a few of this bigthink series. let's see what you make out of these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTl_xjOyZsc&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWRumo75pgc&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGedFY6UHLo&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8SOQEitsJI&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hByJBdQXjXU&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbvDYyoAv9k&feature=relmfu

This is a useful set of questions to get you reflecting on your own learning process and help you start devising your plans.

http://www.learnenglish.de/strategypage.htm

Here's an essay by Evelyn Glennie in which she discusses deafness and how it is widely misunderstood.

http://www.evelyn.co.uk/hearing_essay.aspx

Now that we're reaching the end of the course I'd like to remind my students of the message I've been trying to put accross. The main thing I intend to teach everyone is the value of independent learning. Learners should be reflective, that is, they should know what their weak spots are, set their own goals and plan their work to achieve those goals. It is as simple as that.