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TEACHERS' LOUNGE ... balanced time ! Use time wisely and well" That's Philip George Zimbardo's message. The American social psychologist has studied time perspective and how it affects our work, health and well-being. The 10-minute animation below is...
Edward Hopper is mostly known for his oil paintings... but he also did a great job with watercolours (like "The Mansard Roof", 1923 , his first break ) and etching (like his "East Side", 1922 ) >>> Wikipedia article on Edward Hopper This clip shows a...
World Cup fans: how to blow your own trumpet (1) "Stadium horns -or vuvuzelas- require a pucker, lots of puff and some practice, advise experts" : read the article from the Guardian. Just click on : ________________________________ (1) Photo by kjpm,...
"America, are you happy ? The emotional words contained in hundreds of millions of messages posted to the Twitter website may hold the answer. Computer scientist Alan Mislove at Northeastern University in Boston and colleagues have found that these "tweets"...
"Black music" is a documentary film shown on ARTE channel The documentary was released in 2008, and it depicts the history and the evolution of black music in the U.S.A. Clicking ^^^ on the note will get you to open the 1st part of the film. Though the...
What is a "hung Parliament" ? It is the state of the British Parliament... right now ! Professor Robert Hazell, Director of the Constitution Unit in UCL's (1) School of Political Science, explains what a hung Parliament means for the UK. ________________________________________...
... for fear that her quoting their name (Marché Saint-Pierre) would ruin their reputation ! "Parisian shop sues crime writer" : click on the headset -left- to listen to the report You can check your comprehension by clicking on the book You'll get the...
Earth Day's coming soon... be ready ! For a start, you can click on the logo below... and visit the site of EarthDayTELEVISION. There, you can watch specific channels like Global warming / Alternative energy / Greener living / Earth Day (and others) or...
I have to confess... I've been learning a lot about the history of Earth Day, while preparing this quiz . Welll... your turn, now :o) The history of Earth Day - a QUIZ ! 1) Earth Day is celebrated on... the 4th Thursday of April April 22 April 21 the...
Click ^^^ on HOLLYWOOD (1) to get the video on the BCnews site : listen to the interview of Hugh Hefner, who explains what Hollywood means to him, and why he decided to help rescue its famous symbol. Open ^^^ this folder : complete the transcript of the...
How Louisiana became American 1) "The U.S. purchased Louisiana" means that they... lent Louisiana sold Louisiana borrowed Louisiana bought Louisiana Try to remember the previous video clip ! Take This Quiz - View Scoreboard And now you've done the quiz......
The Social Media Cheatsheet (Infographic) This picture (or "pic' ", as "they" say) caught my eye... then I actually read what it is about ! This chart categorizes 10 current 'social media' features : Twitter, Facebook, flickr, Linked in, YouTube, digg,...
Yesterday was Earth Day, and everybody knows the major area of our planet is covered with water... Well, though mountain landscapes happen to be dazzlingly beautiful, I still prefer landscapes with water :o) (1) This just reminded me of an old song I'm...
I have just made a worksheet adapted from a few sites about advertising and branding analysis (especially about how to analyse how efficacious an ad is). Visual learners will benefit from this mind map most... ... click on the map to get the complete...
- ING - ED adjectives Many English adjectives qualifying emotion/feeling are formed from the -ed and -ing forms of the corresponding verb. If something is puzzl ing, it provokes a reaction : it acts on you. When you are puzzl ed, you react to something...
Today is Saint Patrick's Day... What do you know about this Irish tradition ? Click on "take quiz" and answer the 10 questions ! Special congratulations to Julia, who's trying to improve her results ;o) SAINT PATRICK'S DAY : test yourself ;o) 1) Saint...
To make your English more authentic you also need to use typical English phrases, sayings... idioms. For instance, most of you know that when in France "Il pleut des cordes" -i.e. "It's raining ropes"- the British would rather say "It's raining cats and...
TEACHERS' LOUNGE Children who blog, text or use social networking websites are more confident about their writing skills, according to the National Literacy Trust "The more forms of communications children use, the stronger their core literary skills."...
This sheet will help you prepare your FILM REVIEW Click on the film scene below to view a specific mind map : useful words and phrases, and how to organise your review : (1) And now, practise : watch "INVICTUS" trailer HERE <<< and write the corresponding...
Here is an interview of George Clooney click on "Rolling Stone" magazine logo [ The interview was made 5 years ago by Gavin Edwards ] Actually, you don't have to read the complete interview ! I just intend to show you the introduction to the interview,...
Switch lights off... tonight ! What do you know about 'Earth Hour' ? Before taking the quiz, watch the Canadian video below once -don't cheat ;-) : And now... YOUR TURN ! 'Earth Hour' 2010 1) Global warming develops... now and then much faster than predicted...
Living Darfur In September 2007, the Brtish duo Mattafix official website << sang the soundtrack of the film "Living Darfur". At first the song was only downloadable ; it was the first music video clip shot inside a war zone. Darfur map released into...
... or shall we discover new words for the snow storm that hit some Eastern American states ? Suppliers of the satellite picture above : NOOA, NASA & the OSEI [Public Domain] In the beginning of his speech on February 6 at the Democratic National Committee...
Last month, you studied a passage from Nelson Mandela's autobiography ('Long walk to freedom') : it showed you that Mandela considered the oppressors needed to be liberated as well as the oppressed. The former A.N.C. leader might also have said this :...
A picture taken by the N.A.S.A. Great thanks to R. Thibert (a colleague) for having me discover this amazing picture : wow ! It looks as if Britain were completely covered with snow and ice ! The photo was taken on January 7, 2010, from 'Terra' satellite....
