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Public domain Can you answer these questions?: Do you know the difference between work and job ? Which words collocate with do and make ? For example, what is correct make or do a living ? Have you been made redundant recently?  Which big company has announced a new round of layoffs ? How much paternity leave can you take in Spain? If you are a parent, how do you juggle work and family life ? What is the state retirement age ? Do you get any perks in your company? Vocabulary What words come to your mind if somebody mentions the following?: unemployment job security casual employment changing work patterns employment opportunities maternity/paternity leave sick leave childcare retirement Can you speak for 4-6 minutes on each topic? Well, you'll have to work at it or work your socks off! Topic 1. Unemployment Follow this link to read an article about Spain . Follow this link to read about benefits in the UK , and this one to read about redundan...

Poverty has a child's face. Flickr.com Here is a link to my glog on Poverty in the world . I used Eduglogster, a great tool for digital posters. You are very welcome to browse the glog.  Video on Debt Last Tuesday we discussed world problems in class. One of the issues listed was "debt". Go to the glog and click on the video hidden behind Debt. Watch the interview with Nick Dearden, a campaigner in favour of debt relief, talking about vulture funds. Answer the following questions: What are vulture funds? Is anything being done about vulture funds? What does Nick say about Liberia? Was the campaign successful? How? What does Nick say about vulture funds and the US? How successful has the campaign been in the UK?      Reading 1) Here is a link to an article by Greg Palast on Vulture Funds . Read the article and take notes under the following headings: His definition of vulture funds One example of a highly indebted country Zambia and Romani...