30-day-challenge

This challenge is to make you use your English more outside the
classroom. Four days every week for 30 days I want you to do at least
one thing from the list. Fill in the grid each day with what you have
done. Try to do as many different things as possible. You can only do
each assignment three times.

Presentation:Youaretokeepadiarywhereyouwriteaboutwhatyoudid,howitwentand
whatyouthoughtaboutit.When30daysareoverIwantyoutohandinyourdiarytome!

1. UseFacebookinEnglishforatleast24hours.
2. WatchamovieinEnglishwithnosubtitlesorwithEnglishsubtitles.
3. ListentoapodcastinEnglish,lookhereforexamples:
http://www.podcastsinenglish.com/.
4. ReadatleastonearticleatNewsinLevelshttp://newsinlevels.com
5. ReadorlistentoRadioBBCorBBCNews.Youcanalsodownloadtheapponyour
phone.Easyandhandy!
6. WriteatleastfivetextmessagesinEnglish.
7. WatchTVnewsinEnglish(usingtheinternetworksfine).Retellthreeimportantthings
fromthenewstosomeoneelse.
8. ReadabloginEnglish.Youcanfindpopularblogshere:
http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/blogs,
http://www.cision.com/uk/socialmediaindex/top50ukblogs/.
9. WriteyourownblogentryinEnglish.
10. Duringamealwithfamilyorfriends,speakonlyEnglish.
11. MakearoominyourhometheEnglishroom.Wheneveryouareinit,youmayonly
speakEnglish.Usethisruleforatleast24hours.
12. Takeawalkwithafriendoramemberofyourfamilyforatleast30minutes,speak
Englishallthetime.
13. UseanEnglishsourceofinformationforschoolworkinasubjectotherthanEnglish.
14. CookamealusingarecipeinEnglish.
15. ListentothreesongsfromatoplistfromanEnglishspeakingcountryandsingalong
inatleastone.
16. Practiselyricsfromasongyoulikeatwww.lyricstraining.com
17. ChatwithastrangerinEnglishinacomputergameforatleasttenminutes.
18. WatchvideosandimproveEnglishlisteningskillsusingtheBritishCouncilGreat
Videosapp
19. Findaclipfromatvshowandimitatetheaccent.Overactasmuchaspossibleto
soundreallyBritishorAmerican.ForBritishEnglish:DowntonAbbeyorPeppaPig,for
AmericanEnglish:FrasierorMyNameisEarl.Theseareonlysuggestions,feelfreeto
findyourownshows.
20. LearnEnglishGrammarorbothGrammarandWords
21. Findanewfriendathttp://www.englishbaby.com/findfriendsandwritetothemin
English.
22. ReadashortstoryinEnglishathttp://storywrite.com/.
23. Spendatleast15minutespractisingvocabularyat
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/.
24. MakeashortcomicinEnglishusinghttp://www.pixton.com/orwww.powtoon.com.
Feelfreetoworkwithafriend.
25. WatchavideobloginEnglishandleavecomments.Here'salistoffamousvloggers:
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/apr/07/youtubeuk20onlinevideoblogg
ers
26. LearnatleastfivenewEnglishidioms.http://www.idiomsite.com/
27. Makelabelsforatleastteneverydayhouseholditemsandstickthemaroundyour
houseorapartment.
28. Playadigitalgameofsomekind(onyoursmartphone,throughfacebookorsomething
similar)inEnglishandfindatleasttennewwordstolearn.Addthemtoyourpersonal
wordlist.
29. PlayWordfeudorWordsRumbleinEnglish.Downloadtheappsonyourphone.
30. MakeyourownmemeinEnglish,usingforexamplehttp://memegenerator.net/.
31. ReadallthewordsandtranslationsononepageinanEnglishdictionary.Repeatthem
oncelaterthesameday.
32. ListentonewsaboutSwedeninEnglishat
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/default.aspx?programid=2054#
33. TranslateyourfavouriteSwedishsongintoEnglishandsingittoafriend(ifyoudare).
34. PlayatleastthreegameswiththeAkinator.http://en.akinator.com/
35. Sendadigitalmessagetoafriendtryingtopersuadethemtoplayagameorsportyou
like.Givethemthreereasonswhytheyshouldstartplayingyourgameorsport.
36. Talk/writetoanavataronwww.existor.comforatleast10minutes.
37. ReadorwriteastoryinEnglishatwww.storybird.com
38. Listentoanewsprogrammeat
http://www.ur.se/Produkter/180166Newsreel20140125anddiscussitwithsomeone
39. Practiseyourdecoratingskillsathttp://www.ur.se/sprk/engelska/inredning/.
40. PractiseBritishslangathttp://www.ur.se/sprk/engelska/slang_br/.
41. PractiseAmericanslangathttp://www.ur.se/sprk/engelska/slang_am/.
42. SendpostcardstoatleastthreepeopleinEnglishfromthis
site:http://www.ur.se/sprk/engelska/vykort/.
43. Testyourpersonalityhere:http://www.ur.se/sprk/engelska/quiz/.
44. WatchafilminEnglishathttp://www.ur.se/Produkter?ur_subject_tree=engelska.
45. WriteapoeminEnglishbasedonyournameusingthis
structure:http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson391/Writi
ngNamePoem.pdf.Ifyouwantto,gotowww.canva.comandmakeaniceposterwith
yourpoeminit.
 46. LearnaboutScotlandusingthiswebsite:http://www.visitscotland.com/brave/.