Wednesday, 10 April 2019

UPDATED CONTENTS FOR THE FINAL EXAMS IN MAY 2019

Writing:
Two texts.

FOR AND AGAINST ESSAY (250 words) possible topics:
-Fossil fuels
-Longer prison sentences and the death penalty
-Same-sex marriage
-Mass tourism
-The sustainability of economic growth
-Living together before marriage ELIMINATED


STATISTICS REPORT (BAR CHARTS) (150 words) possible topics:
-Women in the Spanish Parliament
-Brexit voters by age
-Police killings in the US by race
-Catalan speakers in Catalonia
-Children poverty in Spain ELIMINATED
-Salaries in the EU ELIMINATED
-Immigration and emigration in Spain ELIMINATED
-Carbon emissions US and China ELIMINATED

Speaking.
Monologue: preparation time 3 minutes. You can take notes. Presentation time: 5-6 minutes. 
-Do you think alternative energies can be a realistic alternative to fossil fuels?
-Do you think the death penalty is wrong in all cases?
-Do you believe same-sex couples should be able to marry and adopt children?
-Is tourism destroying the planet or can it also help conservation?
-Are private schools better that public shools?
-At our levels of consumption, is economic growth sustainable?
         -Is nuclear energy a reasonably green option?
        -Is living together before the wedding essential for a long-lasting                successful marriage? ELIMINATED


Dialogues: preparation time 3 minutes. Presentation time 6-7 minutes. These are the topics:
-DEBATES ON:
-Fossil fuels
-Living together before getting married ELIMINATED
-The death penalty
-Same-sex marriage
-Mass tourism
-The sustainability of economic growth

Tuesday, 9 April 2019

DATES FOR THE FINAL EXAMS IN MAY

⚠📑🇬🇧*Los exámenes finales escritos serán el miércoles día 8 de mayo (Writing) y el lunes día 13 (Reading & Listening)* , y el *speaking entre el miércoles día 15 y el lunes día 20* . El speaking es en parejas y sólo hay que venir uno de esos dos días, dependiendo del turno que tengan. *Entrega de notas el miércoles 22*⚠📑🇬🇧

TOURISM: PROS AND CONS


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