C1.1 VIDEOS ORGANIZED BY SEMANTIC FIELDS

1a work, personal motivation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM9Btf-Ioos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x2_kWRB8-A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL3CFtW8WE0

1b personality, family
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUrV6oZ3zsk&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtOPRKzVLY0jJY-uHOH9KVU6&index=22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OuuvICk89Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kd7RnFZ58M&spfreload=5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36m1o-tM05g

1c language
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WLHr1_EVtQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0yGdNEWdn0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah6WEo2y7do

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdUbIlwHRkY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kvs8SxN8mc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_q9b9YqGRY

2a stories

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GTz_Jm9ZTY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VgmsUxVNUE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWwDeqorbH0

2b multitasking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PriSFBu5CLs

3b describing books
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8E7HLUaRF4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rv5VBF54mI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyVAU5iGe0k&list=PL9156A37193921175
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbqL2G_iQ-c&list=PL9156A37193921175&index=19

3c money
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7m9wfFnH6o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T69NDIcHOl8

4c phone addiction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_KqCLfrdyc
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2010/s3054156.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/special_eds/20101101/telco/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLq9suwfmpc

5c health and medicine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxKst8BaPbc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS5bgPKSpD4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw_8qnL5RjY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARxjQ3IRqvg

6a travel and tourism 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRVdNXUrkUU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=119cQNSg5nAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYWU_lO9-TY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3ykhFqyRA8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQEtGRIHM7U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjvWVYlhH8k

6C The Promised Land???

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2011/10/20/3344543.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2014/04/28/3991401.htm

6C The promised land

Taiye Selasi on local human experience and national identity 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYCKzpXEW6E

Somalia via the UK: Nuruddin Farah and Nadifa Mohamed
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rv5VBF54mI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-XInmu-Ebs


7a food

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUQvYn6wRn8


7c humour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXhlSghtkBU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qOaZ4CQqKI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezW_4RjLPuQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjWI-5CObq8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKY6BGcx37k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0-XLrfF400
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSNpNdFwkAQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GG1_aFeCZA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AmIsJDYMbs

Self-study resources

Yet again...I can't believe all this is free of charge.

Crashcourses (15 min presentations with pretty accurate closed captions available)
https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse

Full semesters organized by subject (Higher learning. Verbatim closed captions available)
http://oyc.yale.edu/courses
https://www.youtube.com/user/YaleCourses/playlists

Short clips organized by topic. (clowny approach)
https://www.youtube.com/user/OUlearn

In-depth documentaries (full transcripts available)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/topics/

In-depths investigative reports (full transcripts available)
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/episodes/

Debate sites (Closed captions available)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBdfcR-8hEY
https://www.youtube.com/user/IntelligenceSquared

Short clips on a variety of topics (closed captions in several languages available)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog

Animated interviews with 20th century personalities.
https://www.youtube.com/user/blankonblank

Long articles on a variety of issues available as downloadable audio files
https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/the-long-read

Podcast dealing with different aspects of global development (full transcripts available)
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/series/global-development-podcast

Opinions, views, angles, takes, outlooks, pennies for thoughts...

https://www.debate.org/opinions/should-the-government-end-welfare-in-the-us

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7M3NgURs54

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkWvx1QQ76c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sD5DMopx6E

Challenge of the week: time to sound like a film star...put on their accents, imitate their mannerisms, be them!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjwWY-goyZQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-gwnsxBFO0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSfnlBkUr8A

The C1 speaking tests for groups A and B will be held on June 3.

Vocab mushrooming!

collocations
http://oxforddictionary.so8848.com/search1?word=service

specific vocab
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/elections/absentee-ballot
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/committing_crime
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/diet

Loads of sample letters and templates.
http://www.writeexpress.com/complaint.htm
http://www.writeexpress.com

A2 oral tasks

Oral exam tasks.

https://es.scribd.com/doc/262144293/oral-interaction
https://es.scribd.com/doc/262143748/oral-production
https://es.scribd.com/doc/255220247/2mar12oral-Production
https://es.scribd.com/doc/255220074/2mar12oral-Interaction

Free sample tests!
http://exams.richmondelt.com/index.php?practice_tests_pet_en
http://olpt.s3.amazonaws.com/online-practice-pet/index.html
http://eslcommunity.org/cambridge/pet-tests/pet-for-schools-practice-test/
https://sites.google.com/site/programabeda/home/alumnos/pet/pet-materials
https://clilcolonna.wikispaces.com/PET+Listening+Practice

Inspiring life stories coming from completely diferent angles
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05300dh
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0524f4k
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b039b7rj

France, religious fundamentalism, secularism and arab jazz...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b051cpx8

Ground-breaking photos
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b052gskq

Moving to Venice
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04xrslb

Immigration in Europe
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05304sh

An uneasy feeling
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04vd60g#auto

C1 videos organised by topic

7C. Humour.

