Third year language assignments for HT 2011

The newspaper translation and reading comprehension exercises will be posted onto the Assignments area of the WebLearn site.

Topics	Prose composition	Interpreting	Listening comprehension
W1	Politics live blog - Monday 17 January	Local Election
W2	A flat festival tonic for Britain	Credit Crunch
W3	Egypt unrest a dilemma for Obama	Would Western democracy ensure world peace?
W4	Mandarin 'should be available' for all English pupils	The Teaching of Mandarin
W5	Vaccinate all children, demands mother of girl killed by swine flu	Infectious diseases
W6	Cyber war threat exaggerated claims security expert	Which is more trustworthy, mainstream media or bloggers?
W7	China enters race to develop nuclear energy from thorium	Nuclear power
W8	China's security tsar warns over 'jasmine revolution'	Threat or Opportunity?