English Conversation Course

Read the article What would happen if the world suddenly went vegan?   at http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160926-what-would-happen-if-the-world-suddenly-went-vegetarian and present your opinion on it/discuss it. 

Read the article Black Monday: Polish women strike against abortion ban at http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37540139  and state your opinion on it/discuss it. 

Read the article   Yahoo 'secretly scanned emails for US authorities' at http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37551415 and present your opinion on it/discuss it. 

Watch the presentation Sam Harris: Can we build AI without losing control over it? at  https://www.ted.com/talks/sam_harris_can_we_build_ai_without_losing_control_over_it#t-22278 and present your opinion on it/discuss it. 

Put your name on the list of blog moderators (choose a week when you would like to do it). Remember, blog moderation  is an obligatory part of the course. What do you do as a moderator?    You publish your presentations  and moderate them (ask questions, comment on the opinions presented, add additional sources, etc.) You receive grades for your presentations and your moderation.  1.        03.10-09.10.2016 2.        10.10-16.10.2016 3.        17.10-23.10.2016 Damian K., Łukasz D., Aleksander Bydłowski 4.        24.10-30.10.2016 Maciej S,  Kacper Z., Filip M., Andrzej Gulak 5.        07.11-13.11.2016 Paulina G., Jagoda Bielawska, Adam Nowak, Paweł Redzyński 6.        14.11-20.11.2016  Moode, Piotr B. Wojciech Kania, Vitalii Upir, Krzysztof Maciaszczyk 7.        21.11-27.11.2016 Kondrad K. , Agnieszka G., Krzysztof S., Michał Pycek, Zaneta Michalak, Wojciech Strzelecki 8.        28.11-04.12.2016 Maciej G., Marcin S., Robert Luty, Jakub Mańkowski, Pavlo

Obtaining Credits Winter Term 2016/17 You should prepare  2 presentations  (some text, films and photos), which  you moderate (ask questions, comment on your friends’ opinions) during one week of the course. Moreover, each week you read/watch and comment on/ discuss your colleagues’ presentations. Send me your presentations at least  a week before  the date of their   publication .   Each week of our work finishes on Sunday at 11:55 p.m. 1.       03.10-09.10.2016 2.       10.10-16.10.2016 3.       17.10-23.10.2016 4.       24.10-30.10.2016 5.       07.11-13.11.2016 6.       14.11-20.11.2016 7.       21.11-27.11.2016 8.       28.11-04.12.2016 9.       05.12-11.12.2016 10.   12.12-18.12.2016 11.   09.01-15.01.2017 12.   16.01-22.01.2017 Your presentation should: consist of text (ca. 400 words). include photos, videos (only  in English ). be interesting to read, watch and comment on. If I do not like the topic, I can ask you to prepare a new