KH OPT - Brian Friel

Un document à voir sur Brian FRIEL, auteur irlandais de "Translation" :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZrsFhOqLXs

MPSI : migrants in Calais

The problem of migrants in Calais is still topical, even though the camp was supposedly destroyed in Octobre 2016.

Here are some links to articles related to the topic, that I strongly recommend you to read.

- about the demolition of the camp in 2016 and the backlash in Calais (and London)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/25/calais-jungle-demolition-france-to-begin-dismantling-migrant-cam/

- about the consequence of Brexit on Le Touquet agreement (and what this agreement is about!)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/09/le-touquet-treaty/

- if you like visual information, like figures and charts, have a look at this :
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34131911

- about the lastest news concerning the hostility of the UK toward migrants :
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/29/super-radar-planned-kent-coastline-detect-illegal-migrants/amp/

- finally, if you want to have clever things to answer to the question "why do so many Calais migrants want to go to the UK?" :
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/why-do-calais-migrants-want-to-come-to-britain-and-why-dont-refugees-stay-in-france_uk_580e0fade4b0fce107d15dfa


Make a list of the useful vocabulary in these articles !

D and T in American English

If you want to sound more like an American, take 3 mn to watch this very interesting video :

http://www.eslgold.com/pronunciation.html

It explains how Ds and Ts disappear before a consonant (very clear when you watch and listen to it!)

Useful links for oral skills

You can use the following links in order to listen to various oral documents :

1)  Audio-lingua
http://www.audio-lingua.eu/spip.php?rubrique2
You can choose the subject, the accent, the level...

2) BBC learning
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
Again, the subjects are varied. "6 minute English" is particularly interesting if you have little time.

3) Laboratory
http://www.esl-lab.com/
Listen to documents and answer quizzes.

You may visit these websites to improve your oral skills :

1) English in conversation
http://www.focusenglish.com/dialogues/conversation.html
to learn idioms and useful everyday life sentences


This post will be regularly updated.

A new way to learn irregular verbs

Here is a technique that you may use to learn irregular verbs. The system of classification might help you remember them - hopefully !

Source : taken from: http://another-teacher.net/spip.php?article416

Reading dates

I was born in...
Next year, in...

Hesitating?

Here is a very interesting page to learn how to read dates :

http://www.englishnumber.com/years/how-to-say-years-in-english.html

A 'loudspeaker' icon helps you pronounce.

And you can find out your Chinese astrological sign :