Stand-up masters' views on comedy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKY6BGcx37k
(subtitled in Spanish)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fke5w8gmLhc

Mock the Week

(subtitled in Spanish)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VODW3QMrgyQ

Russell Peters
(subtitled in ENGLISH!!!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlRmUzEatFw

Louis C K
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGI7n0eYeak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2awBCDEajI
(subtitled in Spanish)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1jV076MlYQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_ltFxgJOHI


Gervais
full show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7wIDFzkJXU
(subtitled in Spanish)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTF8JWu1RAQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uu12ppRbp0

George Carlin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v2SWE15zms

(Subtitled in Spanish)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZdFPM4fSbk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvFvd1R_TB4

Chris Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfi4_IsebyA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igQDvYOt_iA
(Subtitled in Spanish)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B97w0QrDmZY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGmKmN8e8JI

C1 videos organised by topic

7A
Indian recipes.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AUQvYn6wRn8&feature=youtube


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GITftnBiIBg&feature=youtu.be

7B sport on trial
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2013/04/22/3740178.htm

C1 videos organized by topic

6C The Promised Land???

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2011/10/20/3344543.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2014/04/28/3991401.htm

6C The promised land

Somalia via the UK: Nuruddin Farah and Nadifa Mohamed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rv5VBF54mI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-XInmu-Ebs

Some refreshingly inspiring lives, quite a few movingly sad facts. Quite a few spicy hot dialects, some accents from clear-as-a-blue-sky-shire.

https://vimeo.com/24927115
https://vimeo.com/39656751
https://vimeo.com/25040923

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/audioslideshow/2013/dec/30/photographer-ed-alcock-hobbledehoy-audio-slideshow
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/audioslideshow/2014/jul/25/scotland-stories-scottish-independence-audio-slideshow
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audioslideshow/2014/oct/13/millers-point-eviction-sydney-australia-slideshow
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/audioslideshow/2014/may/28/scotland-stories-phil-robertson-building-viking-longship
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/audioslideshow/2014/aug/27/scotland-stories

C1 videos organized by topic

6A. The bucket list (or things to do before you die):

Whalewatching
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxDwGNzvKc0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeEgkV0K5nQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc-08HV8lko

Coming face to face with a gorilla in its natural habitat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQPoSRnDVnA

Swimming with dolphins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMTYNx7DXWg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yum7Ak5EZ9o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AzkOBL7fZE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozDmaSMe3GI

And as promised, the seven wonders of the world...

Machu Pichu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYekpbJ9ll8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHlFYkAkabI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=714HKJaCGSI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTDxpDJn6tY

Mount Fiji
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo4rbgwcfjY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhVyFfqRijk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWcCYQmyPnI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFG_GNIvRls

Here's a platinum vocab list taken from the transcript of ABC Four Corners: Being me
https://es.scribd.com/doc/256033901/Being-Me-Vocab

Looking forward to hearing your impressions and activating all those fantastic expressions the transcript is packed with.

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2014/11/17/4127631.htm

Listen to this brilliantly fresh slice of London (minutes 1:00  to 7:20) and make a list of questions you'd ask the author and another list of dodgy questions for your classmates.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/audio/2013/jul/26/zadie-smith-nw-london-podcast

A2 speaking test tasks

http://es.scribd.com/doc/255220247/2mar12oral-Production
http://es.scribd.com/doc/255220074/2mar12oral-Interaction

Videos for C1 organized by topic

5a. Nanny state (minute 18:30 onwards)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f5DpjeCxjk

The missive in English...

Dear Manuel,

Having not heard whether the vendors were in agreeance regarding the sale at 12:30 on the 17^th of this month, I contacted Javier who sent me the below emails and texts. I must admit to being at a loss as to why it has taken so long to be able to arrange this, and I still do not have a clear confirmation. Of course, I will not be ordering the transfer of the funds from Australia until the attendance of the vendors has been assured. Consequently, there will now be further unavoidable delays.

I have informed Javier on numerous occasions that I need sufficient prior notice to make the transfer and I am now not confident that I can pledge that I will have the funds in time for the 17^th. As I write there is only one bank trading day left before this week is over in Australia and with the next two days being the weekend, the chances of the transfer clearing to Spain and me being able to organize a bank cheque by Tuesday to bring on Wednesday are now as good as zero, even if I was to have a confirmation today, and there were to be no complications with the transfer.

As I do not know how long the process to complete the sale will take, I cannot guess if there is a possibility of completing the sale (and associated payments of taxes, connecting the water etc.) with sufficient time prior to my leaving for London (as I detailed previously) - without there being issues hanging over until my return in January. I would be pleased to know if you can say that these things can be done. If not, I believe we will need to put off the sale until January.

