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CLASS 17- POPE FRANCIS- PORTFOLIO #10

Read The Speech Pope Francis Gave to Congress

 Key Words:

 Global abolition of death penalty

 Inalienable dignity

 Benefits in society of rehabilitation of inmates

 Sacredness of life

 Importance of hope

Source: TIME.COM- Sept. 24, 2015 
http://time.com/4048176/pope-francis-us-visit-congress-transcript/

CLASS 16- NEWS, NEWS- PORTFOLIO #9

Davis´s case in Georgia:

 - Irregularities in the case
- Absence of  forensic evidence
- Long waiting 
- suffering caused by lethal injection
- Witnesses´recantation of original testimonies.

Victor Saldaño´s case:

- Cordoba
- Texas death Raw.
- his mother asking for Pope Francis´ intervention.
- 20 years long waiting.
- hispanic origin
- race



Sources:

                                               The Guardian Uk- September 2015

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/23/argentinian-mother-pope-francis-son-texas-death-row

CLASS 15- CAPITAL PUNISHMENT- Portfolio #8

Key Words:

arguments                               death penalty
crimes                                      punishment
abolition                                  legal councel
irreversible                              innocence                                
pardon                                     tolerance
human rights abuse               right to life
imprisonment                         human being

Key phrases:

 The economically disadvantaged

 Arguments against death penalty

 Crime rates reduction.

 Death penalty abolition.

 Legal councel affordability.

 Execution´s acceptance.

 Physical and psychological torture.

 Innocent´s death.

 Human rights attack.

Arguments and counter-arguments posed by J.Irons

Source:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVMho2cP1NE

A Mind Map on Language Discourse.....

Source:

- McCarthy, Michael. (1991). Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers. Cambridge: CUP, Chapters 2, 3, 6. 

-Thornbury, Scott.(2005). Beyond the Sentence: Introducing Discourse Analysis. Oxford: Macmillan,chapters 5&6.

Class 13- Entry # 6-- Free entry: Immigration crisis in Europe explained in 90 seconds

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/11549216/The-EU-migrant-crisis-explained-in-90-seconds.html

Class 7- Entry #4- Webliography ( Reference section)

- The Guardian (UK): http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/aug/01/calais-illegal-immigrant-uk-facts
- United Nations Refugees: http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home
-  USAtoday: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/09/03/why-europes-migrant-crisis-surging-now/71631834/
- The Telegraph:  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/11549216/The-EU-migrant-crisis-explained-in-90-seconds.html
- Unicef.org: http://www.unicef-irc.org/knowledge-pages/Migration-and-children/