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English words and their origins
From 'A' to 'ampersand', English is a wonderfully curious language
Forget selfies, belfies and twerking – practically every word in the English language has its own remarkable story
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Confessions of a slacker dad: why being a 50/50 parent is overrated
Prince William changes nappies, Simon Cowell gushes about his newborn – men are keener than ever to prove they are doing at least half the parenting. When did being a father get so complicated?By Alex Bilmes
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http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26680147
+ 2 of her most famous songs
The doctor's daughter from the south London suburb of Bexleyheath shot to fame when her debut single Wuthering Heights, a song inspired by the Emily Bronte novel, topped the charts.
"Oh England, My Lionheart", with lyrics, referring to WWII, a dying spitfire pilot declares his love for his country
Winston Churchill was sometimes said to have a lion's heart...he was also referred to as Lionheart.
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Animated Travel Shorts from BBC NEWS
Episode 2 - Dangerous dreams in rural Utah
Four English travellers deal with the reality of finding a place to sleep in the backcountry of the American Southwest. Story by BBC Travel reader Darren Brent.
A Stranger in Brasov :
http://www.bbc.com/travel/video/animated-travel-shorts/20140218-a-stranger-in-brasov
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PEOPLE TRAFFICKINGPeople trafficking: Ordeal for those coming to UK - 4 March 2014
"People trafficked into the UK may already have spent years travelling before they arrive, a BBC investigation has found.
They also face violence and are treated like slaves by the criminal gangs transporting them."
(BBC)Anti-slavery teams to be introduced at UK airports - 21 February 2014
"Specialist anti-slavery teams are to be based inside UK airports in a bid to clamp down on human trafficking, ministers have announced."
(BBC)THANKS TO MICHELLE HENRY
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The Guardian.com (article)
Does it matter if teachers are Scruffy?
DOES IT MATTER IF YOUR tEACHER IS SCRUFFY?
13 March 2014 Last updated at 09:29 GMT
We all know the stereotype of the scruffy school pupil - scuffed shoes, stained shirt and a loose tie. But are the teachers any better?
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wins US National Book Critics Circle award
The Guardian.com Crédits :Photograph: David Levenson/Getty
lien vers l'interview de NPR classée dans la rubrique "Black people in the USA"
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Celebrate Women’s History Month on the Learning Network
Commence par une vidéo de Malala...
puis, "Lesson plans and resources"
Une mine de documents(slideshows, articles, vidéos) et de liens,
des idées de débats, exemple :
Student Opinion Questions
- Do Parents Have Different Hopes and Standards for Their Sons Than for Their Daughters?
- Is School Designed More for Girls Than Boys?
- Is There Too Much Pressure on Girls to Have ‘Perfect’ Bodies?
- How Much Pressure Do Boys Face to Have the Perfect Body?
- Do Photoshopped Images Make You Feel Bad About Your Own Looks?
- Is It O.K. for Men and Boys to Comment on Women and Girls on the Street?
- What Should We Do to Fight Sexual Violence Against Young Women?
- How Do You Feel About Rihanna and Chris Brown Getting Back Together?
- Do Fraternities Promote Misogyny?
- Why Aren’t There More Girls in Leadership Roles?
- Why Aren’t More Girls Choosing to Pursue Careers in Math and Science?
- Should Women Be Allowed to Fight on the Front Lines Alongside Men?
- Do You Believe in Equal Rights for Women and Men?
- Are Women Better at Compromising and Collaborating?
- Do Boys Have Less Intense Friendships Than Girls?
Des mots croisés, etc...
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OLIVER TWIST
FILMEDUCATION : DOSSIER TRES COMPLET SUR LE FILM DE POLANSKI
BBC SCHOOL RADIO : podcasts par episodes
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On This Spanish Slave Ship, Nothing Was As It Seemed
A review of The Empire of Necessity, by Greg Grandin
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http://www.audioviator.com/en/
un exemple :
une oeuvre célèbre:
Art-Institute-of-Chicago-American-Gothic
Cliquez sur la carte du monde et vous obtenez une visite guidée avec en prime
des documents pdf.
Apparemment faits en Espagne, les enregistrements en anglais ne sont pas toujours faits par des native speakers
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1962 : the action takes place in Baltimore where Friday is "negro day" on dance floors...
excerpt 1: "Run and tell that!"
