viernes, 23 de febrero de 2018

"Free-Range" Parents

 "Free-Range" KidHow much freedom or supervision should children be brought up with? This NPR story talks about an incident that sparked the old debate, once again.







Reading Comprehension Task
Read the text and answer the following questions:
 1.- What are "free-range" parents?
 2.- What happened to Danielle and Alexander Meitiv?

Listening Comprehension Task
Now listen to the radio version of the story and compare the views of the two experts, Katie Arnold and Denene Millner who are discussing the case.

Speaking Follow-up Task
If you can talk to another English speaker, now you can express your opinion about the controversy.

The Sixth Extinction

You can read here an NPR interview to Elisabeth Kolbert, author of the book The Sixth Extinction, which talks about the loss of biodiversity as a result of human activity.