20 February 2011

Beauty and Body Image in the Media

Images of female bodies are everywhere. Women—and their body parts—sell everything from food to cars. Popular film and television actresses are becoming younger, taller and thinner. Some have even been known to faint on the set from lack of food. Women’s magazines are full of articles urging that if they can just lose those last twenty pounds, they’ll have it all—the perfect marriage, loving children, great sex, and a rewarding career.
Why are standards of beauty being imposed on women, the majority of whom are naturally larger and more mature than any of the models? Read more
"We don’t need Afghan-style burquas to disappear as women. We disappear in reverse—by revamping and revealing our bodies to meet externally imposed visions of female beauty."

Source: Robin Gerber, author and motivational speaker

23 January 2011

2nd Oral Presentation

By the end of January, you are expected to do your 2nd oral presentation.
What you must do is:
- Choose a song that you like;
- Bring the song to the class, so that we can hear a little bit of it;
- Talk about that song. You can talk about what the song means to you, why you like it (or not...), the memories it brings you. You can even describe yourself based on that song. The possibilities are endless!
BE CREATIVE!! BE YOURSELF!!... and GOOD WORK!!!

04 January 2011

Text-to-Speech

A great web site to practise speaking!!
Just type your text and listen! And you can choose different accents: British, American, Australian...

http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_example.php?sitepal