Excerpt2 : "I know where I've been"
(The main character on the right takes part in a demonstration against segregation and loses her chances of ever dancing in a TV show!)
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ST PATRICK'S DAY ON MARCH 17THUn beau didapage d'une collègue
Podcastsinenglish : Ireland
(podcast nr. 47 & 48)
Listening : Podcast from ESL library (4'07)
(American accent!)
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jeu (même site)
History.com : St Patrick's Day:
15 videos!
A TEATIME VIDEO HERE :
Pour le primaire :
ON PBS / RECIPES AND VIDEOS
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Une séquence sur Emilangues pour classe de 4ème et 3ème jusqu'à l'évaluation
y compris classes euro...
Emilangues : La St Patrick en Irlande
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On RESCOL : lesson plans and webquests
On RESCOL : cartoons, videos, etc...
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Facts about Ireland - a worksheet
Mélanie Yevnine Bassène (from SENEGAL) ECRIT SUR RESCOL :
"J'ai utilisé le magnifique slideshow créé par Renée Maufroid sur l'Irlande ( http://www.quia.com/hm/725687.html?AP_rand=938603343 )
et j'ai préparé le worksheet."-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Play the game on quia by Renée Maufroid
Then enjoy her wonderful slideshow again!
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Learn about Ireland on enchanted learning
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An old anti-war song:
a revolutionary song : By the Rising of the Moon
SAINT PATRICK'S DAY
Saint Patrick's Day - a worksheet + VIDEO
CO avec questions à choix multiples et restitution en français.
Créé par Delphine Darrieumerlou (Ac. Bordeaux)
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ST PATRICK'S DAY ON MARCH 17THUn beau didapage d'une collègue
Podcastsinenglish : Ireland
(podcast nr. 47 & 48)
Listening : Podcast from ESL library (4'07)
(American accent!)
+
jeu (même site)
History.com : St Patrick's Day:
15 videos!
A TEATIME VIDEO HERE :
Pour le primaire :
ON PBS / RECIPES AND VIDEOS
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Une séquence sur Emilangues pour classe de 4ème et 3ème jusqu'à l'évaluation
y compris classes euro...
Emilangues : La St Patrick en Irlande
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On RESCOL : lesson plans and webquests
On RESCOL : cartoons, videos, etc...
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Facts about Ireland - a worksheet
Mélanie Yevnine Bassène (from SENEGAL) ECRIT SUR RESCOL :
"J'ai utilisé le magnifique slideshow créé par Renée Maufroid sur l'Irlande ( http://www.quia.com/hm/725687.html?AP_rand=938603343 )
et j'ai préparé le worksheet."-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Play the game on quia by Renée Maufroid
Then enjoy her wonderful slideshow again!
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Learn about Ireland on enchanted learning
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An old anti-war song:
a revolutionary song : By the Rising of the Moon
SAINT PATRICK'S DAY
Saint Patrick's Day - a worksheet + VIDEO
CO avec questions à choix multiples et restitution en français.
Créé par Delphine Darrieumerlou (Ac. Bordeaux)
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video on BBC NEWS FUTURE
Giving net lessons to the world’s poorest
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BBC News (march 14, 2014):Apology over Sir Edward Elgar Banksy-style street art
The Atlantic.com : Watch a Photographer Turn Downtown LA's Graffiti Into Abstract Art
Related theme : street art and murals
Mr Brainwash (Thierry Guetta)
On the walls of his LA studio, on South La Brea Avenue and Dockweiler Street
Activités sur La Clé des Langues:
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IF YOU LOVE MURALS :
Mural Conservancy in Los Angeles
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BANKSY ON RESCOL (Michelle Henry)
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Le Café Pédagogique nous signale
BANKSY SUR SOUNDGUIDE (Rodolphe Maurel)
La vidéo est sur Youtube (toute la série ici), mais vient du site suivant:
Je rajoute le lien du blog que vient de me signaler une collègue (Monica)
Elle y a posté 6 articles sur Banksy
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from The Atlantic online :
The South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities (James Fallows)
What My School Means to Me: Essays from 3 High Schoolers
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The Atlantic: is speed reading possible?
I found this article quite interesting, but read it hastily!
