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The English assistant... is American :o)
Today you met your English assistant. Have a look at the map : do you remember where she comes from ? Which state ? Which city ? For Monday 19, you know you must draw her portrait. Re-read your notes...
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A cartoon to MEMORIZE the 50 STATES
Wakko created a special song to declaim all of the American 50 states... ... and it might well help you learn them all :o) Do you remember the state your English assistant comes from ? Hmmm ? Further...
View Article50 stars, 50 states : travel with the US flag
++ Terminales You have just started analysing a peculiar US flag today... But what are the states corresponding to the 50 stars on the American flag ? Click on the notes and listen to Wakko's little...
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Visualize the population of the US states
This pie-chart helps you visualize the US states population Mikael Häggström (1) drew it according to the 2008 U.S. Census (1) : He put the illustration in the Public Domain Not only is it useful......
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Frozen Britain : a satellite view
A picture taken by the N.A.S.A. Great thanks to R. Thibert (a colleague) for having me discover this amazing picture : wow ! It looks as if Britain were completely covered with snow and ice ! The...
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Word game & World Hunger Day
FREE RICE is a word game You have to find the proper synonym with a word among 4 answers. <<< Click and choose your answers ! For each right answer, "Freerice" donates 10 grains of rice to...
View ArticleThe world as a 100-people village
Imagine the whole world were a small village of 100 inhabitants... As students, you often hear about statistics or figures on a large scale -which makes them quite hard to figure out. But if you...
View ArticleVOCABULARY | Body IDIOMS
The poster below illustrates Try and write a complex sentence for each idiom.
View ArticleInnovating technologies : top ten | the Telegraph
THE IDEA OF PROGRESS The Daily Telegraph TECH news reporter Miranda Prynne tells us about the top emerging technologies : a top ten list has been composed by the WEF ( World Economic Forum ) : each...
View ArticleSounds from Britain : interactive VIDEO
The video displays places and events we currently consider typically British : hence a series of corresponding sounds, such as tea pouring from a tea pot :o) "What would be your perfect day in Great...
View ArticleIrish Family Names | INFOGRAPHIC
20 Irish family names This infographic tells us about the 20 most common Irish family name. You'll find their meaning, their Latin motto (+ English translation), where in Ireland they are more commonly...
View ArticleSt Patrick's Day : History, Facts & Figures | INFOGRAPHICS
6 days to go before St Patrick's Day ! The infographics below tell us about mythical Saint Patrick, the history of the saint and other facts and trivia. Click the illustrations to get the full picture...
View ArticleIrish MYTHS & LEGENDS
LEPRECHAUNS The name "leprechaun" may have various origins : from the Irish Gaelic word "leipreachan", it means "a kind of aqueous sprite". It also could be from "leath bhrogan", which means...
View ArticleSt Patrick's Day
St Patrick's Day Let's brush up a few words related to this worldwide famous Irish tradition : check this basic visual vocabulary reminder ! ~ Focus on this history of the saint patron of Ireland :...
View ArticleGrammar Rules / Common Mistakes | INFOGRAPHICS
The infographic below plainly explains 15 of the common goofs you happen to make when you write. Scroll down the infographic (be patient, it's quite long) and check if you need to correct some of them .
View ArticleWhat kind of pet-owner are you ? | Grammar ~ Writing ~Fun
This flowchart's quite funny, and it's also useful to practise modal auxiliaries (If you like furry tails, you must / you should / you could / you can't...), negative forms (People who can't stand cold...
View Article∅ : when you don't need the article "THE" | mindmap
Click the mind map and check when you do not nee to use the article "the" before a noun (group) :
View ArticleHollywood disaster films located on U.S.A. maps | CINEMA
The map below shows about 190 "cinematic attacks" : Hollywood disaster movies have destroyed a great deal of U.S. cities, towns or regions (considering a broad definition of the "disaster" genre) : -...
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