On another note, I have to say that I have become increasingly exasperated with Javier’s communications (when they exist) and was wondering if you could advise me whether I could simply put myself in contact directly with Antonio ? I have only a verbal agreement with Javier that he is acting as in intermediary between myself and Antonio on Antonio’s behalf. On this point I also hope that I can ask your advice; have you dealt with Antonio before and know him to be a reputable lawyer? I ask this as his written Spanish in his communication with Javier is strange, and hardly confidence inspiring.

On a final point, I would also like to ask, is it usual that the purchaser of a property pays the abogado of the vendors? This is what Javier is asking me to do (2% of the total purchase price). I would have thought that the vendors would pay Antonio for his services, would that be correct? As I have not signed anything to such an end, I am wondering if I am obliged to pay it?

I very much look forward to hearing from you soon, and that you may include your charges, and a copy of the escritura (which is now extremely urgent) so that I may have good time to check these prior to needing to make the transfer from Australia.

Kind regards

Let us have a go at translating a few paragraphs!

Dear Manuel,

Having not heard whether the vendors were in agreeance regarding the sale at 12:30 on the 17^th of this month, I contacted Javier who sent me the below emails and texts. I must admit to being at a loss as to why it has taken so long to be able to arrange this, and I still do not have a clear confirmation. Of course, I will not be ordering the transfer of the funds from Australia until the attendance of the vendors has been assured. Consequently, there will now be further unavoidable delays.

I have informed Javier on numerous occasions that I need sufficient prior notice to make the transfer and I am now not confident that I can pledge that I will have the funds in time for the 17^th. As I write there is only one bank trading day left before this week is over in Australia and with the next two days being the weekend, the chances of the transfer clearing to Spain and me being able to organize a bank cheque by Tuesday to bring on Wednesday are now as good as zero, even if I was to have a confirmation today, and there were to be no complications with the transfer.

As I do not know how long the process to complete the sale will take, I cannot guess if there is a possibility of completing the sale (and associated payments of taxes, connecting the water etc.) with sufficient time prior to my leaving for London (as I detailed previously) - without there being issues hanging over until my return in January. I would be pleased to know if you can say that these things can be done. If not, I believe we will need to put off the sale until January.

Por otra parte, he de decir que los mensajes de Javier, cuando se digna a mandármelos, han colmado mi paciencia últimamente, por lo que me preguntaba si, a su juicio, sería aconsejable que en adelante me dirigiera directamente a Antonio.  Entre nosotros solo media un acuerdo verbal por virtud del cual Javier actúa como intermediario entre Antonio y yo. En cuanto a Antonio, le ruego que me permita pedirle su opinión acerca de la calidad de sus servicios ya que Javier me mando uno de los correos electrónicos que Antonio le había remitido y el cual le adjunto. Al final de dicha comunicación, su uso del español es cuanto menos agramatical e improcedente y no se si me equivoco al juzgar que no es propio viniendo de un abogado.

Por ultimo quería preguntarle si es común que el comprador de una vivienda pague al abogado de los vendedores. Esto es lo que Javier parece estar pidiéndome que haga (dos por ciento del precio de la venta). Yo daba por hecho que los vendedores serían los que pagaran los honorarios de su abogado. Puesto que no he firmado ningún documento a tal efecto me preguntaba si estoy de alguna forma obligado a pagar dicho porcentaje.

Aprovecho para desearle lo mejor y rogarle que me haga llegar cuanto antes un documento en el que especifique la cuantía de sus honorarios y una copia de las escrituras de forma que tenga tiempo para revisarlas antes de hacer efectiva la trasferencia desde Australia.

Atentamente,

Videos for C1 organized by topic

4b self-help???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BpUFpncXFM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EaIkSNAsWU


4c phone addiction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_KqCLfrdyc
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2010/s3054156.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/special_eds/20101101/telco/

A few channels,  dozens of speeches, hundreds of learning opportunities.

1.
https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyzi9GNZFMU (virtually verbatim subtitles!)

2. 

https://www.youtube.com/user/bigthink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbnFJVgBcw0 (whimsically untrustworthy subtitles)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8SOQEitsJI (low reliability)

3.

https://www.youtube.com/user/TEDxTalks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2vN2QXZGnc (reasonably trustworthy subtitles)

4.
https://www.youtube.com/user/TEDEducation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esPRsT-lmw8 (reasonably reliable)

This website's almost too good to be true. It's packed full of sound investigative reporting. This is as serious you can get by today's TV journalism standards...You'll be able to find documentaries on almost every topic imaginable on this site. And to top it all up, all transcripts are available too!!! I just can't believe this is free!!!

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/episodes

For those wanting to have a more in-depth insight into the (CEFR) Common European Framework of Reference  for Languages (CEFR).
http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/linguistic/Source/Framework_EN.pdf

Another good webpage to help you learn independently.
http://portal.ced.junta-andalucia.es/educacion/webportal/web/educacion-permanente/recursos/recursos-didacticos

Independent learning time!

