Speakout Unit 1

The whole unit one of a textbook for a change. Click here ... and the video with questions at the end of the unit

BBC interviews Extra  worksheet and video

Shortlisted works

Booker Prizer shortlisted works and the winner Lincoln in the Bardo

Read the article here

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Bernardine Evaristo speaks about Womanhood

Atwood and Evaristo shared Booker prize

Read about this first time story here by The Guardian

and the article and video on BBC here

Climate uprising

 The article by The Day to be saved and worked with Scrible

Focus on meaning, interesting vocabulary and grammar. For a collection of adverb adjective collocations click here

Learn more about this topic by reading news at rebellion.earth

Can you find similar expressions or collocations ?

History of Earth Hour

The power of silence in a noisy world

This video from BBC ideas is worth watching. What do you think about what the speaker says?
Watch the video here

Read about The benefits of silence  (open it with Scrible to work on the interesting vocabulary in the article)

Lonely? Alone?

BBC Reel  The upsides of being an introvert, video 

Why being a loner may be good BBC Future, article

1984 at 70 is still relevant , says Orwell's son

Even after a lifetime, can a classic still have a message? Few novels have had such an effect, with ‘Big Brother’, ‘newspeak’ and ‘thoughtcrime’ now firmly embedded in the English language.




 1984, the novel written by George Orwell 70 years ago, is still relevant according to G Orwell's son

Read the article and discuss

What 'Orwellian' really means TED ed

Another short video by BBC explaining Utopias and Dystopias


Read and listen to the novel  1984 by George Orwell


Could The handmaid's tale happen again today   audio BBC work by Margaret Atwood

Read and listen to The handmaid's tale by M Atwood