Brexit and the End of the British Empire

Pre-listening research questions:

What is Brexit?

How is it connected to the British Empire?

 

 

 

 

• The media makes people from the UK feel different than other countries in Europe about their place in the world. 

• The British education system does not inform British subjects of the true history of empire. 

•  Xenophobia has been used historically.

•  Social progress has been attained through the aftermath of disastrous events like war.

•  The history of empire is linked with the reasons why the UK voted to leave the European Union,
  

•  The conservative government used Brexit as a means to get support, relying on exploiting people's fear of foreigners and gaining votes from extremist, far-right parties.

• Demographic statistics show some ome surprising results, such as the relationship between obesity and voting for Brexit.

Further research questions:

Have people's attitudes to Brexit changed since the UK has lost all its low-paid workers?

 

Is this form of isolationism peculiar to the UK, or are all countries susceptible to it in the age of identity politics?

 

Teaching English witout Teaching English

Pre-listening research questions:

Why is it necessary to try to teach English in a non-traditional way?

How does the speaker teach English without explicitly teaching it?

 

Summary

• The speaker, Guzman, outlines how he encourages his students to adopt critical thinking skills in filtering out which information is valuable. 
• He points out typical signs that tell us when a person lacks authority. or doesn't know what they are talking about. These include obfuscation, never answering a direct question or providing detail or clarification and 'ad hominem', which means resorting to personal attacks which may not be related to the argument.

Further research questions:

Does this style of learning suit all learners? 

How can it be exported to different contexts?

Presentation skills - presentation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vey78erbEpE

Infinitive or gerund? Tourism advertisement

Visual essay: science and technology

Timeline

Kaycie Yates video

A Comment on her performance in the two work placements she did.

B Outline the things she should do to improve her employability.

C Suggest possible career paths she could explore in the future.

D Any other information you consider to be appropriate.

Hi Kaycie,

I have just seen the video of your two work placements and I wanted to offer you some advice on your possible future career options.

I realise that life is not always easy. You seem to have had some trouble when you were younger but I think you have proved from this experience that you are capable of success if you put your mind to it. As long as you find something you enjoy, work will not seem like a ‘chore’ and you will be able to pull yourself up, just like your ancestors did. It’s not fair to keep asking your mum to support you if she can’t afford it. Also, your boyfriends won’t be happy if you are always asking them for expensive things. You know from experience now that one day reality has to kick in and you have to make your own opportunities.

The lady in Liverpool is a good example. She was a single mum at 17 with no family to fall back on but she managed to make it by not being afraid of hard work. It’s a shame you didn’t enjoy working in the café but, as the lady said: “hard work never killed anybody”. You can’t always have it easy with everything handed to you on a plate.

The next placement seemed much better and Karina was a good role model. She also started off as a pot washer. You have to start somewhere! You did well in the end even though you had to go to hospital in the middle. This is proof that you can succeed if you work hard. Maybe this is the kind of work you could do in the future? It could be glamorous if you are in a swanky hotel. 

Whatever you do, the work placements were a good learning experience so I hope you will learn from them and keep trying to do well in the future.

Best of luck!

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