English Essentials

25/05/2022

04/03/2022

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10/01/2020

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/09/brazil-bolsonaro-spelling-education-minister-abraham-weintraub

Parents and academics urge removal of ‘disgraceful’ Abraham Weintraub, one of Bolsonaro’s most provocative loyalists

02/01/2020

https://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/headlines/50324423/who-s-the-woman-watching-over-this-brazilian-street

How a giant portrait above a main road in São Paulo is reflecting the changing face of Brazil.

18/12/2019

https://twitter.com/footyaccums/status/1206946102739648512?s=12

“This young lad takes a picture with his dad who is flying over to Doha to see Flamengo at Club World Cup. After the pic, they make him realise that he too is joining his dad on the trip. The beautiful game 😍 📹 IG / duducamartins https://t.co/J4mAtam9X6”

28/10/2019

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/27/chile-hundreds-shot-and-beaten-street-protests

Doctors say they don’t have supplies to treat wounded and accuse authorities of under-reporting injuries

17/10/2019

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/oct/17/black-football-managers-join-forces-maracana-condemn-racism-brazil?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX1RoZUZpdmVyLTE5MTAxNw%3D%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=TheFiver&CMP=fiver_email

Marcão and Roger, the only black managers in Série A, stood together to oppose the prejudice they see in Bolsonaro’s Brazil

27/09/2019

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/sep/27/dani-alves-crazy-good-barcelona-pep-guardiola-brazil-sao-paulo?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX1RoZUZpdmVyLTE5MDkyNw%3D%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=TheFiver&CMP=fiver_email

Alves reflects on 17 years in Europe, what he learned from Pep Guardiola, his experiences of racism and why he’s back in Brazil

05/09/2019

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190903-linguistic-fluency-proficiency-second-language-learning

There are many ways of categorising someone’s linguistic skills, but the concept of fluency is hard to define.