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Saint Patrick's Day - Oral Comprehension TEST

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La prononciation des mots en "ch-..."

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En anglais, tous les mots qui commencent par "ch-..." se prononcent d'une certaine manière. On prononce un [t] avant le ch- pour TOUS les mots sauf pour ceux qui sont directement empruntés à une autre langue. On dira ainsi un "t"chewing-gum, ou "t"chest...

Mock Exam - Correction

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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...

Final analysis of the song "Family Portrait"

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Hey, today we first classified some words into two lexical fields. Here they are and also the name of the lexical field: Two lexical fields : FAMILY : brother, father, mother, step-brother, brother-in-law. DIVISION/CONFLICT/SADNESS : pain, crying, yelling,...

Last lesson on the text "Guns" before your tests next week end

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Hey, today we finished studying the text with Brian and Kevin arguing about the use of violence in Ireland to protest against the governement. Here is what we said about their behaviours: First,..."said Kevin softly" (l.6) Then,..."seized Kevin by the...

Reading assesment + recap of the sequence + beginning of the new sequence

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Hey, today you first had to perform the reading of the lyrics "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and you had a grade for that. You all did quite a good job and all had good marks! Then we continued speaking about the text "Guns" to see whether you had any problems...

Anti-tobacco campaign + smoking ban in public places

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Hey, today we first commented on the latest / the most recent French anti-tobacco campaign . Here is what we said about it: PRESENT: represent /show /depict DESCRIBE: 3 characters are smoking. There is a hand on the heads of the characters. The hand is...

Illegal Downloading + correction of your test

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Hey, today we first listened to a short document about illegal downloading. You can listen to it here again: Here is what we said about it: The document deals with illegal downloading. Some artists like Lily Allen, Pink Floyd or Radiohead have gathered...

New sequence - Dreams and the Gold Rush

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Hey, today you first had a small test on irregular verbs. Then we moved on with the beginning of our new sequence. We first commented on this picture: Here is what we said about it: The Rolls Royce in the gilded / golden cage The document is a drawing....

Earth Hour - Tonight

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