Oral interaction

What follows is a handout where you can find some expressions to use in interaction with some topics for this task.

Cities

Some listening and reading suggestions for you not to forget about cities!

The Law

Here's the video on the barrister we watched in class the other day in case you want to go over it again. And here's the vocabulary we'll be working on in this lesson.

Since our current topic deals with crime, you may want to practice some of the vocabulary we've gone over by completing this cloze on the Spanish Royals, the key to which can be found here, or read this somewhat old article from The Economist which tries to figure out the role of our Roman Catholic culture as an underlying explanation for our acceptance and endorsing of corruption. Seeing as our media is highly unreliable you might want to learn about what our government is up to by accessing more impartial reports such as this one by Reuters on why Spain is no country for judges or this one by The Guardian on how in Spain francoist torturers get away with murder and their successors refuse to pursue human rights.

A very courageous grandma indeed!

Surviving Christmas parties

Find a guide to parties for introverts plus some celebrity tips here.

Advent calendar

For those who may be looking forward to Christmas.

Essays

Your writing assignment consists of writing a problem-solution essay. Some ideas to structure it as well as some relevant connectors can be found in this document and here, and if you need some inspiration to choose a topic, this site may provide you with some ideas on possible topics. Some mistakes and good examples out of your latest essays.

Places

Find the handout on cities we went over the other day here. If you are interested in this topic and want to listen to different extracts on cities, you can find some here.

Another issue to do with places is is where we work. How are offices designed?