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