Saturday, October 29, 2011

The Healthcare Sytem in the USA and Spain

In case you wanna go through all the info on US and Spanish Healthcare systems our US visitors showed us last Thursday, please click on the slide shows below. Really intriguing data indeed!
           On US Healthcare                                                  On Spanish Healthcare

As a follow up to this interesting talk, you might wanna watch Sicko, the documentary film by Michael Moore on the US Healthcare system. Read the synopsis below:
This documentary looks at health care in the United States as provided by profit-oriented health maintenance organizations (HMOs) compared to free, universal care in Canada, the U.K., and France. Moore constrasts U.S. media reports on Canadian care with the experiences of Canadians in hospitals and clinics there. He interviews patients and doctors in the U.K. about cost, quality, and salaries. He examines why Nixon promoted HMOs in 1971, and why the Clintons reform effort failed in 1990s. He talks to U.S. ex-pats in Paris about French services, and he takes three 9/11 clean-up volunteers, who developed respiratory problems, to Cuba for care.
                          Clik on this link to watch the documentary Sicko online

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

How to be happy in seven easy steps!!!


Finished the quiz? Are you a a glass half-full or glass half-empty kind of person? You'll find out in class! For the time being, no harm in watching this inspiring video!

Friday, October 21, 2011

Strikes for Education

Click here to read the article we saw in class this week. 
And listen to a short news story  about the current situation in Spain. Then complete these three sentences:

a.  Teachers on strike protest against _________________ and _______________

b.  Teachers plan _________________________ for ____________________

c.  It is claimed that the cuts are done to __________________________________

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

¿Por qué hacemos huelga? Carta abierta a nuestros/as alumnos/as

Hola: 
Me gustaría publicar aquí una carta que mi compañero Juan López, profesor del aula de al lado, ha mandado a sus estudiantes explicando por qué hace huelga. Me he tomado la libertad  de reproducirlo aquí para vosotros/as. Gracias, Juan. Pinchad aquí para leer la carta.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

October 15th, 2011: United for a Global Change

Do you want to watch the news report on October 15th 2011 one more time? Just click on play.
Now, practice your listening skills answering these listening comprehension questions.
And, once you're done with that, check your answers in the

Also, read here a news story on Wall street protests, from the New York Times.