6 Minute English: creativity Intermediate shadowing lesson
Neil and Rob from BBC Learning English talk about why creativity matters more and more for future jobs, with a quiz about a Banksy artwork. An early years consultant says schools teach skills in a way that is easy to measure, and an innovation manager suggests fifteen minutes a day away from screens.
What you practise by shadowing it
- A question and a short answer: Now Rob, how creative are you? Very creative, I think. Creativity is in my bones!
- A list on an even beat: the challenges of AI, automation, green issues and an ageing population.
- Stress on the words Rob sets against each other: I'm no expert but Innovation Manager, Nick Skillicorn is.
- Intermediate
- Video
- 6:04
- 91 sentences
Practise it in the app
Free, no account needed. The app plays one sentence and waits for you to say it.
First sentences
Hello. Welcome to 6 Minute English, I'm Neil.
And hello, I'm Rob.
Now Rob, how creative are you?
Very creative, I think.
Creativity is in my bones!
The video has 91 sentences. The rest are in the app. Practise them all
Words and phrases
- a creative
- a person whose job uses imagination and new ideas
- creativity
- the ability to make new things or ideas
- legitimately
- fairly and reasonably
- redress the balance
- make things fairer and more equal
- lifeblood
- the most important thing for something to succeed
- disparate
- very different and not connected
- headspace
- a calm state of mind when you can think clearly
- think outside the box
- think in a new, creative way
- in your blood
- a natural part of who you are
- make a difference
- have a good effect
- on a daily basis
- every day
How to practise this clip
- Listen to a sentence before you read it.
- Say it right after, at the speaker's pace, with the same pauses.
- After the first round, hide the text and practise from the sound alone.
Want to practise every day? See the 15-minute routine.
Source
BBC Learning English, 6 Minute English, on YouTube
