Variety's on this English menu : have fun practising ! ~~~ Progresse en anglais au fil des divers articles et supports :-)
January the 1st is also "Public Domain Day" Here is a world map showing the various copyrights : But when a book (or any creative work) is in the "Public Domain"... what does it mean ? Every year [...] due to the expiration of copyright protection terms...
... non violent like Nobel Peace prizes Liu Xiaobo, or Aung San Suu Kyi (2010 and 1991), committed to social change (and a bright writer too !) like Mario Vargas Llosa... and so much more ! Click on the illustration below to find a few facts & figures...
5,000,000,000 words It looks as if Google assembled the largest collection of words ever gathered online ! These words have been taken "from 5 million books published over the past four centuries." Read the article >>> "Google Book Tool tracks cultural...
Tomorrow will be the day when lovers celebrate... hearts and flowers will pop out here and there :) There's a great deal of idioms, sayings and phrases illustrating love (or related to this word )... I've collected some of them in this 'lexis - recap'...
You can't imagine how important pronunciation may be... ! Some French may find the English 'th' sound difficult to pronounce, for instance. Well... the video advert below shows that some Germans find it difficult too. "We are TH inking" is a far cry from...
On this site : newspapers.com < < < you can find most of the US press. Reading press articles is also a smart way of practising, learning & improving :o) You needn't read long articles... and of course, you can choose topics you like : even the weather...
A United States map illustrated with movies Click on the ⇑ illustration above to view a map of the U.S.A. where every state is matched with a movie : in "Dances with Wolves" (by/with Kevin Costner - 1990), the story takes place in South Dakota... And...
You've just heard of the beginning of the first verse of this British popular verse. Below is its full version : "Remember, remember, The fifth of November Gunpowder, treason and plot ! We see no reason why Gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot ! Guy...
Midterm elections <<< Understand & learn with a few illustrations ! Here ⇓ you can see the reactions of these regions inhabitants to a few questions on the election issues : - The consequences of a reorganization of the White House staff on Obama's policy....
The Most Widely Spoken Languages in the world & the countries they are spoken in I know the illustration below looks like a map of London tube ... but actually, it shows the most widely spoken languages in the world and the countries where people speak...
... 390 years ago : the Mayflower was a ship On her first voyage she travelled to the Plymouth colony in Massachusetts (U.S.A.). The ship left England in July of 1620, but turned around twice because Speedwell (the ship it was travelling with) was leaking...
From the 1830's to nowadays, this graphic focuses on the cars designed and created to be powered by electricity only : click ^^^ on the picture to view the full-size graphic. Here you are shown the main steps in the history of electric cars : t heir internal...
"Inception" is Dom Cobb's last job : this time, instead of extracting an idea from someone's dreams, he will have to instil an idea into a man's dreams Matt Sinopoli , a web graphic designer, has designed the 5 levels of inception that the heroes will...
US Route 66 First, click on the photo to get a short Wikipedia (simple English) article (1) Here is >>> a French radio programme about the Road 66 : a Geography Professor (Olivier Archambeau - Parix VIII) went there with two of his students, and made...
Above is the symbol of WPD for the next three years. World Post Day is said to "give governments and Posts an opportunity to demonstrate just how much the ever-expanding range of postal services contributes to national economic growth." (1) The Universal...
TEACHERS' LOUNGE Education Week : Digital Directions Click on the ^^^ laptop picture to read the article "Educators connect digital games to learning".... A few gripping ideas, indeed ! An excerpt (I underlined some of the text) : "TIPS : 1. Play a little....
I have to admit I first watched that Clint Eastwood's movie in French : to me, Dirty Harry's "Vas-y... fais-moi plaisir !" isn't as savoury as the original "Go ahead... make my day !". Click on the headset above ^^^ to hear David Crystal's analysis of...
A few students are telling you about their favourite hobby... First, Jeanne : <<< click on the picture... and discover what she is keen on ! (1) __________________________________ (1) : Watercolour by Edith Hultzsch - licensed under CC BY-ND-NC watercolour...
" Crude Awakening" by Jane Fulton Alt To have us figure out the impact of the oil spill on Lake Michigan shores , Jane Fulton Alt coated friends and other volunteers with a non toxic oillike substance before taking pictures of them. She surely aims at...
This Muppets' Pledge of Alliance parodies the US : Though the animation may look rather childish, it's full of history data. Try and answer these questions : 1) What are the three notions Sam the Eagle points out at the beginning of his speech ? 2) Which...
This might look like a catastrophe film, but although it seems magnified, the process described in this video is more or less... true : Animation & Design by Chris Weller - Directed by Max Joseph Music: "Genesis" by Justice (to) magnify = to make exaggeratedly...
Earth Day was founded in the very end of the 1960's The idea started developing in September 1969... (1) ...and in April 1970, the first Earth Day gathered millions of American protesters ! Click on the satellite image of our planet to find out about...
TEACHERS' LOUNGE -French Here's an article studying the image young users and education professionals match with blogs... The article was written (in French) by Emilie Bouvrand and issued at pedagopsy.eu. You'll find it here : Original title : "Les représentations...
'Captured : America in Color from 1939-1943' "These images, by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, are some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on America’s rural and small town...
"Was apartheid only white rule [?] : Bantustans, collaborators and traditional leaders" This article underlines that not only was apartheid ruled by white people, but black and coloured people also played their role... "The National House of Traditional...