Brilliant mind maps and reading and listening activities
http://www.engames.eu/dates-story-teenagers/
http://www.engames.eu/dates-chapter-2/

Jazz chants
http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/listening/jazz-chants/mp3-files-and-recording-scripts/
http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/listening/jazz-chants/mp3-files-and-recording-scripts/recording-script-14-i-twisted-my-ankle/149694.article
http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/listening/jazz-chants/mp3-files-and-recording-scripts/jazz-chants-14-i-twisted-my-ankle/149693.article

Videos (reviews and articles) for C1 organized by topic

3b book reviews, interviews and lectures 

Black Mamba Boy by Nadifa Mohamed 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8E7HLUaRF4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rv5VBF54mI
Drive by James Sallis
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/oct/21/james-sallis-crime-salt-river
High Fidelity  Nick Hornby
http://www.theguardian.com/books/1995/mar/28/fiction.reviews
The Human Stain by Philip Roth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbqL2G_iQ-c&list=PL9156A37193921175&index=19


3b film reviews

Drive
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marshall-fine/movie-review-idrivei_b_959652.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxYjFNh_aIA
High Hidelity
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/jul/21/nickhornby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60woEQroy0g
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/jul/21/comment
The Human Stain
http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9505E4D81430F932A05753C1A9659C8B63
The Inside Job
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMQ804MKkWI

3c money
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS0hj4kiqsA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMQ804MKkWI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fbvquHSPJU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niNYQtU8GkY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEiCN57XhiI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvAf2gOvaiY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsrtB5lp60s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T69NDIcHOl8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7m9wfFnH6o

Brilliant webpage!

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/word-games/verb-machine
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/elementary-podcasts
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/talk-about
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/stories-poems

Learn by doing tips
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/how/how-order-round-pub
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/how-to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjfM4Wrj9UI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shim_Sham

Independing learning tools: websites...
Well, here's a good one.

http://www.manythings.org/ac/
http://www.manythings.org/lar/
http://www.manythings.org/wikipedia/22008.html
http://www.manythings.org/wikipedia/22006.html
http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/games/w/words.php?f=adjectives_for_people_1
http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/games/e/words.php?f=family_members
http://www.manythings.org/voa/stories/The_Tell-Tale_Heart_-_By_Edgar_Allan_Poe.html
http://www.manythings.org/voa/stories/The_Law_of_Life_-_By_Jack_London.html
http://www.manythings.org/fq/1/spelling.php?u=1
http://www.manythings.org/rs/sviodo.html

Paraphrase it, rephrase it, say it in your own words, break it down your own way, put it across as plain and simple as you can... or , maybe, twist it beyond recognition, embellish it, adorn it...whatever y'all do, though , u betta make sho' y'all keep ya rap flowing and ya tools sharp!

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/619/1/
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/28/12/33/answer
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/6/9/24/
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/6/9/24/answer

Videos for C1 organized by topic

1a work, personal motivation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM9Btf-Ioos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL3CFtW8WE0

1b personality, family

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzS_k2_fdpk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36m1o-tM05g

1c language
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WLHr1_EVtQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0yGdNEWdn0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah6WEo2y7do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdUbIlwHRkY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kvs8SxN8mc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_q9b9YqGRY

2a stories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GTz_Jm9ZTY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VgmsUxVNUE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWwDeqorbH0


2b multitasking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PriSFBu5CLs

As serious as you can get by today's TV journalism standards...transcripts available too!!!!!

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/episodes/

money (3c)

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2014/05/05/3995954.htm

family, religion (1b)

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2012/03/29/3466537.htm

immigration (6c)
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2011/10/20/3344543.htm

politics, environmental activism
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2013/04/01/3725150.htm

These debates are a good way of getting familiar with sophisticated ways of interacting, negociating, expressing opinions, accepting others' views, rejecting others' arguments and so on. The topics they deal with are US foreign policy, technology, climate change or religion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3G4LA-QwR4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx0CXmagQu0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyIQrS0Wqr0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmTLdSfHh_U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8qPtLmfwZ4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AntDHcgDEks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDD6XZ55TAI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOU306AvvHE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trSaVLbfspg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMraxhd9Z9Q

Free uni lessons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..On lots of different subjects!!!!!

Philosophy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVQKbQVc2_w

History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC8JcWVRFp8

Economics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yycGEFCNYE

Literature
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgyZ4ia25gg

Chemistry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSYEApgJkh0&list=PL3F629F73640F831D

Architecture and civil engineering
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm-1Vc3JlWs

Physics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK-BxowMIfg&list=PL5694B25F659D95B0

TED speakers on language acquisition...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0yGdNEWdn0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WLHr1_EVtQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a6vVIdQBd0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNmf-G81Irs

and CUSP speakers on business and enterpreneurship

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaZPBonUKBY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOpaIeKRo_w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp4Z5uusd_I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVvGJKzxzEE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwxmdyC4F3U

 Confrontational film club???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qxpBxVVKNE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCmrOzhoUcs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3QrNpxTzm0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY0diaHlC2w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sFwzpUGTpg

I can think of a particular student who will enjoy this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V21JiiP-CvI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUcwytnlDsM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CwS60ykM8s

CAE practice tests.

