current major ISSUES
TOPICS IN THIS SECTION
- INTRODUCTION
- YOUNG, ANONYMOUS HEROS
- BULLYING & CYBERBULLYING
- OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES
- TECHNOLOGY & SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS*(*avances, descubrimientos)
- BBC PREDICTOR: Will a robot take your job?
- CULTURAL NEWS (Shakespeare and Cervantes, etc.)
Introduction
Los temas contenidos en las secciones de "HOT TOPICS" son temas de actualidad para leer, discutir o redactar.
Además, son temas que pueden caer en los exámenes de EVAU (Prueba de acceso a la universidad), por lo que es muy recomendable dedicarle cierto tiempo a cada tema.
Además, son temas que pueden caer en los exámenes de EVAU (Prueba de acceso a la universidad), por lo que es muy recomendable dedicarle cierto tiempo a cada tema.
RECOMENDACIONES / GOOD TIPS
* Haz periódicamente lecturas o ve vídeos sobre temas de actualidad, propuestos en esta sección, u otros más actualizados.
* Lee con interés y busca las palabras imprescindibles para entender el texto.
* Después, relee y extrae un listado de vocabulario esencial, mejor con ejemplos.
* Finalmente, haz un pequeño resumen de las ideas principales usando palabras clave del texto y tuyas propias.
Esta práctica te ayudará a poder escribir y hablar sobre ese tema o temas relacionados cuando lo desees o necesites.
* Lee con interés y busca las palabras imprescindibles para entender el texto.
* Después, relee y extrae un listado de vocabulario esencial, mejor con ejemplos.
* Finalmente, haz un pequeño resumen de las ideas principales usando palabras clave del texto y tuyas propias.
Esta práctica te ayudará a poder escribir y hablar sobre ese tema o temas relacionados cuando lo desees o necesites.
YOUNG, ANONYMOUS HEROS
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BULLYING & CYBERBULLYING
One in five young people has suffered online abuse, study finds
Survey of more than 4,700 teenagers reveals almost half think cyberbullying is a bigger issue than drug abuse among young people
Survey of more than 4,700 teenagers reveals almost half think cyberbullying is a bigger issue than drug abuse among young people
What is your opinion? Read the survey and watch the videos.
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Why Social Media is Important for Your Personal and Professional Life March 10, 2014 by Lindsay Patton-Carson
6 Minute English: the internet good or bad? Episode 180426 / 26 Apr 2018 (Reading & Listening comprehension)
Why is League of Legends So Popular?
Online Abuse in League of Legends
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Secciones de este blog donde encontrarás lecturas, actividades, chistes gráficos (cartoons) y videos:
--INGEAR-2 EXTENSION: http://www.weebly.com/weebly/main.php (La sección con extras para cada Unidad del libro Ingear-2)
--SEXISM AND GENDER VIOLENCE: http://marisolesl.weebly.com/sexism-and-gender-violence.html
--INMIGRATION: PAST AND PRESENT: http://marisolesl.weebly.com/inmigration-past-and-present.html
--NEWS: http://marisolesl.weebly.com/world-news.html#/
--SEXISM AND GENDER VIOLENCE: http://marisolesl.weebly.com/sexism-and-gender-violence.html
--INMIGRATION: PAST AND PRESENT: http://marisolesl.weebly.com/inmigration-past-and-present.html
--NEWS: http://marisolesl.weebly.com/world-news.html#/
Muchos artículos con sonido también en:
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES
Life In The Future (VGOOD)
A Not Too Serious Look at New Inventions, Future Problems, and the Need to Choose Our Future.
A Not Too Serious Look at New Inventions, Future Problems, and the Need to Choose Our Future.
BIGGEST SOCIAL PROBLEMS
Americans rank the nation's 12 biggest problems
By John Boyd, Houston Chronicle
Published 6:30 pm, Friday, March 14, 2014
By John Boyd, Houston Chronicle
Published 6:30 pm, Friday, March 14, 2014
Americans say terrorism is the greatest problem facing the country.
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2016/01/03/what-will-be-the-biggest-issues-in-2016
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2016/01/03/what-will-be-the-biggest-issues-in-2016
What's the Top Issue for 2016? Depends Where You Look
The policy topic Americans are searching for online isn't exactly what they say is the most important.
