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My Dear Students,  The  speech that you are going to read and hear is a  17-minute public speech by Martin Luther King , Jr. delivered on August 28, 1963.  Martin Luther King called for racial equality and an end to discrimination. The speech, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement.     This  speech is powerful and sometimes difficult for the non-native speaker as Martin Luther King’s language is full of images and metaphors. But Isabel Salinas and myself (María Zabala Peña) did not want  this to prevent you from listening and understanding one of the most powerful speeches of the 20 th   the century. Take your time to study the vocabulary before you listen to the vibrating voice of Martin Luther King. Then, as usually, answer the questions below. To download the text,  and vocabulary   go H...

Aim:  Students watch the video and reflect on the bad manners of the shop assistant.  This is a good occasion to reflect on class and accent. The follow up might be a complain letter.  See and download   materials  HERE Materials include Pre-viewing, While viewing and Post Viewing tasks  You can download the VIDEO from this page HERE You will need: The video below  The Student's tasks  The teacher pack      See and download   materials  HERE    

Level: Intermediate/High Do you want to learn about the women's rights movements in England? A defaced penny takes us back to the fight of women for freedom. We took this reading/listening from the series 100 objects by the BBC If you want to download the text, vocabulary and listening , click HERE If you want to listen to the BBC page , click  HERE  "votes for women" written on a penny. This protest tactic was used by British suffragettes in their fight for women's rights  Questions 1. Defacing a penny was a means of protest. Suffragettes used other tactics such as attacking a painting by Velazquez, going on hunger strike, sending letter bombs or killing themselves. How have protest tactics changed within the past one hundred years?  2. The world has plunged into protests and riots. The protesters in Barcelona, New York, Iceland, Greece and the Arab Spring in many Muslim and non-Muslim countries are some of the examples we see on the news everyday. How are thes...