General News
It will help you a great deal if you can spend 10-15 minutes, minimum, on these news pages every day. Not only will they will give you an amazing range of interesting examples to use in your answers, but they will also help reinforce your English skills.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk
http://www.theguardian.com/uk
Both of these sites have Smartphone Apps which can be very useful, particularly the BBC one; lots of stories in very concise form so that you get a lot of information about a wide range of topics in a short space of time.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk
http://www.theguardian.com/uk
Both of these sites have Smartphone Apps which can be very useful, particularly the BBC one; lots of stories in very concise form so that you get a lot of information about a wide range of topics in a short space of time.
The Sociology Show Podcast: The Sociology show, hosted by Matthew Wilkin, conducts interviews with a range of different people (often world famous) within the world of Sociology*. These podcasts range from 7 or 8 mins through to well over an hour. The averages are around 30 mins. They are all well worth a listen, especially when you are travelling from home to school and vice versa. They will extend your understanding of the subject and help bring examples alive to you.
(*eg, Hobbs, Venkatesh, Chambliss, Reay, Skeggs and Oakley)