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Reading texts related to the textbook units
Reading texts related to the textbook units
6B Sleep
6B Sleep
Dreamland
Dreamland
Experience
Experience
Experience: I can't wake up in the morning
Expressing your opinion: Make a summary (200-250 words) and express your opinion (about 80 words). Use the expressions provided in this document.
8A Crime
8A Crime
Webquest: Online safety
Webquest: Online safety
Think the #10YearChallenge is fun? It’s a surveillance nightmare
Think the #10YearChallenge is fun? It’s a surveillance nightmare
UK legal system
UK legal system
Reading texts related to other B2 topics
Reading texts related to other B2 topics
Mass tourism
Mass tourism
Are holiday homes ruining the British seaside?
Mass Tourism Is Destroying Spain—Here’s Where You Should Travel (Read the full original text here)
Write a summary about the first part of the blog entry "Mass tourism Is Destroying Spain" (until "authentic experience") in 200-225 words. Then write your opinion about the whole text. Use the structures provided in this document.
Books we have read in previous years
Books we have read in previous years
"Born A Crime" by Trevor Noah, John Murray Publishers, (ISBN 978-1-47363-531-9), London, 2016.
"Born A Crime" by Trevor Noah, John Murray Publishers, (ISBN 978-1-47363-531-9), London, 2016.
Class discussion: 5th March
Class discussion: 5th March
Watch this brief video introduction to Trevor Noah by ABC News.
Enjoy this selection of Trevor Noah's best moments.
Watch Reggie Yates video about preachers in South Africa (You can watch it at Netflix with English subtitles).
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Author's biography
Author's biography
Khaled Hosseini_Biography.pdfAn interview with the author
An interview with the author
Interview Khaled Hosseini.pdfDiscussion questions
Discussion questions
Questions The Kite Runner.pdfExtra audio and video
Extra audio and video
Listen to Khaled Hosseini answering the reader's questions in The World Book Club
What happened to Sohrab is based on a true story. Watch the documentary: The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan
"What Did You Do In The War, Mum? " edited by Pam Schweitzer,Lorraine Hilton and Jane Moss (ISBN 0-947860-07-X),
"What Did You Do In The War, Mum? " edited by Pam Schweitzer,Lorraine Hilton and Jane Moss (ISBN 0-947860-07-X),
Age Exchange, London, 2000.
Age Exchange, London, 2000.
Visit the War-Mum project website, created by the EOI Malaga B2.2 students on the role of British Women during the Second World War:
Visit the War-Mum project website, created by the EOI Malaga B2.2 students on the role of British Women during the Second World War:
Listening activity: Interview with Iris Gange
Watch the interview on the Reminiscence Theatre Archive website
"Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
"Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
Questions to prepare the recuperation test:
Questions to prepare the recuperation test:
QUESTIONS NEVER LET ME GO.pdfThe movie
The movie
An interview with the actors
An interview with the actors
"Slam" by Nick Hornby
"Slam" by Nick Hornby
After reading
After reading
Nick Hornby talks about "Slam" in this video.
Listen to the characters of the book talking about the story
The House of Sleep by Jonathan Coe
The House of Sleep by Jonathan Coe
Before reading
Before reading
Watch an interview with the author
After reading
After reading
Read about the author's biography and critical perspective in this text.
coe_critical_with notes.pdfPrepare the following discussion questions
coe_critical_discussion_questions.pdfTo unravel some of the mysteries of this book, read this story: " Diary of an obsession" included in the book "9th &13".
More recommended Books
More recommended Books
My favourite books.pdfThrough the Eyes of Love by Shiobhan Galvin
Room by Emma Donoghue
The Moment by Douglas Kennedy
Articles and shorter texts
Articles and shorter texts
Newspaper articles with comprehension questions
Newspaper articles with comprehension questions
Reading practice for CAE
Reading practice for CAE
Thought provoking articles
Thought provoking articles
What kind of language learner are you?
What kind of language learner are you?
Most people can be divided into one of three learning styles: visual, aural or Kinaesthetic. Do the test and find out which is your learning stye and what you can do to boost your learning. Click here.
Picture Pluperfect by Nathan Jurgenson
Picture Pluperfect by Nathan Jurgenson
Nathan Jurgenson is a social media theorist. His research is driven most fundamentally by the understanding that we increasingly live in an “augmented reality,” a perspective that views the digital and physical as enmeshed, opposed to viewing them as distinct (what he calls "digital dualism"). Picture perfect
You say you want a devolution? by Kurt Andersen
You say you want a devolution? by Kurt Andersen
For most of the last century, America’s cultural landscape—its fashion, art, music, design, entertainment—changed dramatically every 20 years or so. But these days, even as technological and scientific leaps have continued to revolutionize life, popular style has been stuck on repeat, consuming the past instead of creating the new. You say you want a devolution?
Night
Night
In this article historian Tony Judt talks about what it is like to live with a motor neuron disorder. Click here
Could conjoined twins share a mind?
Could conjoined twins share a mind?
Read about the everyday life of 4-year-old Krista and Tatiana and the mystery that lies behind conjoined twins. Click here
Inventions and inventors
Inventions and inventors
Who was the first? Click here
Our Own Worst Enemies
Our Own Worst Enemies
Read this article from the New York Times. For screen villains, the black-and white, "us versus them" era is over. Welcome to the uneasy age of us versus then. Click here
By 2040 you will be able to upload your brain
By 2040 you will be able to upload your brain
Click here
War Photographers
War Photographers
Photographers have to be near the action. Sometimes too near. Click here
Interview with Restrepo co-directors Sebastian Faulkner and Tim Hetherington. Click here
Reading units
Reading units
Mass tourism
Mass tourism
Mental health day
Mental health day
September 11: Ten Years Later
September 11: Ten Years Later
I'm glad my mum did whatever she wanted
I'm glad my mum did whatever she wanted
It's a wiki wiki world
It's a wiki wiki world
Natural disasters: The Tsunami in Japan
Natural disasters: The Tsunami in Japan
Webquest: Charlie Chaplin
Webquest: Charlie Chaplin
Blogs
Blogs
Writings in the Raw:Julia Halprin Jackson's impression on Barack Obama's Inauguration.
Writings in the Raw:Julia Halprin Jackson's impression on Barack Obama's Inauguration.
I would like to recommend you Julia Halprin Jackson's blog. She is a wonderful writer and friend from California.
Miss Julia was in Washington on President Barack Obama Inauguration Day. To read about her impressions click on the image.
Remembering in London: NIck Cave, Montserrat Roig and the Lost Puppet
Remembering in London: NIck Cave, Montserrat Roig and the Lost Puppet
What do you think of my memory blog? My friend Brenda told me that the best way to really learn a language is to write a blog. Click on the image to read about Nick Cave and lost memories.
Discovering Vivian Maier
Discovering Vivian Maier
Vivian Maier was a nanny who spent her free time walking around Chicago camera in hand. The world only recognised she was a genius after her death.
Click on the image to read about her and her work.
"Born a crime" by Trevor Noah
"Born a crime" by Trevor Noah
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