22 octobre 2011
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19:31
On Facebook, you can feel as if you had loads of "friends".
This is likely to be considered a 'pro'-Facebook argument -guess so.
The infographic below displays some cons though -on a loooooooong wall :
The visual deals with...
"Privacy"
May 31st, 2010 :
"Quit Facebook Day"
September 23rd; 2010 :
Facebook's "worst outage"
Facebook's revenue
Wall Street's "hottest tech deal"
with Facebook
Facebook's Pad inability to print
...
& many more.
Click on the illustration ⇒
to get full details
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The INTERNET - Social MEDIA
18 octobre 2011
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19:19
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
You will need a password : it's the number of the classroom you were in this afternoon !
And now... practise !
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METHODS : "How to..."
16 octobre 2011
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23:05
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 English. This RECAP SHEET will also provide you with useful vocabulary to improve your writing task (introductory verbs, adverbs, etc...).
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METHODS : "How to..."
16 octobre 2011
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15:35
You have just met the new English assistant !
Go onto the "Wallwisher" below ⇓
Click on "Post a sticky" and post one piece of information you noted
- about her
- about the place she comes from
- about any other information she told you !
Mention your "name" in your post, as I did in : "YrTEACHER" [if you don't, your post will remain "Anonymous" and will not be considered.]
I'm waiting for your posts on the "Wallwisher"...
YOUR TURN !
11 octobre 2011
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09:13
The world map below displays nations using English as an official language
or as the predominant language
Picture licensed by Wmitchell, in the Public Domain
Watch the map closely : what can you notice ? Which part of the world are these countries located in ? How can you explain this ?
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2ndes.......... B1- - B1
7 octobre 2011
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16:25
The infographic below outlines commonly using Google... affects your memory
It reviews different Google tools in the Analysis (green) / Organisation (light blue) / Search (dark blue) / Image (orange) fields and compares how our memory and our brain used to work before Google... with the way it does today !
Research and Design by: Online Colleges Site
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The INTERNET - Social MEDIA
6 octobre 2011
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07:50
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 too ! Its lyrics review various products created by Steve Jobs and highlight his supremacy in the computer science market..
Can you spot 2 visual details that make all the video clip characters look like Steve Jobs ?
A little help ? These details are part of their clothes !
(1) : The 'Pantless Knights' are a group of American comedians
5 octobre 2011
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08:39
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 Americans have often been scared throughout their history. The animation was an effective and funny means of explaining how deep gun violence is rooted in the history of the USA : that's why Michael Moore inserted it into his film. Click on the PDF logo ⇓ to get a worksheet that will help you decode this brief US history by Michael Moore :
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Thanks indeed to Sophie Osmont,
the colleague who created the worksheet.
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Terminales... B1 - B2
25 septembre 2011
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18:00
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 -of course- but some of them are quite interesting : provided you view the "MULTILINGUAL" version whenever you are allowed to, watching these programmes in English will help you... improve your English !
You can put the subtitles on, which also helps you understand the series. And now... have a nice programme ! :-)
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24 septembre 2011
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10:39
A few arguments people commonly resort to when it comes to the right to own arms :
Each argument favouring the right to keep & bear arms is contradicted by a counter argument.
Read them all to check which arguments you agree on, and which ones you disagree on.