Week 5 - The Legal System

Your homework for this week:

Compare the 'legal age' in Britain [handout] with your country (note any differences).

AND

1. Choose a video from the following site: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/police
In the search box - type in 'homeoffice videos' - you will then see a link to 'YouTube' latest homeoffice videos
2. Select and watch a video and try to note down the main points.
3. Write 5 questions about your chosen video.
4. The following pairs need to ask/answer each others questions by leaving a comment to their post/blog:

Shikshah/Doris
Miya/Movenda
Peter/Kris
Jason/Frank
Mona/Jim
Happy/Wei

Term 2 - Week 4 - Crime and Punishment

From the discussion questions on 'Crime and Punishment' given to you in class, write a blog no more than 200 words, presenting your opinion and answers to the questions (1-9). Use examples from your own country and the UK to support/explain your opinions.

Some useful websites to use:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/candp/
http://www.rethinking.org.uk/
http://www.llgc.org.uk/sesiwn_fawr/index_s.htm
http://www.iea.org.uk/sites/default/files/Crime%20and%20Society.pdf
http://lcjb.cjsonline.gov.uk/Cambridgeshire/1534.html

Don't forget to referene any sources you use.

Thanks,
Charlie

Term 2 Week 3 - Welfare

Hi all,

Your homework this week is to compare and contrast the Welfare system in your country with the Welfare system in the UK.

Use the questions/answers 1-12, given to you in class (British Studies: Chapter 18, Welfare) to help you to compare and contrast various elements of the Welfare system.

Please write between 150-200 words. Don't forget to reference any sources you use (including handouts given to you in class).

Thank you,
Charlie

Term 2 Week 2 - Media continued (Newspapers)

Your homework/blog this week is:

From your vist to the library today, in particular the newspaper section, discuss the observations you made (questions taken from the worksheet given to you in class).

Please write at least 100 words. Remember to note the name of the newspapers you looked at and the date of the newspaper (should be todays date - 10/05/11). Please check your blog for grammar, spelling errors before publishing it.

Thanks,
Charlie

Term 2 - Week 1 - Media TV

Hi all,

Here is your blog homework.

1) Find out what programmes are on the following channels tonight at 7pm:
BBC1
BBC2
ITV1
Channel 4
Channel 5

2) What kind of programmes are they?

3) What are the most popular British soaps?

4) Write a short paragraph comparing and contrasting the types of television programmes in the UK and in your country

Update your blogs!

The following students need to update their blogs:

Happy
Jim
Hafiz (need to catch up)
Kris (behind by quite a few posts)
Wei

It is almost the end of term and final marks will soon be submitted based on the blog entries you have made.

Thank you.
Charlie

Week 10 - Education

Hi all,

Hope you enjoyed our trip to the Senedd - was a nice break from class/the lab.

This week we will be looking at Education in the UK and comparing it with the education system in your country.
Homework:
Your blog task is to choose 6 of the questions discussed in class and use them to help you write two or three paragraphs comparing the British education system with the education system in your country.

I look forward to reading your blogs.
Charlie