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Richard Huish College. Public domain Last Monday we had a class on report writing. You were asked to write a report about your experience in an English language school. We also looked at some data and you had to draw your own conclusions based on the evidence. I thought you might be interested in reading this article published on the BBC. Before you read One of the roles of the OECD (The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) is to analyse and compare data to compare how countries around the world perform. They promote policies in order to improve the quality of people's lives. One of the areas they work on is education, of course. Well, the OECD has just released the biggest school rankings ever. There are 76 countries listed. Can you guess Who heads the league table?  Who heads the bottom table?  How did Spain score compared to other European countries? How about the UK? And the USA? Click here to check your predictions. What are t...

©Lola la Torre 2015 Do you know who won the 2015 General Election in the UK? How much do you know about British politics? Can you name the main political parties? and their leaders? In this post you will learn about the British political system, interpret the results of the general election and listen to David Cameron, the new Primer Minister, deliver a speech to the nation.   Learning about the British political system This is a good short introduction to the British political system. Click on political parties . Results in full Well, after reading about the main political parties you should be able to interpret these figures . Listen to David Cameron Listen to David Cameron delivering a speech to the nation. You can download this worksheet and fill-in the gaps with the word or short phrase that you hear. You can read the transcript of the speech once you have completed the gaps. Follow this link . I hope you find this post useful. Let me know how you g...