COLLE 10: SOCIAL ISSUES
Vocabulary: Learn the vocabulary for this colle. Your colleur will test you at the beginning of the session. Make sure you can spell all words correctly in English.
- First student: home preparation of this week’s text. Only BRIEF notes are allowed. Do not come with fully written-out notes or your colleur will collect them. This is an oral test: you must sound fluent and spontaneous.
- Second student: 20-minute preparation of a newspaper article (≈500 words) dealing with social issues (housing crisis, poverty, gentrification, inequality, youth precarity, social mobility, cost of living, etc.), provided by the colleur.
- Third student: 30–40-minute preparation of a 2025 CCINP recording selected by the colleur from this selection: 12, 14 or 131.
Please make sure to download the files before coming in. The cellular connection is weak in Building D.
Pronunciation: make sure you know how to say these words
- housing crisis /ˈhaʊ.zɪŋ ˈkraɪ.sɪs/
- gentrification /ˌdʒen.trɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
- social mobility /ˈsəʊ.ʃəl məʊˈbɪl.ə.ti/
- income inequality /ˈɪn.kʌm ˌɪn.ɪˈkwɒl.ə.ti/
- cost of living /ˌkɒst əv ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/