English Teaching: September 2012

Friday 28 September 2012

Poland's Sikorski Challenges Euroskeptics at a Dinner in England

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 12:07 AM PDT

Sikorski argues that Britain should stay within the EU as it suits their best interests. The article is from the NY Times.

Thursday 20 September 2012

The Euro Crisis (Economist Podcast)

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 12:02 AM PDT

The latest on the Euro crisis and the decision for limited debt mutualisation and the beginnings of a banking Union as well as the ECB alllowing for unlimited debt purchases.

The euro crisis

America's Continuing Role in the Middle East (Economist Podcast)

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 11:59 PM PDT

A podcast looking at the need for America to continue to exert an influence in the Middle East.

America and the Middle East

Wednesday 5 September 2012

Freakonomics podcast on media bias

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 01:11 AM PDT

Podcast on media bias in the us papers

http://www.freakonomics.com/2012/02/16/how-biased-is-your-media/

Top 50 films (sight and sound poll)

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 01:11 AM PDT

Hundreds of critics give their top film choices to put together a top50 films of all time. From the look of the list most of them don't make it past the sixties.

http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/50-greatest-films-all-time