Read the following article and answer the questions: What was Sarah accused of? Which schools does the police patrol? Which are the typical crimes children are arrested for? Does Sarah´s lawyer support this type of action? Does this practice get support from the attorney general? When did these practices start and why? Why can this system be a trap for children? What ...

Read the article about Einstein and answer the following questions: - Why is imagination more important than knowledge (according to Albert Einstein)? - Why did people misinterpret the concept of relativity? - What did Einstein's theory actually mean? - Which were Einstein's beliefs? - What were the differeces between the USA and Europe (according to him) at that time? - Which ...

Pre-listening 1) Look up these words in a monolingual dictionary (English-English): asset - debtor - creditor - supplier - bail out - debt crisis - GDP 2) Look for examples with the words or make sentences with them. Listening Listen to the following interview with Philip Coggan (up to minute 10), a historian of debt crises, and answer ...

Listen to the podcast and answer te questions: Which King did the current British Queen succeed? Which used to be the British succession law and which reforms have been made? What would happen if Prince William and Kate had a baby girl? What's your opinion about all this? Are there the same laws in your country?

Have you ever practised martial arts? Listen to the following interview and answer the following questions: Who is being interviewed? What is the game's objective? Can the participants get injured? Which two expressions are taught? Write down at least two of the examples given.

What does "home" mean to you? "Love"? "Peace"? Listen to these people and answer the following questions: Which one shares your same view of "home"? Do you like the house that appears in the photograph? Why? Do you prefer living in a house or in a flat? In the countryside or in the city?

What are you afraid/scared of? Why? Is it connected to a bad past experience? Listen to these stories . Are they similar to yours? Which do you specially like and why?

Which was the most embarrassing experience you´ve ever had? Why was it embarrassing? Listen to these three anecdotes and compare them to yours. Which one is the most embarrassing? Why? Check how much you remember by trying to retell one of the anecdotes.

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The following is a very interesting exercise I have found in a Multiple Intelligences book. It is specially useful for those students who do not feel confident enough as regards their language learning skills. It focuses on our intrapersonal intelligence, and it is for an intermediate upwards level. 1) Tap into a state that allows you ...