Issue 509

January / February 2018 - "What's left for the young?"

• GUIDE TO THIS MONTH'S ARTICLES - January / February 2018

From this month's magazine:

• We need to stop talking about the 'youth bulge' in Africa

• Short 2017 news stories from around the world that maybe you didn't see

• Kids at work: a migrant in Italy

• Kids at work: a Dalit activist in India

• Kids at work: a YouTube vlogger

• Millennials – will they have the chance to be adults?

• The lives of very rich people

• A group of one’s own

• Laughing and crying online

• South Africa’s young activists

• Gina Lopez fights against Philippine mining

• War on coca farmers continues

• Mozambican men against domestic violence

• 'Curing' homosexuality in China

From the blog this month:

• Should you buy an ethical smartphone?

Ready lessons this month:

• News around the world - a 2-3 hour lesson for Upper Intermediate learners: speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary and grammar (practice of conditionals and passive)

• MOBILE PHONES - a 1 to 2 hour lesson for Intermediate learners: speaking, reading, vocabulary and writing