EOI Advanced 2

Ai Weiwei sunflower seeds

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/mar/05/tate-ai-weiwei-sunflower-seeds

 

http://scribblerinseville.com/2013/02/05/ai-weiwei-in-seville-resistance-and-tradition-in-a-14th-century-monastery/

Listening tasks - links

Listening tasks with exercises: http://www.ditc.net.au/listening.asp

Listenings with tapescripts: news, songs, audiobooks... http://esl-bits.net/

Listenings with dictation exercises: http://www.nobuna.com/lessons

Listen and read along: http://www.manythings.org/listen

One-minute listenings with exercises: http://listenaminute.com

Listen and read : http://learningenglish.voanews.com/

Listening exercises, videos, songs: http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topicsmenu/listening.html

 

Listenings and videos with exercises and transcripts: http://elllo.org/

 

Listening quizzes: http://www.esl-lab.com/

 

Video quizzes: http://www.eslvideo.com/index.php

 

 

Listen to the radio: http://www.mediatico.com/es/radio/europe/uk/

 

Wath Sky News, watch live or click on 3-minute catch up: http://news.sky.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unreal past

 

http://random-idea-english.blogspot.com.es/2012/01/unreal-past.html

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4567

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-91125.php

 

 

 

Technology

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN6xNuhmIMc

 

The generation gap

Life stages

Classic vs. classical

Economic vs. economical

 

Read the explanation here:

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/economic-or-economical/

 

 

The State of Welfare (listening)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p0fpg?ref=nf

 

During vs. for

Explanation:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv170.shtml

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXEKn9JF9II

 

Exercises:

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-44345.php

 

http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ei094/esl-test.php

US Elections

Watch Obama's victory speech here:

http://nation.foxnews.com/barack-obama/2012/11/07/watch-president-obama-deliver-victory-speech-after-winning-2012-election

 

And here's Romney's speech:

http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/11/07/video-mitt-romney-delivers-concession-speech-after-2012-election-defeat/

 

To learn more about US politics:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_States

 

 

Changing roles

Gender roles

Men struggle with changing roles

Work vocabulary

http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/work_2

Madrid 25S

http://www.independentaustralia.net/2012/philosophy/democracy/spanish-government-responds-to-peaceful-protest-with-violence/

 

Climate change

Buying or renting?

House swapping

Housing