Listening
http://www.examenglish.com/CAE/cae_listening.html

Speaking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVRC3psIPU8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yde9HKd01k

 All skills
https://www.sprachzertifikate.info/pruefungsvorbereitung/pruefungsvorbereitung-cae.html

http://www.teachya.com/exams/cae/

http://www.englishspeaker.com/index%20-%20CAE.html

http://www.englishspeaker.com/index%20-%20CAE.html#anchor

http://hibernia-institute.cz/on_line_testy/cae/index.htm

http://www.english-online.org.uk/caefolder/caehome.php?name=Practice%20for%20the%20Cambridge%20Advanced%20English

http://www.ihbristol.com/free-english-exercises/esol

http://www.slideshare.net/larodry/cae-practice-tests-plus-2-22380462

http://www.slideshare.net/RaquelCanales/cambridge-cae-29770114

http://www.slideshare.net/larodry/cambridge-complete-cae

http://englishaula.com/en/cambridge-advanced-certificate-cae-use-of-english.php

https://www.teachers.cambridgeesol.org/ts/exams/academicandprofessional/cae

http://www.caeexam.com/Download.html

http://intranet.exeter.ac.uk/insess/CAEpractice.html

http://es.scribd.com/doc/37723398/CAE-Practice-Tests-Plus-2

http://todayschool.es/blog/advanced-cae-online-tests/

Here's a few interesting lonks to help you write a jaw-dropping 'for and against' essay...

http://www.eoilangreo.net/ana/ni2/writing/for_and_against.pdf
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing-skills-practice/and-against-essay
http://es.scribd.com/doc/60719740/Topics-for-For-Against-Essays
http://es.scribd.com/doc/12347970/For-and-Against-Topics-Alexander

Great video channel!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L-zHNdy288&list=PLA5UIoabheFM281dIr4ojw9xOVoo9dOtw

Listening tests

http://englishaula.com/en/pet-exam-listening-cambridge-preliminary-english-test-video-lessons-practice-tests-exercises.php

Letters of complaint

http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/eiw/complaint_letter_constructor.htm

http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Complaint-Letter-to-a-Company
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/letters-of-complaint
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/media/words/assets/faulty-product.pdf
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/media/words/assets/unsatisfactory-workmanship.pdf
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/media/words/assets/disappointing-holiday.pdf
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/media/words/assets/leaking-radiator.pdf

Two interesting bits on sloppiness in science taken from The Economist's podcast and online version repectively.
https://soundcloud.com/theeconomist/is-science-wrong
http://www.economist.com/node/2724226

Some useful tips

http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Short-Story

That's right. Time to write! Watch minutes 1.50  to 6.05. Finish the story of The Man in The Hole.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUhGvAY9fM4

You can read the first few pages here. Just click on the book cover.
http://www.amazon.com/Man-Dark-Novel-Paul-Auster/dp/0312428510

if you're interested in music and languages...well...let your mouth start to water

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IxJbc_aMTg

Vocab-crazed language freaks might fancy some of these

http://www.vocabulary.com/
http://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/tour-guide-vocabulary.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/police-vocabulary.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/business-english/vocabulary.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/business-english/negotiations-vocabulary.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/business-english/meetings-vocabulary.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/speaking/telephone_terms.htm
http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/crime-vocabulary
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/vocabulary-lesson-environment.php#.UwN1Y87oBOM
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/vocabulary-lesson-mass-media.php#.UwN1lc7oBOM
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/vocabulary-lesson-economics.php#.UwN1ws7oBOM
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/vocabulary-lesson-economics.php#.UwN1ws7oBOM
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/vocabulary-lesson-information-technology.php#.UwN2XM7oBOM
http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/media-vocabulary/
http://www.world-english.org/media_vocabulary.htm
http://www.roadtogrammar.com/movies/

Crazy about vocab!

http://www.languageguide.org/english/
http://www.mansioningles.com/Vocabulario.htm

 Have you ever tried setting google on book search. Keep looking and you may stumble onto some very interesting stuff you won't have to pay for...
 
