Conflict in the contemporary city

The Way Experience

Published on: 23/12/2025

A high-quality C1 reading task based on an authentic article from El País (English edition) that explores conflict in contemporary cities, focusing on gentrification, segregation, touristification, housing insecurity and urban inequality. Through a gapped-text task, students must follow complex arguments about how modern cities have shifted from spaces of coexistence to commodified environments driven by profit rather than citizens’ needs.