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Argentina builds a tower of books

This is simply an audio and visual celebration of the book - any books, all books, in whichever language you like. Works by Jane Austen, Dickens, Henry Blake, Ernest Hemingway, Cervantes, Vargas Llosa, Tolstoy and Argentina's own favourites, Borges and Sabato, line the walls of this tower, each wrapped in plastic for its own protection.

The United Nations has designated the city as the 2011 World Book Capital.

This book tower is 25 metres high and lined with 30,000 donations from more than 50 embassies. It'll be dismantled at the end of the month and the books will form the beginning of a multi-lingual library.

Daniel Schweimler, BBC News, Buenos Aires. Fonte:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2011/05/110516_witn_bueno saires_books_page1.shtml

Argentina builds a tower of books

This is simply an audio and visual celebration of the book - any books, all books, in whichever language you like. Works by Jane Austen, Dickens, Henry Blake, Ernest Hemingway, Cervantes, Vargas Llosa, Tolstoy and Argentina's own favourites, Borges and Sabato, line the walls of this tower, each wrapped in plastic for its own protection.

The United Nations has designated the city as the 2011 World Book Capital.

This book tower is 25 metres high and lined with 30,000 donations from more than 50 embassies. It'll be dismantled at the end of the month and the books will form the beginning of a multi-lingual library.

Daniel Schweimler, BBC News, Buenos Aires. Fonte:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2011/05/110516_witn_bueno saires_books_page1.shtml

Today’s multitasking teens

1 On more than one occasion, I entered my 14-year-old

son’s room to see if he was doing his homework, only to find

him surrounded by gadgets. He’s listening to his iPod, working

4 on his computer, texting on his phone, chatting with friends on

his Facebook page, and using Skype with another friend.

Somewhere among the gadgets is his homework.

7 As a parent, I wonder how much is done when he is

working on so many different things, but this is the new state of

normal for today’s teens. They’re professional media users,

10 switching frequently back and forth among cell phones, iPods,

television, video games, and computers.

On average, young people today spend more than

13 seven hours a day with some kind of technology or media,

according to research. This is up from six-plus hours in 2005.

Besides, 58% of teens aged 13 through 18 say that they

16 multitask “most of the time” with at least one type of media —

and they’re generally doing it while working on their

homework.

19 The effect of multitasking on adolescent cognitive

brain development is still a mystery because research is

inconclusive. But, like any parent, I wonder what all this

22 technological multitasking is doing to my own son’s brain,

especially since all kids are different. Some students can

multitask and do homework successfully, while others need

25 quiet and fewer technological interruptions. Some may be able

to multitask while doing language or arts homework, while

others know they need to “unplug” when it comes to math or

28 physics homework. Because teen brains are still developing —

and will continue to develop until age 25 — I feel sure that all

this multitasking must make a difference.

Internet: <www.schoolfamily.com> (adapted).

Today’s multitasking teens

1 On more than one occasion, I entered my 14-year-old

son’s room to see if he was doing his homework, only to find

him surrounded by gadgets. He’s listening to his iPod, working

4 on his computer, texting on his phone, chatting with friends on

his Facebook page, and using Skype with another friend.

Somewhere among the gadgets is his homework.

7 As a parent, I wonder how much is done when he is

working on so many different things, but this is the new state of

normal for today’s teens. They’re professional media users,

10 switching frequently back and forth among cell phones, iPods,

television, video games, and computers.

On average, young people today spend more than

13 seven hours a day with some kind of technology or media,

according to research. This is up from six-plus hours in 2005.

Besides, 58% of teens aged 13 through 18 say that they

16 multitask “most of the time” with at least one type of media —

and they’re generally doing it while working on their

homework.

19 The effect of multitasking on adolescent cognitive

brain development is still a mystery because research is

inconclusive. But, like any parent, I wonder what all this

22 technological multitasking is doing to my own son’s brain,

especially since all kids are different. Some students can

multitask and do homework successfully, while others need

25 quiet and fewer technological interruptions. Some may be able

to multitask while doing language or arts homework, while

others know they need to “unplug” when it comes to math or

28 physics homework. Because teen brains are still developing —

and will continue to develop until age 25 — I feel sure that all

this multitasking must make a difference.

Internet: <www.schoolfamily.com> (adapted).

Today’s multitasking teens

1 On more than one occasion, I entered my 14-year-old

son’s room to see if he was doing his homework, only to find

him surrounded by gadgets. He’s listening to his iPod, working

4 on his computer, texting on his phone, chatting with friends on

his Facebook page, and using Skype with another friend.

Somewhere among the gadgets is his homework.

7 As a parent, I wonder how much is done when he is

working on so many different things, but this is the new state of

normal for today’s teens. They’re professional media users,

10 switching frequently back and forth among cell phones, iPods,

television, video games, and computers.

On average, young people today spend more than

13 seven hours a day with some kind of technology or media,

according to research. This is up from six-plus hours in 2005.

Besides, 58% of teens aged 13 through 18 say that they

16 multitask “most of the time” with at least one type of media —

and they’re generally doing it while working on their

homework.

19 The effect of multitasking on adolescent cognitive

brain development is still a mystery because research is

inconclusive. But, like any parent, I wonder what all this

22 technological multitasking is doing to my own son’s brain,

especially since all kids are different. Some students can

multitask and do homework successfully, while others need

25 quiet and fewer technological interruptions. Some may be able

to multitask while doing language or arts homework, while

others know they need to “unplug” when it comes to math or

28 physics homework. Because teen brains are still developing —

and will continue to develop until age 25 — I feel sure that all

this multitasking must make a difference.

Internet: <www.schoolfamily.com> (adapted).

Today’s multitasking teens

1 On more than one occasion, I entered my 14-year-old

son’s room to see if he was doing his homework, only to find

him surrounded by gadgets. He’s listening to his iPod, working

4 on his computer, texting on his phone, chatting with friends on

his Facebook page, and using Skype with another friend.

Somewhere among the gadgets is his homework.

7 As a parent, I wonder how much is done when he is

working on so many different things, but this is the new state of

normal for today’s teens. They’re professional media users,

10 switching frequently back and forth among cell phones, iPods,

television, video games, and computers.

On average, young people today spend more than

13 seven hours a day with some kind of technology or media,

according to research. This is up from six-plus hours in 2005.

Besides, 58% of teens aged 13 through 18 say that they

16 multitask “most of the time” with at least one type of media —

and they’re generally doing it while working on their

homework.

19 The effect of multitasking on adolescent cognitive

brain development is still a mystery because research is

inconclusive. But, like any parent, I wonder what all this

22 technological multitasking is doing to my own son’s brain,

especially since all kids are different. Some students can

multitask and do homework successfully, while others need

25 quiet and fewer technological interruptions. Some may be able

to multitask while doing language or arts homework, while

others know they need to “unplug” when it comes to math or

28 physics homework. Because teen brains are still developing —

and will continue to develop until age 25 — I feel sure that all

this multitasking must make a difference.

Internet: <www.schoolfamily.com> (adapted).