While Julian Assange has been more than a year in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, Edward Snowden in transit zone in Moscow... words such as bugs, spying and surveillance are much in use.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/03/hidden-microphone-ecuador-embassy-assange
And then, a petition in favour of the freedom of the press that was signed by our Minister of Education's brother, the journalist Antoine Peillon.
http://blogs.mediapart.fr/blog/la-redaction-de-mediapart/110713/we-have-right-know-join-appealalready-25000-signatures
Internet is a wondrous tool and I use it, (ain't I a fool?)for you dear pupils, who wish to speak the Queen's English. Well, maybe not but at least, if asked whether you speak English or not, don't say: "I do not!"
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Monday, July 01, 2013
The SOUNDS of English!
Revise your pronunciation of the SOUNDS of English with the BBC for free and right here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/
And here, the same sounds, from a U.S. University: http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html
Work well during the summer. 15 mn a day is the best!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/
And here, the same sounds, from a U.S. University: http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html
Work well during the summer. 15 mn a day is the best!
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