic course?
- Describe their workshop at school.
- Charlie describes a typical day at school. Can you mention something he does (1) in the beginning, (2) in the middle and (3) at the end of a school day?
- Give an example of practical work in this particular course.
- How is English as a school subject still useful to Charlie?
Bonus question:
The students at MidKent College were challenged to try the Norwegian speciality, brown cheese, for the very first time. Do you think they enjoyed it?!
Video: Ole Fossgård, Tom Knudsen / CC BY-SA 4.0
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