http://books.google.es/books?id=VgVMkT2T5ggC&printsec=frontcover&dq=speak+english+fluently&hl=es&sa=X&ei=AxwCU46hOOn40gXHw4HoBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=speak%20english%20fluently&f=false

http://books.google.es/books?id=mjdxKEvI_pkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=write+in+english&hl=es&sa=X&ei=fRwCU_i1MuOn0QX7vIC4Dw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=write%20in%20english&f=false

http://books.google.es/books?id=g5PeZC0JwFYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=sample+writing&hl=es&sa=X&ei=cBoCU8DnI6iT0QWdvIDACQ&ved=0CFQQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=sample%20writing&f=false

http://books.google.es/books?id=xeTd0I-XPYIC&pg=PA12&dq=sample+writing&hl=es&sa=X&ei=cBoCU8DnI6iT0QWdvIDACQ&ved=0CFwQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=sample%20writing&f=false

Video news

http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/feb/12/australia-toyota-closure-politics-video
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/nov/26/nsa-gchq-surveillance-made-simple-video-animation
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2013/aug/13/freed-matrix-3d-replay-technology-video
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2013/dec/16/tablet-google-apple-microsoft-2013-video-review
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/feb/14/fifth-snowstorm-blankets-new-york-2014-video
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jan/24/act-of-killing-oscar-nomination-indonesian-government

Brilliant  film show
http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2013/dec/27/top-3-films-2013-video
http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2014/feb/14/her-cuban-fury-monuments-men-video-review
http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2014/jan/31/out-of-furnace-armstrong-lie-lone-survivor-video-review
http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2014/jan/24/inside-llewyn-davies-teenage-august-osage-county-video-review

Exam samples galore!


http://portal.ced.junta-andalucia.es/educacion/webportal/web/educacion-permanente/prueba-unificada-de-certificacion


http://www.educa2.madrid.org/web/eoi/pruebascertificacion;jsessionid=290AE6BF136B495D21D18F49F99313FC?p_p_id=advanced_content_menu_WAR_cms_tools_INSTANCE_y6qT&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-2&p_p_col_count=1&_advanced_content_menu_WAR_cms_tools_INSTANCE_y6qT_struts_action=%2Fadvanced_content_menu%2Fview&_advanced_content_menu_WAR_cms_tools_INSTANCE_y6qT_selectedTab=1285145707058

http://www.eoieuskadi.net/es/pcertificacion.php?pag=modelos

http://www.eoi-bilbo.net/es/departamento.php?Departamento=Ingl%C3%A9s&Id_Departamento=3&Id_Seccion=76

http://www.educaragon.org/arboles/arbol.asp?sepRuta=Sistema+Educativo%2F%3Ca+href%3D%27%2Feducacion%5Fno%5Funi%2Easp%27%3EEnse%F1anza+no+Universitaria%3C%2Fa%3E%2F&guiaeducativa=&strSeccion=PPI02&titpadre=R%E9gimen+especial&arrpadres=$Ense%F1anzas+de+Idiomas&arrides=$113&arridesvin=$&lngArbol=1786&lngArbolvinculado

 http://www.educarm.es/admin/webForm.php?aplicacion=ARTISTICAS_IDIOMAS&mode=visualizaAplicacionWeb&web=92&ar=637&zona=PROFESORES&menuSeleccionado=418

http://eoitudela.educacion.navarra.es/eoi/examenes/pruebas-certificativas.html

http://www.educastur.es/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2708&Itemid=54

 See what you make out of this...
http://careers.theguardian.com/careers-blog/the-good-the-bad-and-the-covering-letter
http://careers.theguardian.com/sectors-industry-roles

Letters, letters, letters...
http://www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com/Public/PublicResources.html?direction=b-es-en&sp=S/oldo/resources/es/correspondence_public.html

A ton of well-structured English video lessons. Excellent to review your grammar, practice your listening skills and learning new vocab.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq3dBkm3aa8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXk4tQH9AWQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5hELJQJ7lo

Free script craze!!!
http://www.script-o-rama.com/table.shtml

How to write a film review...

http://www.apsu.edu/sites/apsu.edu/files/academic-support-center/Movie_Review.pdf

Excellent  interviews/reviews packed with descriptive vocab and brilliant chunks of language.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_dH0w90lyc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKea_49v3I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R0WdUhVB84
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYG_BJNhT6U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaK0YBA8Lss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQkuMe2-X3Y


Two podcasts for those hankering after more thorough reviews:

The Economist
https://soundcloud.com/theeconomist/new-fiction-peter-careys-the?in=theeconomist/sets/the-economist-culture
https://soundcloud.com/theeconomist/new-american-fiction-tainted?in=theeconomist/sets/the-economist-culture
https://soundcloud.com/theeconomist/picassos-pivotal-year?in=theeconomist/sets/the-economist-culture
The New Yorker
https://soundcloud.com/newyorker/the-new-yorker-out-loud-131007-pierpont
https://soundcloud.com/newyorker/the-new-yorker-out-loud-1

