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1984 revisited (again) Free
. Orwell may have been ahead of his time in envisaging the 'telescreen', but the idea of the internet, indeed, of modern communications technology in general, seems to have been outside his wildest imaginings....
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Post-truth Free
The Oxford English Dictionary has just declared 'post-truth' to be the Word of the Year 2016. This responds to the trending concept that we live in a post-truth culture, which especially means post-truth...
Language
Test 3
Here is the test in downloadable and printable form, for you to do in 'off-screen' mode Test 3 full Test 3 A Test 3 B Test 3 C A Basic: Population of India ... from Indian government report - description...
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Trickledown & horseshit Free
. Images are fascinating things to play with in the gymnasium of the imagination ... but images are only really worth the effort if they mean something, so we need to assess how images play out in relation...
Activities
Sequence markers Free
It is important that students structure their texts clearly, and so we teach them Sequence Markers, and warmly recommend that they use them. The result is that very often moreover they end up secondly...
Language
Test 1
Test 1 complete Test 1 A Test 1 B Test 1 C A Basic: The cumulus - simple explanation of how this sort of cloud works > basic pronouns + prepositions, present tenses, passives ... B Middling: Wikipedia...
Language
Language of Instruction
Since English is the language of instruction in 88% of schools offering the Diploma programme (General Statistics, 2007), the teacher of English B usually has more to do than simply teach the language...
Language
Vocabulary of methodical thought 1
This page proposes a basic list of words which should form a student's fundamental grasp of how to think methodically in a disciplined academic way. The words themselves should be part of any educated...
Language
Variations across subjects
All academic subjects use a certain basic conceptual range of language - Transferable Academic Language, or TAL - to express logic and argument (see Language of Instruction ). However, the same words may...
Language
Varieties & levels
To teach an academic subject through the medium of English involves assuming that the students have sufficient linguistic resources to be able to cope with understanding and expressing concepts. But what...