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Practice makes perfect for EBAU

👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀 READING: Recent guest essays: https://www.nytimes.com/section/opinion/contributors WRITING TIPS:  USEFUL VOCABULARY IMPORTANT WORDS IN EBAU TOPICS WORDS TO USE: TOPICS WORDS TO USE: TOPICS EBAU PRACTICE EBAU PRACTICE WORDS TO USE OPINION ESSAY FOR/AGAINST ESSAY WORDS TO AVOID LINKING WORDS:  LINKING CHART   SCARY MISTAKES TIPS: genially presentation EXAM PRACTICE EXAM PRACTICE EXAM PRECTICE: CYL CYL Thanks to https://natalialzam.wordpress.com/  and  https://cristinacabal.com/ Thanks to https// evajorgeteacher.wordpress.com

Hazard and Risk -- What's the difference?

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RISK AND DANGER

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Language focus  I like to take risks. and I quite often take risky decisions.  I’m quite a careful person. I usually avoid taking risks. Think of a few examples of things you have done. T 1. risk: Look at dialogues A and B and C and discuss who is talking and about a) Unless we can increase production, the company might lose the contract with Rolls Royce. (DANGER)  b) As supplies decrease, oil might become very expensive over the ten years. (DANGER)  c) It’s important to go to conferences, otherwise you might lose touch with the latest ideas. (RISK) VOCABULARY/IDIOMS put your neck on the line,  to do something that you  know  might  fail  and  spoil  other people's  opinion  of you or  cause  you to  lose   money : better safe than sorry  it is  best  not to take  risks   even  when it  seems   boring  or  difficult  to be  careful on thin ice  to be doing something that is  dangerous  or  involves   risks   at stake it is in a  situation  where it might be  lost live lif

Gastrodiplomacy

Should governments use food campaigns in order to increade the value and standing of their nation brand? Gastrodiplomacy: https://youtu.be/CUaZ5IGL3AY?feature=shared

FOOD UNIT 5: Vocabulary/Debate/Writing

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Info and discussion: Debate  You don´t always have to tip. Is ultra-processed food really that bad? Can food be art?

Conditional practice

  Genially by Rosa Arroyo

Generations. RESEARCH PROMPTS

 PHOTO CONTEST: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/learning/show-us-your-generation-a-photo-contest-for-teenagers.html FIRST GET INFORMED Millennials, baby boomers or Gen Z: Which one are you and what does it mean? - BBC Bitesize   BBC Learning English - 6 Minute English / Describing Generation Z What Do Older Generations Misunderstand About Teenagers Today? - The New York Times (nytimes.com)   1.-What stereotypes about teenagers do the adults you know seem to hold ? How does the media portray people your age — and what , in your opinion , do they get wrong ?   2.-What do you wish you could explain to adults in general to dispel some of these beliefs ?   How is it easier to be a teenager today than it was , say , 50 years ago ? Harder ? In what ways do you think it’s the same ?   Opinion | Taking Away the Phones Won’t Solve Our Teenagers’ Problems - The New York Times (nytimes.com)   3.-What Do Older Generations Misunderstand About T