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Here is a post particularly dedicated to senior STG students who will take their oral exam at the end of the year. The recording and commentary was made by Holly, our British language assistant from London, UK. This document deals with: The global divide...
Hey, today we first had two debates about the death penalty: for or against? If you want an audio version of the debate to be able to listen to you again, feel free to send me an email or to contact me thanks to the "Need Help?" button and form on the...
Hey, today we first got to know each other. Let me wish you a happy back-to-school. I hope you will all achieve good grades at the end of the year for your A-Levels. After introducing myself a little and presenting how the year was going to unfold, we...
Hey, if you need the correction of your mock exams again, I have typed the essay and story of both Maxime and Nadège because they were really good examples of what you could all do at the final exam. Click the icon below to display the correction of the...
Hey, today you really pissed me off with your chatting all the time... so much that I decided to stop the class short and have you get out! You didn't deserve me teaching you anymore. You had better change behaviour and quick! First we warmed up with...
Hey, today we first spoke about health problems because Sylvain was sick yesterday. Here is what we said during the warm up: Yesterday, Sylvain was absent because he suffered from a toothache . He was in pain. Voc: (to) suffer (from) = (to) be in pain...
Hey, today, we first gossiped about Eva Longoria and Tony Parker's divorce. Here is what we said: In the US, everybody talks about Eva and Tony Parker's divorce. Eva accuses Tony of having an affair / of cheating on her / of betraying her. Tony is said...
Hey, today we first spoke about X-mas and more precisely X-mas presents. Here is what you said about the event: Some people prefer receiving money because they can buy what they really want whereas others like having real presents / gifts and surprises....
Hey, today we first corrected your homework exercise about as if / as though . Here is the correction: 1- The French / French people are believed to speak English very poorly as if / as though they never learned /learnt foreign languages. 2- Americans...
Hey, today we went deeper into the analysis of Ben's possible CV. We analysed what had to be said according to his personal experience so as to fit the job descrpition to its best. Here is what we wrote in the different categories: "to be written by ..."...
Hi guys, today we worked in groups around the notion of "How to write a newspaper article". From a recent article, we determined what the layout was composed of and while reading it we could identify some typical information about the content. You can...
Hi guys, today we first corrected your homework and wrote a definition for the word: "Super Hero" in you binders. Here it reads: (1) They are fictional character. You can see them in: - Movies - Comics - Dreams - Cartoons - Toys (2) Super heroes have...
Hey guys, today you REALLY PISSED ME OFF not saying a word and as a consequence you got more homework to do than expected... I'm warning you one last time: I'm not talking and working for you. So get moving! Eventually, we managed to analyse the first...
After interrogating some of you about the lesson and the homework, we wrote things about Ellis Island, "E Pluribus Unum", and "Pogroms". Here is what we said: - "Pogroms" were persecutions against Jews by the Russian army at the beginning of the 20th...
Hello again Class! Today the students who actually spoke did quite a good job analysing and interpreting the different arguments from the tapes we listened to. Here is what we wrote to finish the summary of pros and cons about the capital punishment:...
Hey guys, today we first finished correcting your tests (essay and translation). Here is the list of link words that were used in the essay: "to be written by Sarah / Aurianne" Here is the correction for the translation (English original text + our proposal):...
Hi guys, first you took a vocabulary test about the lesson. Then we continued the class with the study of the song entitled "American Life" by Madonna. You can watch the video clip again below: Don't forget to train speaking and singing like Madonna since...
Hi guys, today we first made a quick recap of what we had said yesterday about the picture and Nizart had to draw it on the board to make sure the directions you gave him were correct. Then we continued talking about the topic of immigration to the US...
Hey guys, today we began working on a new topic: AIDS. We listened to an interview of Bono, the leader of the band U2 who is involved in a charity acting against the pandemic. You can listen to it again below: Here is what we said about the document and...
Hi guys, today we first did an oral competition to know who could remember and use as many words as possible in sentences to speak about India. Then you refused to do your presentations (positive and negative things about the country... shame on you......
Hi guys, today I had you watch a news report dealing with the death of Tookie Williams. You can watch it again below: Here is what we said about it: THE DEBATE OVER THE DEATH SENTENCE The document is a news report about Tookie Williams, a former gand...
Hi guys, today we corrected your phonetics chart and learnt how to pronounce the words correctly according to their phonetic symbols. Then we started a new activity about the trailer of the film "Akeelah and the Bee".You had to find the letters which...
Cette post-position exprime l'idée de continuité. Si elle est rajoutée après un verbe, vous pourrez en déduire le sens en réfléchissant à cette notion de pérénité de l'action. Par exemple : Si vous demandez votre chemin dans la rue à Londres pour aller...
N ous avions déjà vu dans des articles précédents comment choisir le bon temps à employer dans une phrase. Nous avions dit à ce titre que le Present Perfect était le temps du bilan que l'on fait aujourd'hui en regardant vers le passé. Le temps écoulé...
Hey, with the whole class, we first did a warm up about sports and superheroes. Here is what we said: "to be written by Romain Hamon" Then we continued speaking about the 2nd page from Spiderman. Here is what we wrote: "to be written by Romain Hamon"...
