Anglais

Mentions légales

jroche — 2011-11-04T04:40:18Z

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email etiquette

jroche — 2011-01-19T11:28:02Z

Listen to this audio document to learn more about digital civility.

Many more tips and explanations here.

However, bear in mind that things change [1]. See for instance this argument on the same subject : as new means of communication are more and more used, people adapt and even natives find it hard to agree on proper uses as far as etiquette is concerned ! eg : does "dear" imply one is writing to a "dear", close friend or is it simply a traditional way of apostrophing someone politely?

Test : (try and keep on the safe side)

You're the one who starts an exchange because you wish to see (meet) that person : at bottom, your message is the same but imagine different kinds of recipients (neighbour, close friend, colleague, manager...) : adapt your style accordingly.

You answer a similar proposal : there too, adapt your style to the sender.

This should remind you of a well-known work by Raymond Queneau entitled Exercises in Style.

[1] title of a comedy by David Mamet

The England of yore

jroche — 2010-12-14T08:01:04Z

A full series of digitised films is made available by the British Council. Several aspects of the history of England are studied :

English towns
Democracy : the 1945 General election
The history of the English language
The pillars of English, British daily life
Cropping and selling at the local market
A rabbit's life in the English countryside
WWII hardships in London
Art and craft in small villages
Shipbuilding : more than a trade, a community of people
Yorkshire : an entity and an identity
Kew Gardens : the world flora in a nutshell
Cricket : the Ashes

Commentaries are available by clicking on Catalogue in the left menu.

Getting started

jroche — 2010-08-31T07:30:00Z

Open to any age category, level or purpose.

This is what the editing space will look like. Help available for typing and shortcuts. Once the article is ready, the editor(s) can apply to the administrator for publication. [1]

Ouvert à toutes catégories d'âge, de niveau, quel que soit le but poursuivi.

Voici un aperçu de l'espace privé pour publier. Aide pour la typographie et les raccourcis. Une fois l'article terminé, le(s) rédacteur(s) en demande(nt) la publication à l'administrateur. [2]


private area

[1] Forums are disabled but a beforehand moderated forum can be abled when needed for a given article.

[2] Les forums sont désactivés mais il est possible d'activer un forum modéré à priori si nécessaire pour un article.

The S.E.C. Eco-Guide

jroche — 2010-08-29T09:31:00Z

The four schools kept working on the glossary while studying their respective pinpointed themes [1] and regularly added data to the online wiki that enabled them to collaborate, exchange and share their findings in order to publish a brochure that is made available to local schools, tourist offices, townhalls... with the aim to educate and raise awareness of the need to change our habits while proposing simple ideas for everyday life..

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

[1] see the Summary of the project

Britain's biodiversity

jroche — 2010-04-14T08:23:52Z

Sommaire

Here is a very refreshing slideshow that accounts for a new initiative to raise awareness to the impact of human activities on wildlife.

Task for B1 level

Watch it carefully, take notes, then close it and :
sum up the dangers each of these species is facing and why [1]
why choose stamps to highlight this issue?

Task for A2 level

Watch the slideshow and check the names of the animals you don't know. [2]

Answer the same questions with the help of this attached quiz.

[1] human or natural causes

[2] You may use this dictionnary.

Phonology and Semantics

jroche — 2010-04-12T06:35:00Z

Download and this amusing podcast : listen to the last 5 minutes about mispronunciation. [1]

You should be able to pick out 11 examples of misunderstanding. [2]

list and explain the mistakes that lead to misunderstanding.
imagine other examples of misleading mistakes using the following words : [3]

“shop / chop” ; “ship / chip” ; “shock / choke” ; “actual / current” ;eventually / possibly ; “record (n) / record (v)” ; “rich / reach” ; “share / chair” ; “draught / drought” ; “sheet / leaf” ; and, worst of all “sheet / sh-t” [4]

Unzip this presentation, open the odt file to go further. [5]


pair_words

[1] skip the first 22 minutes that deal with other subjects.

[2] if not, you'll get help with the text version.

[3] if need be, use this audio tool to get the pronunciation

[4] bad word

[5] videos and quizzes on the BBC

2de2 gr

jroche — 2010-04-11T08:24:04Z

corr. de l' essai

2de gr

jroche — 2010-04-11T08:23:14Z

corr. de l' essai

1E gr

jroche — 2010-04-11T08:22:16Z

corr. de l' essai