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Apr 2022
25m 13s

#156 Smartphone Addiction

Michael Lavers
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I ramble about the important and relevant topic of smartphone addiction and how smartphones can be used to learn English, as well as some of my ideas on how to reduce smartphone usage is a.. smart way!
 
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