Dear Friends,

It's November 17, 2013, and it's your holiday...

HAPPY STUDENT'S DAY!

May all your dreams come true!

God bless...

Dear Students!
I made a small amendment regarding the task for our Tuesday class.
For your wordlists, please add UKRAINIAN TRANSLATIONS, not just lists of words.
Also, would like to remind you that on Tuesday class you will have unprepared speaking in dialogues.
Preparation for this class also includes units 37, 27, 43 for the topic 'Armed Forces' and units 34, 42, 53 for the topic 'Politics & Institutions'. The textbook: Oxford Word Skills Advanced.
Good luck!

Dear Friends!

The blog assignment for the topic "Organized Crime" is to write responses to the following questions:

(1) Why should we stop capital punishment? What are good alternatives? (200 words)

(2) Why do criminals commit another offence after being punished? Many offenders commit more crimes after serving the first punishment. Why is this happening, and what measures can be taken to tackle this problem? (200 words).

The essays should use the vocabulary from Units 35 and 36 (Oxford Word Skills Advanced), Unit 55 (English Vocabulary in Use Upper Int.), and  Units 40 and 47 (English Vocabulry in Use Advanced).You will need to consult outside sources for this task. I would suggest looking for articles in online newspapers or magazines. The use of outside source should be mentioned in the text: e.g. John Hopkins, the author of "Name of the Article", believes that capital punishment is ineffective because ....

Please, note that the deadline for this blog assignment is Thursday, November 14, 2013.