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News summary challenge

Train fast listening by summarising one English news story in your own words.

ListeningUpper intermediateActivity10 minAdults

The activity

Listen to one short English news item (radio or online). Without replaying, say a three-sentence summary out loud: what happened, where, why it matters. Then replay and check what you missed.

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