Global warming and climate change refer to an increase in average global temperatures. Natural events and human activities are believed to be contributing to an increase in average global temperatures. This is caused primarily by increases in “greenhouse” gases such as Carbon Dioxide (CO2).
A warming planet thus leads to a change in climate which can affect weather in various ways, as discussed further below.
February 7th, we’ll watch and talk about a few movie trailers and then discuss technology. Here’s an interesting and current article that I annotated for you (though it says ‘Ricardo,’ I’m the one who made those comments… that’s technology, not always as flexible as we would like), as well as some questions that we’ll consider in our discussion.
This week’s theme is music. Music is a great topic because song lyrics include lots of creative vocabulary and idioms that non-native English speakers may have trouble understanding. If you have questions about lyrics you’ve heard, please feel free to ask about them in class.
I have planned several activities involving music that will focus on oral and listening skills in English. I will also do a presentation on New Mexican music that I hope you will all find interesting. Here are some links on this topic that you might find interesting: