This morning I took a Skype English lesson.

Today's topic was "Random acts of kindness."

The material which my teacher introduced was quite exciting in that it includes both listening and reading activities.  

One of the good points of this material is that it takes only 6 minutes to listen to the story and we can listen to it focusing on the provided question.

Another good point of this material is that it was my favorite topic.  I am grateful that my teacher chose this topic for me beforehand.

In this topic, students were encouraged  to perform small and simple altruistic acts to their classmates such as hugging and sharing their lunch with their classmates.

The results showed the following positive effects:

1. Random acts of kindness boosted the students' happiness.

2. The atmosphere of the classroom has changed.  That is, each student became popular among the classmates.  Furthermore, it helps to discourage social problems like bullying.

It is good idea for me to share this topic with my students and ask them to work on "random acts of kindness" as their projects.

"Happiness" is the fundamental issue for everybody.  

I hope this material will be of great help to you too.