Interesting or not?

If you find an article/news item/web site ... in English that you think would/may be interesting to your fellow Cepeians (nah! that's not a real word) You could post it here and they can please themselves whether they look at it.

For example a student (no names but let's call her "G") sent me a link to an interesting advert:

[url= http://bit.ly/1MvxnEr]Kids[/url]

Another student - let's call her "My favourite student of the week" - wrote to me last week asking for links to further improve her very good English.

I suggested looking for foreign news sites in English to practice comprehension of different accents such as:

Aussie

open and see

I also recommended TED for it's variety of topics and ready written scripts.

hello John,
the first link you sent is not working, i hope that "G" sent the right one

i shared the video below on the class's facebook group but i guess no one really cares about irregular verbs because there were no ractions, and i was wondering if you would do that in class one day  


naah i'm kidding... i just thought it would be fun to share

Yara Bassil wrote:hello John,
the first link you sent is not working, i hope that "G" sent the right one

i shared the video below on the class's facebook group but i guess no one really cares about irregular verbs because there were no ractions, and i was wondering if you would do that in class one day  


naah i'm kidding... i just thought it would be fun to share

The first one worked went she sent it to me - perhaps it has been removed - it's not working for me now either.

In your video I think the teacher is probably fun (but even more egocentric than me!) and gets good results from making his classes interesting I must admit that I found the rap song as boring as irregular verbs and would be surprised if it actually produced results for a "normal" class.

I never teach irregular verbs, I give a list but believe the only way to really learn vocabulary is through use - reading it/hearing it in context and then using it.

Good find though.

Exactly, reading is very important.
And i'm gyessing i am the only one liking irregular verbs lol. I just find them challenging.... like memorizimg the world capitals.

I'm sure that you are the ONLY one.

You definitely are the only one Yara

Oh come on, irregular verbs are fun! And challenging... :/

No, irregular verbs are not funny and a pain in the ass for every french student

Ok Alex, message received.. i'll start giving private lessons about irregular verbs... since you guys NEED THEM

mayotte problem

Just read this article and wondered if French people are aware of it.

Yara Bassil wrote:Ok Alex, message received.. i'll start giving private lessons about irregular verbs... since you guys NEED THEM

You could make a lot of money!

Admin wrote:

Yara Bassil wrote:Ok Alex, message received.. i'll start giving private lessons about irregular verbs... since you guys NEED THEM

You could make a lot of money!

Sorry to disagree John, but I don't think any of us would want to pay to have irregular verbs lessons

And regarding Mayotte's problem, I haven't heard of it before...

We'll remind each other before the exams

Alex Lasserre wrote:

Admin wrote:

Yara Bassil wrote:Ok Alex, message received.. i'll start giving private lessons about irregular verbs... since you guys NEED THEM

You could make a lot of money!

Sorry to disagree John, but I don't think any of us would want to pay to have irregular verbs lessons

And regarding Mayotte's problem, I haven't heard of it before...

Jordan has already booked lessons.

I'm lost with this double quotes thingy... and by the way mr. John, Alex and I are in class... apparently not very focused.

I'm lost with this double quotes thingy... and by the way mr. John, Alex and I are in class... apparently not very focused.

It's just because we're sad that there isn't english class today

Alex Lasserre wrote:It's just because we're sad that there isn't english class today

true, we miss Mr. John... and his class!

Yara Bassil wrote:I'm lost with this double quotes thingy... and by the way mr. John, Alex and I are in class... apparently not very focused.

That's worrying.

p.s. I'm in class too - but at least my group are doing a video comprehension test

Alex Lasserre wrote:It's just because we're sad that there isn't english class today

Don't worry, soon you can have a video test too.

Yara Bassil wrote:

Alex Lasserre wrote:It's just because we're sad that there isn't english class today

true, we miss Mr. John... and his class!

You can just call me John.

I'm having problems with the multi-quote too.

I just realize that Yara want to learn irregular verb, I think the more important is to know to use the correct forms, because I can learn my lesson by heart but my first problem is that: I don’t understand when use « ed » « ing » « had/has », and when I was younger I learned irregular verbs, but my level never improve because I never understood when use them…

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