CATCALLING IN SYDNEY, NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL. CITIES AND SEXIST REMARKS

Click HERE to read the article
Click HERE to read women's experiences being catcalled.

TASK TWO: PRESENTATION OF AN ARTICLE FROM THE ECONOMIST

INSTRUCTIONS:
- Read any article from The Economist that catches your attention and use the strategies in the video to prepare a presentation in class. 
- Tell your classmates about the article, why you found it interesting and explain its contents and conclusions. 
- Use the magazines I gave out in class or alternatively, click HERE to read the online version. 

LENGTH: The presentation in class must be 5 minutes long.

DEADLINE: ASAP or December 20th, tops.

TASK 1: PREPARATION OF A DIALOGUE

SPEAKING TASK: preparation of a dialogue between two friends. 

DEADLINE: the dialogue must be presented in class or recorded and handed in ASAP, or alternatively, before December 20th, tops.

LENGHT: the dialogue must be 5-7 minutes long.

THE DIALOGUE MUST FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES: 
Two friends meet. One of them has very juicy information about a friend of theirs who has just split up and ended what seemed to be a stable relationship. They start gossiping about the relationship and the reasons why they broke up. They mention chronologically the love story of the ex-couple and they conspire to find a suitable new partner for their friend.

INSTRUCTIONS:
1 Use as much vocabulary as possible from the notes we took in class and from the photocopy I gave out. (prince charming, better half, soul mate, to have a crush on somebody, Mr. Perfect, to cheat on somebody...)

2 Use the expressions we saw in the BBC programme 'HOW TO GOSSIP' and 'HOW TO SHOW INTEREST' Clik HERE and HERE

3 Apart from the above mentioned, use these expressions and tenses:

-Third conditionals:

-          e.g. If he had been faithful, she wouldn’t have dumped him. / If she hadn’t been cheated on, they would have married.

-Would for past habits, like used to (actions only, no state verbs here):
  e.g. It was so annoying, he would always make compliments to other women, yeah, catcalling and wolf-whistling was his thing. / No wonder she ran away, he would sometimes show up drunk and smelling of cheap perfume. / I remember he would make sexist remarks. / He would stare at her cleavage like a pervert.

- Would for reproval: I wish you would stop making dirty remarks. / I wish he would remember our anniversary. 
Click HERE for the explanation on the use of wish

-Apart from the above expressions, try to use these too:
    - No hard feelings, really. / - No offense meant, I mean. – None taken, chill out.

WHY ARE MODERN RELATIONSHIPS SO FRAGILE?

HOW WE CAN END SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORK

Click HERE

CONSENT IS LIKE TEA

FEELING CHEESY TODAY? ... AND TWO EXERCISES

Click HERE and HERE

DO YOU REALLY NEED TO HAVE FRIENDS? GOOD FRIENDS AND TOXIC FRIENDS

MODERN DATING HORROR STORY

SPEED DATING

 

PERFECT MATCH - FIND YOUR SOUL MATE

SOMETHING DOESN'T ADD UP

CLICK HERE

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Click HERE for the transcript

REMEMBER, REMEMBER, THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER

WHAT MAKES A GOOD FRIEND?

Listening: What makes a good friend

Gap-fill exercise

Get in one's Face= to annoy someone
To Hang Out= to socialise with friends

Hey! everybody needs a few good friends. Some people can't even on their own families to be there for many more these days, but a good friend can make up for anything. A good friend knows how to listen and . A good friend knows how to walk alongside you when you're and going through tough times and a good friend also knows how to get in your face when they need to; they know how to call you out on things and help you that you can become so much than what you already are.My best friend and I've gone through a lot of stuff together. We've been ever since college and even though we live in different states we do the best we can to stay in . We use email and cell phones to on a regular basis and we also do our best to actually get as often as possible just to out , share our lives with one another. Believe me! We've had plenty of tough times we only had to get in in each other's faces but we've also had many opportunities to have some fun as friends , just out. Having a few good friends, very important thing in life , but in order to have friends , you also have to learn to be a friend. Any takes time . A good friendship means investing yourself in another person. Are you to be that kind of friend? I hope so because it can make all the difference in the

DATING 2.0

Has traditional dating become a thing of the past? Look at the  pictures  below showing different ways of dating. In pairs, discuss which ones you prefer, which one you wouldn’t mind trying and which ones you would never try, giving reasons to support your opinion.

OMG!

Which of these adjectives would you use to describe the picture? Give reasons

Awesome   disgusting   funny   unreal   pornographic  sexist romantic   interesting     unusual      provocative     depressing

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THEM?