GENERATION Y

Have a look at the following photograph. What does it suggest you?

• Why do you think it is called 'Generation Y'?
• Discuss the characteristics of these young people. (Click on the link to get information about them).
• Now watch the following video and try to answer the questions on the quiz:

HISTORY LESSON

A VISION OF STUDENTS TODAY

Discuss the following questions in class:

1. If the walls in your classroom could talk, what would they say about  learning today?

2. What's like to be a student today?

3. Do you usually complete your assignments?

4. How many books will you read this year?

5. And web pages?

6. How many profiles on social networking sites will you read?

7. How many e-mails will you write?

8. How many hours a day do you spend on these activities?

• online?
• watching TV?
• listening to music
• on the cell phone?
• eating?
• in class?
• studying?
• sleeping?

9. How many hours a day do they make in total?

10. Do you consider yourself a multi-tasker?

11. Do you think you're one of those lucky students who have almost everything one could wish?

12. Does your future job exist today?

13. Do you agree that technology can save us?

14. What's the message students give in this video? What do they demand? What do they regret?

• Do you feel identified with the Gen Y'ers? In which aspects? Discuss.

DICTATION

Get some training on listening and writing with dictation exercises. 

Click on the image, choose your level and the topic and have a go! 

SINGLE-SEX CLASSES AT HIGH SCHOOL

Are boys and girls separated in different classrooms in

 the schools in your country?

                                  What's your opinion about single-sex classes?

                 Discuss with your classmates:

a) it is helpful because students learn better and more if   separated. 

b) it is a discriminatory measure and single-sex classes
                   are far from real life.
           
Read and listen to the article about an experiment carried out in a highschool in the USA where students are offered a special education programme.

Then, click on the right hand margin of the page to do the 5 follow-up activities.

ST PATRICK'S DAY

17th MARCH

How much do you know about Saint Patrick? Click on the shamrock. Then read and listen to the text. Finally, try to answer the questions in the quiz.

For further activities on St Patrick's day (history and quiz), click on the wee leprechaun. 



Meet up some friends from BIG CITY SMALL WORD soapie and improve your listening and vocabulary skills .
Follow the instructions suggested to do the activities: preparation (vocab), listening, tasks.

Good luck and have fun!

1. MEETING FRIENDS           

                  

6-MINUTE ENGLISH

Listen to the recordings on the following topics and answer the questions.

• Typically English? Why do English people drink tea?

• Did you know that, according to the UN, 11% of the world population is over 60?

      

ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH

BEAUTY. What does beauty mean to you? Listen to the following opinion on beauty and do activities 1-3.

CAREERS 

Listen to someone talking about choosing a career and fill in the missing information in the text.

CYBER-CRIME
What is cyber-crime? Complete the activities while you listen. Then read the text to check your answers.

HOLIDAY TRADITIONS: XMAS AND THANKSGIVING
How are these holidays celebrated in the USA? 
1. Listen to the recording and answer the questions that follow.
2. Then listen again and complete the text with the missing information.