Paul Ryan candidating as Romney's vice president

Ryan was nominated at the Republican National Convention this week, and here is his acceptance speech. We will watch from 17.20-19.50 and hear him criticize Obama's handling of the government's economy.

Here is also a good article from CNN. And here is their official website.

Enjoy!
-Are you being inspired to your own presentations of current news...? =)

The task at hand:

Two goals of English 6 are that you should learn more about "living conditions, politics, history, and traditions in the English-speaking world" and you should be able to understand different varieties of English. Every Tuesday I would like to spend some time on a news item that YOU have picked out, in groups. The news item should come from the English-speaking world, and I give you lots of links to choose from below.

1. Browse the news sites to decide on a piece of news.

2. Find a news clip with sound - a news report in the story, somebody being interviewed, or a speech, for instance.

3. Add the clip here on our blog together with a SHORT summary of what the news item is about and give a reason to why you picked this particular piece of news.

4. Add a list of words that are important to understand when listening. (10-15)

5. We will look at what you have added each week - five minutes listening followed by discussions.

http://edition.cnn.com/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/

I'm sure you can come up with many more news sites, but this was a start!