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*[[Worldbeaters: Rodrigo Duterte]]
 
*[[Worldbeaters: Rodrigo Duterte]]
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Read about some new music - by refugees for refugees:
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*[[New Music]]
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Cairo continues, but it's difficult to see how:
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*[[Cairo: the disappointments]]
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http://www.newint.org/columns/letters-from/2016/09/01/01.10.2016-the-sum-of-our-disappointments-590.jpg
  
 
'''From the web this month:'''
 
'''From the web this month:'''
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http://www.newint.org/features/web-exclusive/2016/10/13/13-10-2016-haiti-matthew-02-590.jpg
 
http://www.newint.org/features/web-exclusive/2016/10/13/13-10-2016-haiti-matthew-02-590.jpg
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The film director, Ken Loach, has a new film about the problems of the welfare system in the UK:
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*[[Ken Loach talks about his new film, ‘I, Daniel Blake’ about the problems in the welfare system]]
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Many people in the UK want to help migrants and refugees - look at this project to help house migrants in Brighton:
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*[[A thousand small bricks – a home for migrants in Brighton]]
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'''From the blogs this month'''
 
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The EU is making it more difficult for refugees to find asylum in different EU countries. Find out how:
 
The EU is making it more difficult for refugees to find asylum in different EU countries. Find out how:
  
[[Europe: together against refugees]]
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*[[Europe: together against refugees]]
  
 
http://www.newint.org/blog/2016/10/13/14-10-2016-migrants_in_hungary_2015-590.jpg
 
http://www.newint.org/blog/2016/10/13/14-10-2016-migrants_in_hungary_2015-590.jpg
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Read about how important students are in helping the protests against the very bad conditions in electronics factories:
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*[[Students protest against sweatshops]]
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'''Ready lessons this month:'''
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This first lesson is based on the sweatshops article above, and links this to The NO Project to stop all forms of modern slavery:
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*[[NO TO MODERN SLAVERY - for Intermediate learners: vocabulary/grammar(tenses)/read/speak/project]]
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The second lesson this month brings the short stories above together:
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*[[SHORT STORIES - for Intermediate learners: read/speak/write/vocabulary - 30 mins-1 hr after learners read stories for homework]]

Latest revision as of 13:38, 30 October 2016

What is World Fiction? Find out how it is different from other writing:

01.10.2016-world-fiction-special-590.jpg

Here are some of the 'world fiction' short stories - this first one is about a boy from South Korea. He doesn't want to do military service so he starts eating to get too fat. Read what happens to his family:

This story is about a murder. And sex. In Africa. By a pink lake:

01.10.2016-the-lake-retba-murder-590.jpg

Read a story about Anna. She is Czech and moved to the USA. When a young man who lived in her flat dies, she remembers so many things from her past:

Who's the president of the Philippines? - How much do you know about Rodrigo Duterte? Read here:

Read about some new music - by refugees for refugees:

Cairo continues, but it's difficult to see how:

01.10.2016-the-sum-of-our-disappointments-590.jpg

From the web this month:

That terrible recent hurricane - look here for photos to show what happened:

13-10-2016-haiti-matthew-02-590.jpg

The film director, Ken Loach, has a new film about the problems of the welfare system in the UK:

Many people in the UK want to help migrants and refugees - look at this project to help house migrants in Brighton:

27-10-2016-brighton1-590.jpg

From the blogs this month

The EU is making it more difficult for refugees to find asylum in different EU countries. Find out how:

14-10-2016-migrants_in_hungary_2015-590.jpg

Read about how important students are in helping the protests against the very bad conditions in electronics factories:

Ready lessons this month:

This first lesson is based on the sweatshops article above, and links this to The NO Project to stop all forms of modern slavery:

The second lesson this month brings the short stories above together: