Variety's on this English menu : have fun practising ! ~~~ Progresse en anglais au fil des divers articles et supports :-)
Banksy has issued 2 new paintings on his website, so as to show he'll keeep on street spray-painting --no matter how clean London streets might be made... "London 2012: the graffiti clampdown is like Versailles versus the sans-culottes" "Tourists don't...
Happy St Valentine's Day ! "Invention of Love" was created in 2009/2010 by Andrey Shushkof : it was his diploma animated short film : He had started his film school in Saint-Petersburg University of Culture and Arts, where he studied directing, photography...
You [ought to...] regularly revise irregular verbs lists : they're either alphabetical or morphologically-based.... A French colleague built this map to group the verbs by themes, which you might well find it easier to memorise... click on the map to...
Last autumn, the Institute for the Future of Technology issued the map above ⇑ to help you find "your own path through the dynamic, turbulent, and startling multiverse of exploration." The report below ⇓ details its main issues : (1) The IFT is located...
There are many reasons why people tweet : tweets may be personal conversation or professional information. Twitter accounts are often used to promote oneself and one's business or website. The iinfographic also displays Twitter business value, who the...
TEACHERS' LOUNGE Many of you may not know the novel yet -nor the film : the official website SYNOPSIS and the 'traditional' WIKIPEDIA article on "The Help" are a good start. You may also READ the first pages of the novel , and LISTEN to the corresponding...
Can you feel it ?! is coming -it's all close ;) But Hallowe'en's Eve is not tonight... not yet ! Till then, this slide show displays a series of Jack O' Lantern carved pumpkins Scary, creepy, funny, dazzling, weird... all of them are most original. You...
TEACHERS' LOUNGE & interested Using Social Media &Technology in Educational Settings "Considerations, guidance and risk assessment templates for schools and educational settings considering the use of Social Media. This Kent e-Safety Strategy Group [...]...
Here is a RECAP to help you... ... describe and analyse a visual document : a photo, a painting, a drawing, a cartoon, a still , and so on... Click on the PDF logo to get the RECAP sheet Click on the apple to get the cartoons you started studying today...
RECAP SHEET : How to write a DIALOGUE The students who aim at writing a dialogue may find some help in the RECAP sheet I've just put online : click on the PDF logo... ... and brush up the main rules you need to bear in mind when you write dialogues in...
This 03'15" cartoon is taken from "Bowling for Columbine", Michael Moore's film about gun violence in the U.S.A. & its roots. This animated film was created by the authors of "South Park" (Trey Parker & Matt Stone) . It caricatures the reasons why the...
The timeline below shows various American TV series that can be watched also in France -until December 2012 : Lots of them are rather famous in France : you probably already know many of them, as "Dexter", "Medium", "NCIS", or... Their quality varies...
CONSUMERISM - BRANDING $$$ $$$ The video clip you started studying yesterday was made in 2008 : It is also displayed on the 'Adbusters' website , but it was created by the ' Bonfire of the brands' team. _____________ As for specific VOCABULARY, the documents...
Tale - B1/2 You've just started studying "Gun violence in the US" in 'XL Terminale' textbook... The passage was adapted from an article by Stuart Jeffries, (from 'The Guardian' - May 17, 2002) and I thought you might feel like reading it : "Gunning for...
Google's domain : registered in 1997 - Facebook : launched 7 years later 2011's websurfers cannot figure out searching the web without the search engine -as for Facebook, Zuckerberg's corporation painted the word 'friend' quite a peculiar tinge ! Actually...
The New York City OEM (Office of Emergency Management)... ... has issued a Guide to help New Yorkers and visitors cope with the heat wave that is currently sweeping over the U.S.A. (up to 125°F/51.6°C in Nevada) : "On warm summer days, New York City can...
This infographic was created by MedicalBillingandCoding.org about one year ago Compare yourself and the way you use the Internet with the way it is used illustrated in the infographic... Do you use TV and the Internet simultaneously ? What do you use...
Kenneth Koch's words are given rhythm by the visual effect of kinetic typography : "watch" 'You want a social life, with friends' in the video below : You want a social life, with friends. A passionate love life and as well To work hard every day. What's...
"Democracy is not a spectator sport" Once you have viewed this short video... ... complete the gap fill summary based on Matt Damon's comments : Matt DAMON reads and comments on a few articles from the Declaration of Independence At first, he explains...
This series of animations humorously relates the "History of English" These Free Open Learning videos were created by the Open University ANGLO-SAXON or "Whatever happened to the Jutes ?" The NORMAN CONQUEST or "Excuse my English" SHAKESPEARE or "A plaque...
According to Cisco's (1) data, the global Internet traffic is to quadruple between 2010 and 2015. Mashable details the forecast in the infographic below ⇓ (1) : Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American-based multinational corporation. It designs and sells consumer...
Student bullying in schools is a serious issue The statistics show a student is bullied every seven minutes in the U.S.A., and that most of the time, bullying occurs on playgrounds. 77% of students are bullied and cyber-bullying is rapidly approaching...
Visualizing 38 million deaths from 25 conflicts The artists Clara Kayser-Bril, Nicolas Kayser-Bril & Marion Kotlarski "[...] wanted to put a picture on these digits. A shocking, gory picture, like the reality of war. [...] Our understanding of conflicts...
Why was Geronimo - the name of one of the best-known Native Americans- chosen as the code name for the operation to capture the (formerly) Saudi terrorist ? Click on Geronimo's ⇓ portrait below to read the BBC news (U.S.A. & Canada) article - 3 May 2011...
^^^ was formerly known as "The Manchester Guardian" and founded in 1821. "The Guardian" is told to have the 2nd largest online readership of any English-language newspaper in the world (after the New York Times). On the first page of the May 5, 1821 issue,...