The guardian books podcast (fiction and non-fiction reviews and loads more)

http://www.theguardian.com/books/series/books

film reviews 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3u6LVHlGTk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHxdPHMsIdk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0xgdzDO25k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yaw7m5Of3Cc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43gAIBzXzsw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoZpCmcnM_s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jonkduDdc5k

book reviews
http://bookriot.com/podcast/


music reviews

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcjy0dr42gc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aspbCJ68zqY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7UfcEtU8AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PECeceTOCU8

This guy can teach! Great stuff on phrasal verbs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsE4UmmkVtU&list=UUwA7Aepp7nRUJNa8roQ-6Bw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_YAUaSqV8o&list=UUwA7Aepp7nRUJNa8roQ-6Bw

Psychometric verbal reasoning tests...brilliant for your English and good training if you re looking for a job.

http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/tests/verbaltest.htm

They say nothing s for free these days...
http://www.youtube.com/user/duncaninchina
http://www.youtube.com/user/rachelsenglish
http://www.youtube.com/user/ENGLISHCLASS101
http://www.youtube.com/user/JamesESL
http://www.youtube.com/user/bbclearningenglish?feature=watch

 Body idiom vids!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0Ygbm2GuHk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWfHZkrA_Zg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taGtKw_Pv00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdJ21f4-zpw

Amy Winehouse's stuff dissected!!!If you can´t quite understand what your favourite artists are on about, this might prove useful.


http://rapgenius.com/Amy-winehouse-intro-stronger-than-me-lyrics

Three websites packed with listening comprehension excercises. Real English is also great if you want to practice your pronunciation or work on your fluency.

Mansión del inglés

http://www.mansioningles.com/listening00.htm

Real English

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_Kqug55Si0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JA1y2Q7ZEQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6wZ26a3oXw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ocKRq323sk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ9ffd8C1JU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL3CFtW8WE0

Randall's cyber listening lab

http://www.esl-lab.com/

Some audiobooks to read out loud.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P72AD8ktEq4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSZ3wtqBpTE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbE4NXHoTLI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwHs2mPoVfQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHpriA3E5vg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INO1XRZLYh8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9WYQmbmLeQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_6aaH2gtIg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGpfu-KpuLw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wExK37zBmX8

Here's the role reversal vid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b5Ld2j3VQY

Five great sites to explore and keep your independent learning on point!
http://film-english.com/
http://allatc.wordpress.com/
http://designerlessons.org/
http://lessonstream.org/
http://www.youtube.com/user/bbclearningenglish?feature=watch

More on essays...I'll rave endlessly about this webpage for months on end!
http://www.educator.com/language/english/application-essays/hendershot/writing-part-one_-the-beginning.php
http://www.educator.com/language/english/application-essays/hendershot/writing-part-two_-the-middle-+-end.php

I  JUST CAN'T BELIEVE ALL THIS STUFF IS FOR FREE!!!!!!
http://www.educator.com/language/english/ap-english-language-composition/hendershot/introduction.php?ss=731
http://www.educator.com/chemistry/biochemistry/hovasapian/
http://www.educator.com/computer-science/wordpress/strine/
http://www.educator.com/computer-science/html/strine/
http://www.educator.com/mathematics/basic-math/pyo/
http://www.educator.com/music-theory/garage-band/spinella/
http://www.educator.com/physics/high-school-physics/selhorst-jones/
http://www.educator.com/music-theory/ap-music-theory/shahab/

Opinion essays vs. for and against essays; juicy explanations, sweet exercises to practise your linkers and a  list of common mistakes whose awkwardly bitter flavours nobody will want to taste.To top it all with, a delectable vid on how to write essays that will add a refreshingly crunchy new twist to your argumentative meals. Bon appetit!

http://academicwriting.wikidot.com/opinion-essays
http://academicwriting.wikidot.com/exercises
http://academicwriting.wikidot.com/for-and-against-essays
http://academicwriting.wikidot.com/practical-exercises-on-the-use-of-linking-words-and-phrases
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liyFKUFCQno
http://academicwriting.wikidot.com/common-essay-mistakes

More GRANTA stuff.

vids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65mtLCbODCk&list=UU-QBOHsJwH6kjI6QcrGvv3w&index=1

podcasts
https://soundcloud.com/ted-hodgkinson-granta

A New generation of young British writers. You now speak their language. Are you going to miss what they have to offer?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8E7HLUaRF4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49e7JomuB2I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPmyJWOYLms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65mtLCbODCk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM1WwfARBPU

Useful language for discussions and debates.

http://www.englishclub.com/speaking/agreeing-disagreeing-expressions.htm

Short BBC clips of a variety of topics.

