Week 2 C1.2

. Hey! Thanks a lot for your comments! Keep up the good work.

Textbook.
6.5 lookback page 78
7.1 Happy Ending? pages 80 and 81

Blog.

Work on an excerpt (20:20- 23:35) from an interview with economist Jeffrey Sachs. I’m posting the transcript to this section in the comments.

1. Listen to the excerpt while you read the transcript. Do it again and try listening and repeating simultaneously this time. Pretend you are Jeffrey Sachs.
2. Select C1 combos and jot them down.
3. Play the first question Mehdi Hasan asks and listen to Jeffrey Sachs answer. Stop the recording and improvise an answer using the lexical gold you dug.
4. Do the same with the rest of the questions.
5. Repeat 3 and 4 without resorting to the transcript.
https://theintercept.com/2020/03/12/capitalism-vs-the-coronavirus/

Work on an excerpt (7:22- 11:56) from an interview with economist congresswoman Alexandria Ocasión-Cortez and  professor Stephanie Keaton I’m posting the transcript to this section in the comments.

https://theintercept.com/2020/03/20/deconstructed-podcast-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-coronavirus-economy/

Same deal

Stay put!

Week 1. A2

Hi, everyone.

Here’s what I suggest you may do this week.

New English File.
6C: pages 88 and 89
5&6 revise and check: pages 90 and 91 

Listen and repeat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXCLMdUEW9c

Week 1 C1.2

Hi, there.

As you all know regular classes were suspended last weekend. I hope everyone is doing fine and feeling up to keeping their English on point, though. Here's what I propose for this week:

Textbook:

Continue working on unit 6

6.3 Pages 74 and 75 

6.4 page 76

Blog:

Watch this clip. Make a list of 20 adjectives and 20 lexical collocations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8sY29iN0-c

Watch this ted talk twice. Take notes. Sum up the talk orally.

https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story/transcript?language=en#t-38509

CAE listening comprehension sample tests galore

https://engexam.info/tag/cae-listening-test/

Some beginner videos that are definitely going to help you with your writing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTMV8JRCg44
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIY6DK8IWjI

Cool BBC Learning English Channel focusing on English at work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN2jyw6D1ak&list=PLcetZ6gSk969oGvAI0e4_PgVnlGbm64bp&index=2

Autonomous Learning Resources

Miscellany

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

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

It may sound dreadfully pretentious but the purpose of this channel is to provide useful lessons for life. (CC's are pretty much verbatim) 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog

Short, mostly animated clips with full transcripts and subtitles in quite a few languages.
https://ed.ted.com/lessons?content_type=animations&direction=desc&sort=publish-date&user_by_click=student

15-minute talks on a variety of subject matters including technology, education, design, business, science and global issues. (full transcripts and subtitles in several languages)

https://www.ted.com/talks

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

Talks, seminars and interviews about all sorts of stuff. If you're a culture vulture, there's probably something for you here.

https://www.youtube.com/@92NY/playlists

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

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


Podcasts

All in the mind

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/episodes

The Inquiry
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p029399x/episodes/downloads
Why do we do the things we do?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00xtky9/episodes/downloads
People fixing the world
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04grdbc/episodes/downloads
A closer look at some of the stuff in the news
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p029399x/episodes/downloads
The story behind the headlines
https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/todayinfocus
Longer n deeper
https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/the-audio-long-read

Music

https://www.youtube.com/@fantano

https://www.youtube.com/@SoundFieldPBS

https://www.youtube.com/@Polyphonic

https://www.youtube.com/@NahreSol

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008mj7p/episodes/downloads

Cinema

https://www.youtube.com/@YMS

https://www.youtube.com/@LessonsfromtheScreenplay

https://www.criterion.com/current/category/2-essays

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjFqcJQXGZ6T6sxyFB-5i6A

https://www.youtube.com/@TheCinemaCartography

https://www.youtube.com/@OutstandingScreenplays

Books & Authors

https://www.youtube.com/@VideoSparkNotes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldkLFvaHHNA&list=PL7qClh5XAo-1wmRMALZ5VW1l354uWrl24

