English Day by Day is designed for school students to improve their performance in the English language.
Hey, today we first warmed up with a topical issue: AIDS. I was surprised that many of you didn't know that yesterday was World Aids Day... Here is what we said about the topic: Yesterday was Dec. 1st. It was world AIDS day. Many people didn't know about...
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Hey, today we first gossiped a little about Tony Parker and Eva Longoria's divorce with Aurélie, the "gossip queen" who says she never ever talks about people..., and our two gossip girl and gossip boy (Quentin and Ambre)... Here is what we said: How...
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Hey, today you had to correct your dialogues and we worked on Ambre's corrected version to have an example of something positive to get inspiration from. You can download a copy of the correction here: See you tomorrow! Mr Hattais.
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Hey, today you took your final test about stereotypes. Here reads the assignment: "You are discussing with a friend about going to London. But you quickly understands that he/she doesn't want to go with you. He/She has a lot a preconceived ideas about...
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Hey, today you worked on the correction of your dialogues. I hope that you will have understood how to improve it and make it perfect. Here is the correction (adapted from Claire's paper which was outstanding): See you tomorrow for your final test about...
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Hey, today we first warmed up with a topical issue. Here is what we said about the recent event in London: David Cameron has decided to stop funding British universities. Consequently, students have demonstrated against his measure. They protested yesterday...
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Hey, today we first worked again on understanding the end of the text and on seeing how attitudes were very important. Here is what we said about the text: The tone of the text is funny / ironic / sarcastic. The author makes fun of French stereotypes....
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Hey, today we first warmed up with what you did during the holidays. Here are some adjectives that could qualify Quentin's Halloween party: It was lame / boring / crappy ** Then we continued speaking about the text from A Year in the Merde and we particularly...
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Hey, Correction of the exercise: as if / as though 1. French people are believed to speak English very poorly, as if they never learnt foreign languages. 2. Americans are thought to be fat and lazy, as though it were (prétérit modal) the case for all...
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Hey, today we first warmed up with the pension reform. Here is what we said about it: Students and workers are protesting / demonstrating / striking because of the pension reform. With the new bill / law, people must work until 62 and they cannot retire...
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