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English Day by Day

English Day by Day is designed for school students to improve their performance in the English language.

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Reproaches - McDonald's and Mattel

Reproaches - McDonald's and Mattel

Hi guys, today, after talking about why girls played with Barbie dolls while boys played with Action Men, we continued our lesson about reproaches to big companies. In line were Mattel and MacDonald's. Here is what we said about Barbie: Barbie: The criticism...

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A new kind of murder weapon...

A new kind of murder weapon...

Hi guys, today you first took a lesson, vocabulary and listening test. You can listen to the recording here again: Then we continued the lesson with a "mysterious document" that only two of you watched. You can now all watch it here: Here is what we finally...

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Drawbacks and advantages of long holidays

Drawbacks and advantages of long holidays

Hey guys, today we read the text about the experiment in a school with shorter holidays. Here is the information that we took out identifying arguments for (in favour of) and against long holidays: Vocabulary Staggered = disturbed = changed Bored = Un...

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Death Penalty and Translation

Death Penalty and Translation

Hi guys, today we dedicated the first part of the class to speaking about Troy Davis's case. You can watch a report about it below: Here is what we said about it: TROY DAVIS - The controversy He was a black man sentenced / condemned / convicted to death...

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Summer holidays, too long or too short?

Summer holidays, too long or too short?

Hi guys, today we first did a quick warm up about Troy Davis's case. You can watch a report about it below: Here is what we said about this case: This man was executed yesterday night in the USA. He had been condemned because he had committed a crime....

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Ruth Simmons's story + translation

Ruth Simmons's story + translation

Hi guys, today we first recapped the lesson about the text with Amélie who did a pretty good job on the whole. Then we watched a report about Ruth Simmons. You can watch it again below: Here is what we said about it: This afro-American woman has had the...

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I like food, you like food, ...

I like food, you like food, ...

Hey, today we first warmed up with the "I love food" song and we listened to the very beginning of the movie again. Here is what we said about it: The director's critism : The movie opens with a scene where children are taught a song; it goes: " I like...

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Super Size Me - the opening

Super Size Me - the opening

Hi guys, today we first checked your pronunciation of some important vocabulary words from the lesson such as "chocolate", "hamburgers", "broccoli", ... and then we moved on with trying to understand the very beginning of the movie "Super Size Me". You...

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Analysis of the text and answers to the questions

Analysis of the text and answers to the questions

Hi guys, today after making a quick recap of what we had said about the text so far, we corrected the questions from last year's exam. We could see how the analysis we had done previously was VERY useful since nearly all the elements to answer the questions...

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Swearing at school staff members now made possible...?

Swearing at school staff members now made possible...?

Hi guys, after talking to you about the possible trip to NYC this year, we studied a new document dealing with school. But it was a rather strange type of document, wasn't it? You can listen to it again below: Here is what we said about it: The strange...

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