The policy topic Americans are searching for online isn't exactly what they say is the most important.
From righteous fury to faux indignation, everything we got mad about in 2014—and how outrage has taken over our lives.
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2014/12/the_year_of_outrage_2014_everything_you_were_angry_about_on_social_media.html
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2014/12/the_year_of_outrage_2014_everything_you_were_angry_about_on_social_media.html
The Most Popular Social Issues of 2017
See where voters on polling on the most popular Social issues of 2017.
See where voters on polling on the most popular Social issues of 2017.
TECHNOLOGY & SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS*(*avances, descubrimientos)
The 50 Greatest Breakthroughs Since the Wheel
Why did it take so long to invent the wheelbarrow? Have we hit peak innovation? What our list reveals about imagination, optimism, and the nature of progress. |
Test Your Real Knowledge on Fake People
We all know that if it sounds or looks too good to be true that probably is, whether it's a knockoff Coach bag (the real ones have serial numbers) or that new hot girl you met online (is she really that beautiful?). Can you tell the difference between a real person and a fake online? START QUIZ
We all know that if it sounds or looks too good to be true that probably is, whether it's a knockoff Coach bag (the real ones have serial numbers) or that new hot girl you met online (is she really that beautiful?). Can you tell the difference between a real person and a fake online? START QUIZ
YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS TEST JUST FOR FUN
The 'How I Met Your Mother' Running Jokes Quiz
by Bambi Turner
The 'How I Met Your Mother' Running Jokes Quiz
by Bambi Turner
This quiz is gonna be legen—wait for it—dary! Legendary! Brush up on your Bro Code and see how much you remember about the many running gags on "How I Met Your Mother." START QUIZ
DNA digital data storage refers to any scheme to store digital data in the base sequence of DNA. This technology uses artificial DNA made using commercially available oligonucleotide synthesis machines for storage and DNA sequencing machines for retrieval. More...
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CNNTech30
What you really agree to when you click 'accept' (ARTICLE)
by Jose Pagliery @Jose_Pagliery May 19, 2014: 9:15 AM ET
What you really agree to when you click 'accept' (ARTICLE)
by Jose Pagliery @Jose_Pagliery May 19, 2014: 9:15 AM ET
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BBC PREDICTOR
Will a robot take your job?
Type your job title into the search box below to find out the likelihood that it could be automated within the next two decades.
About 35% of current jobs in the UK are at high risk of computerisation over the following 20 years, according to a study by researchers at Oxford University and Deloitte.
What makes a job susceptible to automation?
Will a robot take your job?
Type your job title into the search box below to find out the likelihood that it could be automated within the next two decades.
About 35% of current jobs in the UK are at high risk of computerisation over the following 20 years, according to a study by researchers at Oxford University and Deloitte.
What makes a job susceptible to automation?
Find out the likelihood* that your job will become automated in the next two decades (*probabilidad)
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(How Robots Will Change the World BBC Documentary, 40:17')
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Real-life robot joins BBC's 'I, Robot' adaptation
Android actor Stanley lends its voice to a BBC radio adaptation of Isaac Asimov's classic stories. |
BBC 6 Minute English (Podcast + questions + glossary)
Intermediate level
Will robots take our jobs?
More Latest 6 Minute English
Intermediate level
Will robots take our jobs?
More Latest 6 Minute English
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wiki --How to Make Money Online
This wikiHow teaches you how to make money online in a variety of ways.
This wikiHow teaches you how to make money online in a variety of ways.
