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Mentions légales

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:40:18 +0100

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email etiquette

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:28:02 +0100

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.

The England of yore

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:01:04 +0100

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

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:30:00 +0200

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. [3]

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. [4]


private area

The S.E.C. Eco-Guide

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:31:00 +0200

The four schools kept working on the glossary while studying their respective pinpointed themes [7] 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.

Britain's biodiversity

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:23:52 +0200

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 [9]
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. [10]

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

Phonology and Semantics

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:35:00 +0200

Download and this amusing podcast : listen to the last 5 minutes about mispronunciation. [13]

You should be able to pick out 11 examples of misunderstanding. [14]

list and explain the mistakes that lead to misunderstanding.
imagine other examples of misleading mistakes using the following words : [15]

“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” [16]

Unzip this presentation, open the odt file to go further. [17]


pair_words

2de2 gr

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:24:04 +0200

corr. de l' essai

2de gr

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:23:14 +0200

corr. de l' essai

1E gr

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:22:16 +0200

corr. de l' essai

Sentient beings

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:33:52 +0200

Open and this podcast : concentrate on the beginning [23] to listen to Jonathan Balcombe's account of his research on animal behaviour.

Your task

Account

Sum up his view : use the various examples he gives to illustrate his point ; the attached presentation will help and guide you through the different phases and ideas. [24]


animal_behaviour: zip file

React

What about your own experience with animals? Pets or wild animals you may have observed : can you distinguish expressions of thoughts or feelings in their behaviours? Give examples to illustrate your view of the place of man in nature and the relations between man and animals.

Kipling's ethos

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:59:14 +0200

On the occasion of a moving discovery, here's an opportunity to learn more about the poet who's also famous for a poem entitled "If" .

Your task

Read twice very carefully, check up the vocabulary but also the historical context in which it was written.
sum up the ethical values he highlights in prose ; i.e. rephrase.

Here are two spoken and illsutrated versions of the poem : first with a meaningful typography [27], the second one with footage :