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20121012-the-city-of-the-future
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130402-a-self-employed-world
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130312-liquid-heart-of-south-america
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130205-sahara-life-giving-sands
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130402-typewriter-is-ipod-of-its-day
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130328-news-2050-hypersonic-take-off

wicked vocab resource!
http://www.wordnik.com/

 Sample letters of complaint and some tips on how to go about writing them!


http://oxforddictionaries.com/words/letters-of-complaint
http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/eiw/complaint_letter_constructor.htm#Warning
http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/pdf/odo/practical%20writing/disappointing%20holiday.pdf
http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/pdf/odo/practical%20writing/leaking%20radiator.pdf
http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/pdf/odo/practical%20writing/faulty%20product.pdf
http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/pdf/odo/practical%20writing/unsatisfactory%20workmanship.pdf

 CITY GUIDES!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/amsterdam-city-guide
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/barcelona-city-guide
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/istanbul-city-guide
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/tokyo-city-guide

 Fill-the-blanks listening practice. The internet is awash with listening tests. Have a look round!

 http://www.examenglish.com/CAE/cae_listening2.htm
http://www.examenglish.com/CAE/listening.php
http://www.examenglish.com/CAE/cae_listening4.htm
http://www.examenglish.com/CAE/cae_listening3.htm
http://www.examenglish.com/CAE/cae_listening1.htm
http://www.esl-lab.com/expense/expensefra.htm
http://www.esl-lab.com/trouble/troublefra.htm
http://www.esl-lab.com/drive/drivefra.htm
http://www.esl-lab.com/home/homefra.htm
http://www.esl-lab.com/cm1/cm1wd.htm
http://www.esl-lab.com/market/marketfra.htm
http://www.esl-lab.com/taxi1/taxifra.htm

This is a fun series for beginners! Check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAi1JlMIQVM

Where can i find sky-is-the-limit vocab ?
http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector

What are you into?

Is it cooking, kitting, playing guitar, yoga, boulder climbing, origami, leaning chinese, fiction writing...?
WHAT IS IT?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFvOwf9IByc&list=PL688B13824DC61470&index=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6DvkrxjI6o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml-rxMwcaf0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_EkJ5nNCkA&playnext=1&list=PL25F7965C70285333&feature=results_main
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_l7QHxSwms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf5Esemp2f4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyQ1wEBx1V0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-hEdVboS6o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSijU52XJ7w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uw-nUvGrBY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7Ehn3tnqpk

Inspiring ideas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6EOGDnUgS4

Exemplify!!!

I had already hinted that this webpage is MUST when it comes to illustrating the use of a given set phrase or chunk of language.
http://www.linguee.com/english-spanish/search?source=auto&query=+unacquainted+with
http://www.linguee.com/english-spanish/search?source=auto&query=vent+my+frustration
http://www.linguee.com/english-spanish/search?source=auto&query=+concede+that

 Some great discussion and debate links you can fantastic tips from...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtLd6AKiTfs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM7ypUb62Hc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyhozMqvq1ghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrcJOitz-d4

Interesting show on immigration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HshRtCDsF7g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc_Gc4bfnEg

miscellaneous samples of journalistic English

Articles, reviews, human interest stories and video interviews (if you're interested in photography make sure you check out the last link. you might get a few useful tips!)

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/movies/2013/01/the-season-two-premiere-of-girls-lena-vs-hannah.html

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/movies/2013/02/dvd-of-the-week-the-elephant-man.html

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/egypt/#slide_ss_0=1

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2012/12/jeffrey-toobin-second-amendment.html

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/everybody-street/

communal writing

The woman yawned. A long lazy noise came right out of her and was gone. It was an unearthly sound. She felt extremely tired after a bad night's sleep. Nightmares had plagued her since her early childhood but their vividness had increased of late. They had  become virtually indistinguishable from reality.

Nadia tentatively felt the other side of her bed with the back of her hand in vain. Her husband was gone.

communal writing

he remembered having once reflected upon the possibility of humans living like humans. there might have been a chance. some tribes had once truly believed in a pre-existing being, incomparable to anything real. this sole idea had made it possible to act humanely. they had feared the consequences of their injustices even if they were all essentially forgetful beings. some had lived hoping for an afterlife. a few believed their lives were gifts and followed a path set by their tenacious wills to be decent people.

an originator of duality and contradiction, possibility and opposition? modern notions of history and science didn t seem to allow for such an entity.

the fleeting idea of a being setting everything in motion or even surveying the unfolding of events in the universe was made more approachable by the existence of messengers; some were charlatans, others were unveilers.

our boy, though, was of a third kind. No categories really applied to him.

To err is human...lyrics is plural!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyrics
http://www.wordreference.com/definition/lyrics

Some miscellaneous comments and reviews taken from the amazon, youtube and vimeo.
http://www.amazon.com/Stronger-Than-Me-Amy-Winehouse/dp/B0000DD9AV
http://www.amazon.com/Big-Macy-Gray/dp/B000N8UYBO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CYE0DYIbaw

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limit_to_Your_Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwTU9CY0gLE
http://vimeo.com/15624524