Click on the image to download the pdf One in four people will suffer from, or be touched by, a mental health issue at some point in their lives Vocabulary. Read and check you understand…
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09/06/16 Deportivo Alavés: The return of the forgotten Basques
Click on the image to download the pdf The return of Deportivo Alavés to Spanish football’s top division, the prestigious La Liga, was confirmed after a 10 year absence Vocabulary. Read and check you understand…
02/06/16 Spanish festival aggravates Nigeria’s ‘tomato emergency’
Click on the image to download the pdf While the tomato harvest fails in the African state, tonnes will be wasted during La Tomatina festival in Buñol, Valencia Vocabulary. Read and check you understand this…
26/05/16 Forced to wear high heels at work?
Click on the image to download the pdf Vocabulary. Read and check you understand this before you read and listen to the article: to call for sth: to publicly request/demand it to trigger: to cause,…
19/05/16 Do children really need teachers?
Click on the image to download the pdf Sugata Mitra is a professor at Newcastle University and is the man who inspired the movie Slumdog Millionaire with an educational theory and amazing project Vocabulary. Read…
05/05/16 British inventor builds incredible working hover-bike
Click on the image to download the pdf Vocabulary. Read and check you understand this before you read and listen to the article: plumber: person who fits and repairs pipes/water systems unhinged: without movable joints…
12/05/16 Naturalist David Attenborough still going strong at 90
Click on the image to download the pdf The creator of acclaimed BBC documentaries such as ‘Life on Earth’, ‘Life in the Freezer’ and ‘The Private Life of Plants’ celebrates 60 years of broadcasting. ECP…
28/04/16 Boy meets girl. Boy mows lawn. World goes bananas.
Click on the image to download the pdf He just wanted to buy his girlfriend a pizza. Then the internet went and spoiled it all. Vocabulary. Read and check you understand this before you read…
21/04/16 Lost Sunflowers
Click on the image to download the pdf When ECP coach John Hird lived in London in the 1980s, he often visited the National Gallery and was always drawn to the magnificent Sunflowers by Vincent…
14704716 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare
Click on the image to download the pdf Considered the greatest English-speaking writer in history and known as England’s national poet, William Shakespeare (1564-1616) has had more theatrical works performed than any other playwright Vocabulary….