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Media Work
Here are a few websites/apps you can read to find out about current affairs. If you were to read only one, I cannot insist enough on how good the app "The World in 2015" from The Economist would be good for you... Class Activity: Read the headlines and...
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Benefit street
This show was all the talk only a few months ago. Benefits street depicts life in an area where less than 5% of the population is in work and most people live on Benefits. Its critics said it was a distorted vision of what it is like to live on benefits...
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Housing crisis in Britain
A Panorama documentary on housing in Britain. Watching this kind of documentary can help you with vocabulary, current issues and oral skills too. The 28 minute format also means it is easy to fit in your working routine.
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BBC Panorama: Don't cap my benefits
Here is a documentary taken from the BBC which explains the latest changes in the benefit system in the UK. It revolves around the Overall Benefit Cap whose principle is that no one should earn more by not working than working. But there are issues on...
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Student loans in US
Here is a Ted Talk about the issue of student loans in the US. It is for you to not only find out about the topic but also hear what a good presentation sounds like. Listen out for variations in intonation, accentuation, volume, etc.
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BBC documentary: food
Another documentary. Once again, lots of interesting information for you to take in, but also get used to a typical "journalistic delivery". Trying to reproduce the way the journalist speaks will help you to sound more confident in an oral exam.
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Planned obsolescence
An interesting multilingual documentary (though mostly in English) about the mechanism of planned obsolescence in consumer society. Once again this is as much about content as form.
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Euro Crisis
A BBC documentary about the euro. Again, look out for content but also delivery and perhaps the British angle on the issue. The presenter, Michael Portillo is an ex-conservative minister who has now moved on to a career in media.
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TV Debate Highlights
Here are the best moments of the 7 way TV debate that took place last week. Can you identify each party leader by its color & its leader? Why do you think David Cameron originally did not want to take part in this debate? Draw a list of the issues raised...
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The Future of Energy
A video from Cambridge University, where leading scientists discuss the future of energy. A nice review of all the sources of energy and good examples of how to talk about them.
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Global population predictions
This is a video about global population predictions. The intonation and accentuation on this one are particularly striking. Note down one or two sentences from the video and try to say them in exactly the same way. The Economist offers authoritative insight...
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The future of Robotics
Another video about a very common theme these day. Pay attention to the DELIVERY particularly intonation and sentence stress to highlight important information. David Pogue of Yahoo Tech explores advances in robotics and AI (or artificial intelligence)...
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Rapport de Jury Centrale 2015
For every concours that you prepare, you should know what the jury expects from you. Here is a link to the Centrale concours report. Have a look at it so you know what they expect.