CNN LISTENING C1 EXAM Junta de Andalucía

http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2014/01/30/oxford-english-dictionary-chief-editor-michael-proffitt-christiane-amanpour/
http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1401/30/ampr.01.html

 Here you have the video and transcript of the Junta de Andalucia's C1 English Listening Comprehension exam, September, 2014. Quite challenging,  I would have thought.
And this is the link to the
Exam Questions:http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/educacion/webportal/web/educacion-permanente/prueba-unificada-de-certificacion

Tablets and smartphones as Xmas presents

http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/are-smartphones-and-tablets-really-good-christmas-presents-to-give-to-children-1.2034364

Read the article and speak for 3 minutes about the topic.
Are you or your children/relatives device addicts? Can you daydream? What would you do you if you couldn't access internet or technological devices for two days?

David Cameron on Benefits and EU Immigrants

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/11260208/David-Cameron-warns-of-EU-exit-over-migrants.html

Have a listen to Cameron's speech. Summarize the main ideas. What is the case like for EU immigrants in Spain? Are they entitled to social welfare benefits?

JOBS in the UK

http://jobs.theguardian.com/health/

The Fleadh. Yearly Festival of Irish Music and Dance.

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/playlist/generic/2014/0811/636398-rte-radio-1-at-fleadh-cheoil-sligo/

Watch the short videos and pretend you have been to the Fleadh (Gaelic word for Traditional Celtic Music and Dance Festival.) Write a postcard of 150 words to a friend back home telling him/her about your impressions of the Festival. Look up the words for the instruments http://www.fleadhcheoil.ie/competitions/ and write about the general atmosphere.

Welfare versus work.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/welfare-versus-work-does-it-pay-to-take-up-a-low-paid-job-1.1944722?page=3

Read the article and write down a list of at least ten topic-specific lexical items which you want to be able to use in the dialogue with your classmates. Is welfare an incentive or a disincentive to work. What is the Welfare System like in your country? Use the internet to find out about Social Welfare support in Spain and tell of cases in your family circle or in your circle of friends.

Independence from Catalonia at last!!!!!!!???? Or the right to vote???

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/27/catalonia-spain-referendum-independence

What do you think of Mas's ideas on democracy and the right to self-determination?