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe64p-QzhNE&list=PLkn2TP7UpiKydwu3SvaVh9PIDg2787-0_

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAzKGkTIKpg&list=PLwxNMb28Xmpfv2COuuJaKzy6E2n8nSMdi

Philosophy
https://www.youtube.com/@OverthinkPodcastPhilosophy

https://www.youtube.com/@ContraPoints
https://www.youtube.com/@carefreewandering

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/episodes

Just a reminder of where to find C1 sample tests:


http://portals.ced.junta-andalucia.es/educacion/portals/web/educacion-permanente/pruebas-certificacion/modelos


https://www.educastur.es/estudiantes/idiomas/pruebas-certificacion/modelos/-/document_library_display/gDaKh5XUDjQn/view/2566533;jsessionid=3A175FC654385900C8D572C732A72BE0?_110_INSTANCE_gDaKh5XUDjQn_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.educastur.es%2Festudiantes%2Fidiomas%2Fpruebas-certificacion%2Fmodelos%3Bjsessionid%3D3A175FC654385900C8D572C732A72BE0%3Fp_p_id%3D110_INSTANCE_gDaKh5XUDjQn%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-1%26p_p_col_count%3D1

https://www.educastur.es/documents/10531/2566533/IN_C1_EOI_ECONOMY+AND+INDUSTRY+%28+INTERACCION%29.pdf/589ec6a5-ed69-45bf-bf28-b00d1e62a984

https://sites.google.com/site/eoivillaverde/modelos-examen-otras-comunidades

1.Are we better off or worse off than we were in 2008?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiNqB-Yqpz8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQvig0KvUaE

2. Is the Italian debt likely end up jeopardizing the future of the EU? 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hYt9T218k2Q

3. Google knows what you're looking for. Facebook knows what you like. Sharing is the norm, and secrecy is out. Are we doomed to witness the end of privacy?

4. Data from the World Resources Institute (WRI)suggests that global population will increase by 34% by 2050 - an extra 2.3 billion people. To consider that the entire global population was 2.5 billion in 1950 gives an idea of the challenges which lie ahead.  Should international regulations be put in place?  Should sterilization be incentivized,  one-child policies implemented?

5. AI will lead to a technological singularity, a point when machine intelligence will overpower human intelligence. Some think this is the end of the world; others see more positive possibilities. While arguing that the virtually unregulated development of machine learning and AI pose a very serious risk to the survival of the human species, Nick Bostrom concedes that  superintelligence could also help us solve issues such as disease, poverty, and environmental destruction, and could help us to “enhance" ourselves. Does AI pose a real threat to human existence or should we be mostly  optimistic about it? 

6. What are the main drawbacks and upsides of virtual reality?

A1 speaking tasks

https://www.scribd.com/document/371646853/1NB-SPK-Dialogues
https://www.scribd.com/document/372043777/1NB-SPK-Monologues

How to write reports

Step-by-step video explanations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h53hZPKvHI4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KQTTHxFr6E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2zTjN7AQ24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2dyZx68K7k

far beyond masta scribbla status

Here's the kind of blog you needed. It´s packed full with specific information about C1 writing tests at EOI and  links to ESL webpages which provide juicy tips, exercises, real C1 feedback, sample tests- you name it... All of that to get you up to speed on the different writing formats you are expected to be familiar with. That new year's resolution whereby you'd be becoming a proficient English writer will now seem feasible rather than that ever retreating dream of old.


http://writingeoi.blogspot.com.es/p/c1.html


The following links are from the aforementioned blog:

https://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/writing/makeover/archive.htm

https://www.caeexamtips.com/blog/how-to-write-a-cae-proposal

https://www.caeexamtips.com/blog/2016/2/19/improving-a-cae-essay

We were discussing dictionaries in our last session. Here s a free dictionary of collocations:
http://www.ozdic.com/collocation-dictionary/road

