November 25, International day for the elimination of violence against women. 

According to a report by the United Nations, 19 percent of women between the ages of 15 and 49 years of age have experienced physical and/or sexual violence “by an intimate partner.” In some cases, this violence ends in the woman’s death.

 

                          WORKING ABROAD

If you are interested in having an experience abroad working, don't forget to check the section: "Work Experiences Abroad"

 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Artificial intelligence is here, and we cannot deny it is useful to those who are learning English. So here, I want to present you my favourites.

- DEEPL. The most useful translator that can translate Word and PDF documents in seconds. 

 https://www.deepl.com/es/translator

- GRAMMARLY. Free writing AI assistance, helps you to correct mistakes while writing

 https://app.grammarly.com/

- ENGLISHCENTRAL : Great option to learn English and improve pronunciation with an AI avatar (mimi) who will talk with you.

https://es.englishcentral.com/myenglish/myfeed

 Last but not least, remember that your mobile can be a great tool for learning English, you can download interesting and fun apps to keep progressing in English. Here are my recommended ones:

- Englishcentral - British Council  

            

- Duolinguo   

St Valentine 💕 

- Two interesting Ted Talks about what is love 

https://www.ted.com/talks/brad_troeger_what_is_love

https://www.ted.com/talks/skye_c_cleary_why_do_we_love_a_philosophical_inquiry

- Quizzes :

https://www.gotoquiz.com/how_hard_to_love_are_you

https://www.liveabout.com/quiz-how-romantic-are-you-4086522

- Lesson plan

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teaching-resources/teaching-secondary/lesson-plans/upper-intermediate-b2/valentines-day

 CHRISTMAS TIME APPROACHING

Christmas time brings up a lot of emotions, here are some activities to reflect upon this time.

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/search/site/Christmas

And to get into the mood here you have a great site with activities to do with Christmas songs at different levels 

https://www.esolcourses.com/topics/christmas-songs.html

 If you want to have an experience abroad, check this website: https://www.yeseuropa.org/

 WHAT A WEEK!

This is the week in which a lot of events take place, here I leave you some links related to the topic:

BLACK FRIDAY

Consumerism is destroying the planet and damaging sustainability, read the article to learn more about this topic.

https://www.activesustainability.com/sustainable-life/black-friday-sustainable/?_adin=02021864894

Some data about this day: https://www.zippia.com/advice/black-friday-statistics/

Finally, just an article if you want to know what happens to our discarded clothes https://earthyroute.com/blogs/slow-fashion-series/4-places-where-our-clothes-end-up-when-they-are-discarded

25TH NOVEMBER: DAY AGAINST THE WOMAN'S VIOLENCE

Watch this Ted Talk about a real experience of how a woman can become a victim of the domestic violence

https://www.ted.com/talks/leslie_morgan_steiner_why_domestic_violence_victims_don_t_leave?language=es

And now as a follow-up activity answer the questions about it:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2lx4sZk1TneQO4SkxUBJTihWDW8brxv5SWmes53CRqlCbSQ/viewform?embedded=true&pli=1
http://englishatsusis.blogspot.com.es/p/2-bachillerato.html

THANKSGIVING DAY

http://www.isabelperez.com/thanksgiving.htm