Variety's on this English menu : have fun practising ! ~~~ Progresse en anglais au fil des divers articles et supports :-)
The presentation below will surely help you figure out what Myths & Heroes represent. It may also be used to relate the notion to the documents you're studying :
Poet and Civil Rights activist Maya Angelou remembers Nelson Mandela had an extraordinary ability to forgive... Your browser does not support frames. <a href="http://globalnews.ca/video/1017188/poet-maya-angelou-remembers-mandela" _mce_href="http://globalnews.ca/video/1017188/poet-maya-angelou-remembers-mandela">Click...
Angelou remembers Nelson Mandela as a "gentle giant" ~ Myths & Heroes
Thanksgiving's today Time flies... this year we barely evoked the American celebration and haven't really studied the celebration... but let me show you a few videos I've picked out online for you to have fun :o) To start, here's an animation telling...
'Rosie the Riveter' slide show The slide show below was created by Maria Perez on Prezi. It explains how women were driven to be part both of the war effort and of the workforce of the U.S.A. during WWII. Watch all the slides, then try and recap what...
Slideshows ... (or "powerpoints" as you often call them) are not so easy to make. As for technique, you can use your computer, all right. As for texts and images, you can write your text, insert illustrations and vary the way you present them... all right....
This funny song about how to write limericks... is partly a limerick itself ! Nick, from the 'Imagine Learning English' software indicates you the steps to write a great limerick : Writing a limerick : 9 steps #1 Know the basic characteristics of a limerick...
St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York City NEW YORK -- "It was a sea of green, kilts and bagpipes on Fifth Avenue on Saturday as big crowds gathered under a warm sun for New York City's 251st-annual St. Patrick's Day Parade." "New York has been celebrating...
When Tom-Tom meets Darth Vader or Yoda... understanding one another may get difficult ! Let's check what you've caught :o) Try and remember how to say... la 3ème sortie (d'un rond-point) / reprendre à partir de / indiquer le chemin / nous avons fini |...
The 'Pantless Knights' (1) recently used the music of Jay-Z's "What can I say" Before he died, they wrote the lyrics -a tribute to the former Apple C.E.O. This video clip parodies a rap song : "We are all Steve" spoof rap is full with rythm and... vocabulary...
When Radio BBC4 interview focuses on Twitter, Hugh Laurie... ... hesitates ("I'm not...") but then admits ("Well actually I am !") he is well signed up to Stephen Fry's(1) Twitter account... He immediately adds he has "purely unmixed feelings about Twitter"......
The MIT Senseable City Lab redrawing the map of Great Britain from a network of human relations : "Do regional boundaries defined by governments respect the more natural ways that people interact across space ?" The article by the MIT Senseal City Lab...
TEACHERS' LOUNGE "English is big business and languages are dying as never before. Is there a connection ? Is this another manifestation of McDonaldisation – the undesirable face of globalization ? Do we want to lose the variety of languages and all the...
"This advert for the Guardian's open journalism screened for the first time on 29 February 2012, imagines how we might cover the story of the Three Little Pigs in print and online. Follow the story from the paper's front page headline, through a social...
No... not pumpkins again -not today ! Art or Food ? Terry Border joins both ! This silent animation reviews mere moments in 'A Slice of Life' : smiles, tinged with poetry ;) Below, the 'food artist' explains how inspiration gets him to invent such funny...
A couple of pencil-outlined birds escape from a little girl´s drawing and lead us through the life she dreams of... (2008) The little girl's dreams are tinged with romance and unveil an ideal world full with clichés... Still, the short animation is quite...
Remember the >>> a nimated clip on "procrastination" ? Compare it with the clip below : Focus on the video clip voice sound : contrast the author's voice with the voice in the previous clip (September 11)... What is the main difference between the two...
Tomorrow's April Fool's Day The First of April, some do say Is set apart for All Fools Day But why the people call it so Not I, nor they themselves do know Here is a mini lesson on April Fool's Day and some vocabulary : April Fool jokes generally involve...
... in "The King's Speech" B2 & above Colin Firth at Dave Letterman's Show on CBS -humourosly witty :o) The leading actor -interviewed by Kathie Couric (from CBS news*) This is a 34-minute video -which might sound quite long to you... But if you feel...
"The wondrous openness of the mind of a child" "Patricia Kuhl shares astonishing findings about how babies learn one language over another -- by listening to the humans around them and "taking statistics" on the sounds they need to know. Clever lab experiments...
"You'll be loved" This song is not exactly the usual "sha-la-la-la-laaa, I love you so much !" classic ;o) And yet, though its tune and some of its stills may look harsh , its chorus message is rather optimistic ! The animation is well-made and the whole...
TEACHERS' LOUNGE "British academics fear the government's plans for cuts will have a negative impact on the north of the county and are to unite to fight against the plan. Principal Mark Silverman has called for MPs support. "I am concerned at the Department...
TEACHERS' LOUNGE ... as helpful tools :o) Otherwise... they'll just remain mere "powerpoints". By the way, telling about "a powerpoint" just suggests the brand should become the thing : what d'ya think ?!! For sure, slideshows themselves are no teaching...
"Fair game" : an ambiguous title that plays on words : a "fair game" is either a game played according to the rules... or game (animals) that may lawfully be hunted. Watch the trailer and guess which one is dealt with in the film : Action / thriller -...
TEACHERS' LOUNGE I guess all teachers are interested in getting effective ways of visualizing, understanding and learning information better. As for me diagrams, flowcharts, mind maps or any other visual 'tool' that may help students to improve their...
TEACHERS' LOUNGE The International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language aka I.A.T.E.F.L. <<< aims at "linking, developing and supporting English Language Teaching Professionals worldwide." Last year, the IATEFL Conference and Exhibition...