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/03/is-speed-reading-possible/284326/
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BBC NEWS : Pupil punished by school over wearing wrong shoes!
The debate over expensive uniforms
BBC videos
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-26519133
Duration : 1'34
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-26513772
are school uniforms still the solution?
Lessons learnt from pupils wearing school uniform
cost of school uniforms
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-23961403
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-24098772
It also has to do with the battle over "free schools" as David Cameron suggests
(very awkwardly, but this is my personal view)
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On NPR : 'Americanah' Author Explains ’Learning’ To Be Black In The U. S
Adichie is a MacArthur Fellowship winner and author of the novels Purple Hibiscus and Half of A Yellow Sun. Her novel Americanah explores this question of what it means to be black in the U.S., and tells the story of a young Nigerian couple, one of whom leaves for England and the other of whom leaves for America.
The title, she says, is a Nigerian word for those who have been to the U.S. and return with American affectations.
"It's often used," she says, "in the context of a kind of gentle mockery."
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ON NPR
Stokely Carmichael, A Philosopher Behind The Black Power Movement
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ST PATRICK'S DAY ON MARCH 17TH
Listening : Podcast from ESL library (4'07)
(American accent)
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jeu (même site)
ETC...
LIEN VERS LA PAGE + COMPLETE DE CE BLOG
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The London Story : Une série de vidéos sur Londres :
ce sont des témoignages, donc docs authentiques d'une durée d'un peu plus d'1m '30.
Différents lieux à visiter présentés par ceux qui y travaillent, différents corps de métiers, etc...
Destinées à des touristes français, mais en anglais ! Sous-titrées ou non!
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Edward R. Murrow.
Food for thought on this theme: "The Power of Words"
CBS NEWS
"See It Now" anniversary: When Edward R. Murrow stood up to Joseph McCarthy
"March 8, 2014, 8:25 AM|Nearly 60 years ago on "See It Now," legendary CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow changed the face of journalism by criticizing Wisconsin Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy’s anti-communist witch-hunt. Historian and CBS News consultant Douglas Brinkley joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” with a look McCarthy’s political downfall." CBS quote
Edward R. Murrow's famous broadcast as he challenges McCarthy , quoting Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and ending with these now famous words : "Good night and good luck"
TRANSCRIPT:
"No one familiar with the history of this country can deny that congressional committees are useful. It is necessary to investigate before legislating, but the line between investigating and persecuting is a very fine one and the junior Senator from Wisconsin has stepped over it repeatedly. His primary achievement has been in confusing the public mind, as between the internal and the external threats of Communism. We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men -- not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular.
This is no time for men who oppose Senator McCarthy's methods to keep silent, or for those who approve. We can deny our heritage and our history, but we cannot escape responsibility for the result. There is no way for a citizen of a republic to abdicate his responsibilities. As a nation we have come into our full inheritance at a tender age. We proclaim ourselves, as indeed we are, the defenders of freedom, wherever it continues to exist in the world, but we cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
The actions of the junior Senator from Wisconsin have caused alarm and dismay amongst our allies abroad, and given considerable comfort to our enemies. And whose fault is that? Not really his. He didn't create this situation of fear; he merely exploited it -- and rather successfully. Cassius was right. "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves."
Good night, and good luck."
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CNN STUDENT NEWS
In the last part : the Paralympics in Sochi
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/06/studentnews/sn-curriculum-fri/index.html
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Progress?
A regarder, avec ou sans sous-titres
http://www.ted.com/talks/sherry_turkle_alone_together?embed=true
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HOWJSAY :
banque de sons pour la prononciation de l'anglais
SOUNDGUIDE: teach yourself English
"Ce site privilégie l’écoute et la compréhension de l’oral pour apprendre l’anglais. De manière ludique et interactive, vous pourrez réviser ou accroître votre vocabulaire, mais aussi renforcer vos compétences grammaticales."
THE WEB LANGUAGE LAB
Pour s'entraîner à la compréhension orale chez soi...
enrichir son lexique....
pas d'articles très récents, précieux quand même.
http://www.language-lab.org/index_fr.html
PHONETICS
The Phonetic Chart - with the pronunciation
"Use the phonetic chart to learn the sounds of English. Then do a quiz to see how well you have learnt them."
(stuff.co.uk)