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Learners' page


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On this site, you can read about things that are important in our world today.
And you can: check if you understand; do interactive quizzes; read letters from other learners; write and tell us what you think.

 

* Read about real world issues: - the "Issues" pages

Globalisation

War and Peace


Human Rights

The Environment

Click on a topic in the list to go to the contents page for that issue.

Tip: Next time you come, from the home page, you can click on "the Issues" to go straight to The Issues contents page.

* Get Information about different countries: - the "Profiles" pages

Tip: Next time you visit, you can click on "Profiles"on the home page to go straight to the Profiles contents page.

* Check what you know: - the "Inter-activities" pages

The activities on these pages are interactive - they tell you if your answers are right or wrong - so we have called them "Inter-activities": interactive + activities = inter-activities

Quizzes on the issues
Just for fun! What do you know about:

Vocabulary quizzes
Test yourself on words about different issues:

Quick-checks
When you read an article, you can click on the "Quick-check" symbol for questions and feedback to be sure you understand.
These issues have articles with Quick-checks, or other on-line exercises:

Tip: Next time you visit, you can click on "Interactivities"on the home page to go straight to the Interactivities.

 

NI Global Issues for Learners of English > Learners' page

The Issues Inter-activities About us Readers' Letters

The information on this website is taken from the magazine, the New Internationalist. It has been rewritten so that it is a little shorter and easier to understand. You can read the original articles if you go to the New Internationalist's own website: New Internationalist Magazine

Last Modified: 20 July 2000