And a couple of excellent monolingual dictionaries with rather juicy extra features:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/you-can-bet-your-life?fallbackFrom=british-grammar&q=Bottom+dollar

https://www.merriam-webster.com/news-trend-watch/franks-resigns-amid-surrogacy-scandal-20171208

Pronuncation and rhythm!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T91p6pTPpSY

Fantastic channel


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECHVk4LykZo&list=PL5bLw9Uguvv3Mjnzd0YGmu-lGRWRWv-cU&index=6

Exam practice tasks
https://www.scribd.com/document/339579053/2-Nb-Monologues
https://www.scribd.com/document/339579040/2-Nb-Dialogues

Extensive Reading

Time to listen to some stories!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMpTnLQizrg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEQZRZZOhjE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37RVQ2vvy9w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYa6OLQHrEc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrmZeXf7ScU

Fluency tips: rhythm 'n' clues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaJIb2y6MQA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jobiAHhNotA&spfreload=5

I know it's Friday but this channel got me massively overexcited and I just couldn't help myself. Prepare to dribble all over your keyboard. This is past mouth-watering!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3xxYsIMs6s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl5Jx0o5F_k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX6K-Z67vI4&spfreload=5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMoYxUMJG4c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuW7FHw0x_Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwPcS9vhO7E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBWKj9lezrc

Pronunciation tips coming from the antipodes this time round.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4NVPg2kHv4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T91p6pTPpSY

Brilliant debate site exploring the philosophical and moral underpinnings of justice. It may not sound like it's much fun but it is!
http://www.justiceharvard.org/watch/
http://www.justiceharvard.org/resources/

A2 moodle for extra practice!!!

http://permanente.ced.junta-andalucia.es/educacion/permanente/materiales/index.php?etapa=7&materia=122&unidad=1#space

 C1 tricks n tips to improve your pronunciation!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P-Bk-Sm9dY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu0FE31oAg0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEBqsi20SmI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUVGhF1fFig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWes7irLOzI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5b8HdxIhaE&spfreload=5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLeXB925yww

More free stuff! Arty clips on a variety of topics coming from a fresh angle
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog

A1 speaking test cues:
https://es.scribd.com/user/278571311/mudachickn

Tips on how to write blog posts, reviews and comments.

http://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2015/02/09/how-to-write-a-blog-post
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt7fwAhXDy3oNFTAzF2o8Pw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmXXz65auIo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDVSw54VU1A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyW01TOyEKI

A1 listening practice.

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/listening-elementary.php
http://www.wordheard.org/sort/
http://www.agendaweb.org/listening/comprehension-exercises.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgRd7BnBnBA&feature=channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfvC299DpbU

The pronunciation web I couldn't find in class today...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/

Here's an extra couple of golden vids coming from the realm of acting...

(minute 26 onwards)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QgRHOdeApA

(minute 52 onwards)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbIebgLyC0M

A1 oral exam

https://www.scribd.com/doc/291638376/monologos-y-dialogos-Diciembre

A most beautiful world of words...

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5ztestIB9QQ

https://m.youtube.com/watch?debug_prerolls=false&layout=mobile&sts=16758&tsp=1&utcoffset=60&v=yCXelmcjvH4

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rwUVW0-1mLg
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_QgRHOdeApA

rEviewS reViews Reviews

film
https://www.youtube.com/show/criticspicks
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/the-current-cinema

fiction&non-fiction
http://www.economist.com/topics/book-reviews
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/reviews/
http://www.newyorker.com/books

music
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums
http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews

exhibits
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/best-art-exhibitions-on-now/

In-depth articles on a variety of topics. Audio and text versions!

http://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2015/may/11/teaching

http://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2015/sep/28/podcast-audio-longread-why-isis-fight-audio

http://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2015/aug/21/john-horton-conway-mathematics

http://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2015/sep/21/china-xi-jinping

http://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2015/sep/11/podcast-guardian-long-read-the-selling-of-the-krays

http://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2015/oct/19/marxism

http://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2015/oct/30/pubs-housing

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