Academic Computing | Trends
The 6 Most Important Technologies To Impact Teaching and Learning in the Next 5 Years
The 6 Most Important Technologies To Impact Teaching and Learning in the Next 5 Years
- By David Nagel
- 02/03/14
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BBC –FUTURE –ROBOTS
https://es.search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A9mSs2VoEX1YGTAAjNST.Qt.?p=the+future+of+robots&fr2=sb-top&fr=moz35
Rise of the Machines: The Future has Lots of Robots, Few Jobs for Humans
https://www.wired.com/brandlab/2015/04/rise-machines-future-lots-robots-jobs-humans/
SELF DRIVEN CARS
https://vidayestilo.terra.com/autos/conoce-al-concept-i-el-futuro-de-los-toyota,bca451b75a81d9d90331f26b10096c0d3rw7zmfw.html
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The Future of Robotics
http://www.futureforall.org/robotics/robotics.htm
Drones
http://www.dronestagr.am/
Technology Tile Puzzle –GAME-
http://busyteacher.org/5189-technology-tile-puzzle.html
Nomophobia - Wikipedia
https://es.search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A9mSs2jKG31YFQMABu2T.Qt.?p=nomophobia&fr2=sb-top&fr=moz35
https://es.search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A9mSs2VoEX1YGTAAjNST.Qt.?p=the+future+of+robots&fr2=sb-top&fr=moz35
Rise of the Machines: The Future has Lots of Robots, Few Jobs for Humans
https://www.wired.com/brandlab/2015/04/rise-machines-future-lots-robots-jobs-humans/
SELF DRIVEN CARS
https://vidayestilo.terra.com/autos/conoce-al-concept-i-el-futuro-de-los-toyota,bca451b75a81d9d90331f26b10096c0d3rw7zmfw.html
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The Future of Robotics
http://www.futureforall.org/robotics/robotics.htm
Drones
http://www.dronestagr.am/
Technology Tile Puzzle –GAME-
http://busyteacher.org/5189-technology-tile-puzzle.html
Nomophobia - Wikipedia
https://es.search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A9mSs2jKG31YFQMABu2T.Qt.?p=nomophobia&fr2=sb-top&fr=moz35
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How Does Google's Driverless Car Work?
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CULTURAL NEWS
Centenary of Cervantes's and Shakespeare's Death
01 JAN 2016 - 31 DEC 2016
01 JAN 2016 - 31 DEC 2016
To mark one of the most important commemorations of this decade in the literary world – the 400th anniversary of the death of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Alcalá de Henares, 29 September 1547 – Madrid, 22 April 1616) and William Shakespeare (Stratford-upon-Avon, c. 26 April 1564 [July] – 23 April [July]/ 3 May 1616 [Greg.] – Hay Festival, AC/E and the British Council are organising this project to examine the impact these two geniuses have had on universal literature. Their texts have been adapted and analysed countless times and their influence has been so great that they are essential figures in Spanish and English culture. -
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British Council Activities (Actividades del Consejo Británico)
http://nscidiomas.com/en/novedad/2016-year-of-anniversaries-in-the-literature-language-100.php
https://www.britishcouncil.es/en/events
http://www.biography.com/people/william-shakespeare-9480323--BBC NEWS Cervantes vs Shakespeare
Nine reasons why Cervantes is better than Shakespeare (El Local) www.thelocal.es/20160422/nine-reasons-why-cervantes-is-better-than-shakespeare |
Charlotte Bronte bicentenary celebrations begin
- 2 February 2016 (BBC NEWS)
Born on April 21, 1816, in Thornton, Yorkshire, England, Charlotte Brontë worked as a teacher and governess before collaborating on a book of poetry with her two sisters, Emily and Anne, who were writers as well. In 1847, Brontë published the semi-autobiographical novel Jane Eyre, which was a hit and would become a literary classic. Her other novels included
Shirley andVillette. She died on March 31, 1855, in Haworth, Yorkshire, England.
Shirley andVillette. She died on March 31, 1855, in Haworth, Yorkshire, England.
Rolling Stones play rock'n'roll diplomats in Cuba's 'biggest concert ever'
Olimpic games
-- Rio 2016 (http://www.rio2016.com/en)
-- History of the Olimpic Games (In History Channel)
-- Rio 2016 (http://www.rio2016.com/en)
-- History of the Olimpic Games (In History Channel)
Education: Video advert- Come to study in Madrid
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY NEWS
BBC News: science, technology, etc.
SOCIAL ISSUES
MEDIA USE BY USA YOUNGSTERS
You can include a piece of news listing top problems in today's world.
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Video on BBC: 'Left behind' child tells of wait for parents (12 April 2016 (4'39) (Chinese news)
Music festivals in Spain: https://www.festicket.com/magazine/best-music-festivals-spain/
Immigration in the United States: New Economic, Social, Political Landscapes with Legislative Reform on the Horizon
VIDEOS ON HOT ISSUES
United States campain
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