Crime Vocabulary

Here is a podcast from the BBC that will help you review crime vocabulary. Listen to it and do the different tasks.


Prison restaurant.mp3

Free audio books

Another way to improve your English is to listen to books while you are driving or doing sport. There are different websites where you can get audio books, but these two are quite good:

http://www.blogger.com/booksshouldbefree.com or http://www.audioowl.com/

They are free, you just have to download them to you ipod and you are ready to go!

We all know how tricky prepositions are in English... for example, do we say 'log in' or 'log on'? Here is a page from Kenneth Beare's wonderful website to help you with prepositions. There are quizzes and lots of useful stuff.

Animal rights in Switzerland

Banning bullfighting is all very well, but should animals be provided with lawyers? Believe it or not, the Swiss have just had a referendum to decide on this issue. Read this interesting article in BBC News.

Since 2008, the Swiss have had a very civilised set of laws to protect animal rights: anglers have to learn how to catch fish humanely, dog owners are required to take a course, etc. Check out the following page for more information on animal legislation in Switzerland - it's worth a look for those of us who are still in the Stone Age of animal rights - but, is it too much?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3818457.ece

Information about final exam

Here is a webpage where you'll find information about the different parts of the final exam together with practical examples and exercises that you can use to get more familiar with the exam:

http://webs2002.uab.es/suab244w/ex-intro.html

Listening Practice

Here are some webpages to practice your listening skills for the final exam. These are mainly news pages with very short news items:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/video_and_audio/news_summary/8070822.stm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/

Some American English, might come in handy, as well; Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab has lots of stuff:

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

And for some practice with advertisements, check out this webpage:

http://www.advertisementave.com/

Would you ever lie on your resume?

Maybe it's just a few 'white lies' or just 'stretching the truth' a little bit...
Maybe you are applying for the job you've always wanted, and you know that companies do not always check the references and you are willing to do whatever it takes to get the job.

What do you think, is it ethical? is it worth taking the risk?