GUIDE TO THIS MONTH'S ARTICLES - JUNE 2014

The main topic this month is LANGUAGES - what can we do to stop minority languages dying?

Do you know a lot about languages? And about minority languages? Here's a quiz:

• How much do you know about languages? - Try this quiz

Read the main article about what's happening to many minority languages, and what we can do to save them:

• Languages - a revolution

Find out the facts: which are the most spoken languages in the world? which countries have the most languages? what laws are there to protect native languages? Find out here (then check on the amazing infographic):

• Languages big and small - the facts

And find out more about languages - what is a language? what is a dialect? what is a pidgin? Read this:

• What is a language?

The argument this month is about riots. When people riot in the streets, is that a good thing or a bad thing for democracy? What do you think?

• Are riots good for democracy?

From the blogs this month:

Is world food supply secure? How is food supply related to poverty? And what is the World Bank doing about it? Read this:

• How can we secure food supplies?

What do you know about Goa - is it a beautiful place for a holiday? Or do they have problems there with illegal activities? Read this:

• Goa and the western paedophile group

Are sign languages in danger too? Read this:

• Sign language is our first language

Look what schools in Spain are doing to help children who don't have enough to eat:

• Only school dinners for Spain's poorest children

Two poor Indian girls were raped and murdered in India - and the police helped in the crime. What can India do to stop all the crime against women? Read this:

• No-one cares about the raped and murdered girls

and here is an Avaaz petition to sign: https://secure.avaaz.org/en/womanifesto_modi_loc/?segwpbb

How can we be a good mother? Is it good to compare what we think with celebrities? Is it the same for all mothers? Read this:

• Being a mother - a personal journey

On Hart Island in New York, close to the coast of the Bronx, there is a secret graveyard where relatives cannot visit their family members. What is the story behind the graveyard?

• Hart Island is New York’s secret graveyard

There are meetings about climate change in Germany in June. But will they agree that fracking is a mistake? Jamie Gorman wants them to know four important things about fracking.

• Fracking – four things UN climate negotiators must know

If you want to know more about fracking, look at this "Ready Lesson" from December 2013:

• READY LESSON (for Upper Intermediate / Advanced learners) : FRACKING