Tag: Social issues

C 2 · Holidays, travel & transportation

C1/C2 Crossword Immigration

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How many words from the wordcloud are you familiar with? Check the meaning of the terms and complete the crossword below. Serena’s blog

C 2 · politics & society

How Urbane Farming Saved a Dallas Community

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I’m so grateful to have found this video by Freethink, that will not only provide my students with the opportunity to speak about community problems, but it is also witnesses an inspiring approach to dealing with poverty, famine and the feeling of hopelessness. It also proves that WE as CITIZENS CAN rethink how our system…… Continue reading How Urbane Farming Saved a Dallas Community

C 2 · politics & society

C1/C2 TED TALKS: Why should you read The Lord of the Flies by William Golding?

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Hello there! I’ve just change the plugin for these quizzes I made. This one is a sentence completion, so having in mind that you may use a different spacing, or something like that, you may get a lower grade than what you deserve. In any case, you have the answers at the end of the…… Continue reading C1/C2 TED TALKS: Why should you read The Lord of the Flies by William Golding?

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C1-C2 Word formation ‘A Place to Call Home’

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Sing for Shelter’s new Christmas single: ‘A Place to Call Home’. Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness by providing advice, support and legal services, making sure that one day, no one will end up without a roof above their head. PS So proud to say a member of…… Continue reading C1-C2 Word formation ‘A Place to Call Home’

C 2 · C1 · Listening · politics & society

C2 The Other Story Behind Brexit

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Image by Alexander Andrews Many of my students constantly ask me what I think about Brexit and if this will affect me as a British person living in Spain to which I obviously answer that I AM quite concerned. But what I’m really interested in is how all this Brexit issue fits in with the…… Continue reading C2 The Other Story Behind Brexit

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Listening activity: Santa Forgot

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This beautiful and touching ad aims to raise charity towards Alzheimer’s disease research. It tells the story of Santa in an imaginative country suffering from dementia. The advertisement was banned from being shown on the telly before 19:30 to avoid upsetting children and some parents felt that it was too children targeted, although, as I… Continue reading Listening activity: Santa Forgot

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Listening B2: Mari Malek

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Mari Malek is a New York-based model, actor and DJ. But not only is this extremely beautiful woman all this, she is also a refugee with a story and a strong purpose in life that goes much deeper than being a top model. Watch the video to do the listening activity and see if you…… Continue reading Listening B2: Mari Malek

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B2/C1 Listening Nelson Mandela

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Here you have a high B2 or a low C1 sentence completion listening activity that deals with the life of Nelson Mandela. It is through people like him that justice is brought into existence. These people are extremely unpopular for those in power and it is only through their sacrifice and those who support them…… Continue reading B2/C1 Listening Nelson Mandela

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C1 speaking practice: Topic social issues

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Hello! Here’s a presentation created with Emaze that  I hope will cover the most important vocabulary related to this topic. Click here for the speaking activity

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Upper intermediate B2 word formation activity ‘Disability’

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This week we’ll be talking about …sadly….the issue of discrimination with my B2 students so here’s a little word formation activity as part of this topic. 🙂 Click for activity