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Apr 2018
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Episode 11 - Movie Review - Pretty in Pi...

Caren Hayden
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Today, I’ll be talking about an American cult classic film from the 1980s, Pretty in Pink. Stay tuned to find out why this movie was so popular back then, and what ESL students can still learn from it today! 
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