PS Classic Recommended Reading : Week 2

Obviously, you're not expected to read all of these texts. You'll probably see enough of them in classes!  If you want to do some further exploration, however, you could follow some of these links:

There are a couple of themes that will arise in week 2 that you may be interested in reading more about.  Follow the links below for further exploration:

Architecture: a text from the BBC website written by the author of How to Read Buildings

Beowulf: The film, the poem itself, and a page on translations of the poem.

British History : from the BBC website

Science: Ben Goldacre's "Bad Science" blog and, for listening practice, a BBC radio programme called "The Infinitive Monkey Cage"

Scott Thornbury: lots of articles on the English language and English language teaching on Scott's website

University fees: watch a video of an interview with Essex University's Pro-Vice Chancellor, Professor Jules Pretty talking about student fees