Activities for Learners

Understanding the social media: an interview with Jeffrey Rosen Jeffrey Rosen, professor of law at The George Washington University, interviewed by Clifford Armion29th November 2012, Hôtel de Région, Lyon Clifford Armion: What do you think of the generation we call the digital natives? Are they vulnerable when they use the internet and the social networks? Jeffrey Rosen: Now that we’re living most of our lives online, all of us are vulnerable to the internet.

ESL Listening Comprehension Exercises: Movie clips to practice English SECTION 1: Movie Clips Learning through media (movies, music, etc.) is one of the best ways to learn a new language. The exercises below use movie clips to help you to better understand spoken English. Here's what you do: Click on the video you want to watch below.Watch the video, and pay attention to it! (You can pause and rewind the video.)Answer the listening comprehension questions below the video.Check your answers.

Speak & Improve Comment George Orwell est devenu un penseur visionnaire et iconique du XXIe siècle « A cinquante ans, chacun a le visage qu’il mérite », écrivait George Orwell. Soixante-dix ans après sa mort, le sien est devenu une icône. La Ferme des animaux (1945) est un classique qui décrypte le totalitarisme et sa mécanique, 1984 est un best-seller planétaire qui éclaire aussi bien la surveillance numérique mondialisée que l’ère de la « post-vérité ». Flippity — Spelling Words Flippity Scavenger Hunt Easily turn a Google spreadsheet into an interactive scavenger hunt activity. Demo Instructions Template Streamglish, une application originale pour apprendre l'anglais Streamglish vient de lancer la nouvelle version de son application mobile pour améliorer son niveau d’anglais. Originale et réussie ! On le sait, les Français sont peu à l’aise en anglais : la France est 31e, derrière le Costa Rica et le Nigéria, dans le classement EF EPI, la plus grande étude mondiale sur les compétences en anglais. Voici une solution

Loom for Education — Loom is free for teachers and students who are using Loom for classroom work. Below, we’ve compiled a list of resources, how-to’s, and examples from teachers who are using video recordings to connect with their students. Guide to Using Loom for Education: This Help Center article shows educators how to sign up, set up an account, and use video recordings in a classroom setting: how to create and share your videos, use key features like the drawing tool, flip your camera, record presentations, and more. Loom: Bring Learning Alive With Screencasting in the Classroom: This is an excellent resource from Kathleen Morris, a primary school teacher in Australia. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Shares How His Special Needs Son Shaped His Life And Career Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has opened up about how his journey with his special needs son has shaped his life and career. Nadella’s son Zain, now 21, has cerebral palsy and is legally blind. Zain’s pregnancy was complicated. “I remember the year 1996 as a thrilling time.

The Oregon Trail Game Online It wouldn’t make much sense to have a website like Visit Oregon and not have one of the most iconic Oregon video games ever made. If you grew up in Oregon during the 70’s and 80’s, you will remember Oregon trail. Above is a free version you can play right here for as long as you like. Be sure to bookmark it or share it with friends and family as well. California Gold Rush and westward movement [Music in] NARRATOR: California was part of the territory the United States had just won in the Mexican War. To most Americans it was as remote as the moon--2,000 miles away from the slowly advancing frontier. In a sprinkling of mission towns along the coast lived some 4,000 people . . . about 3,000 Mexicans and the rest a mixture of newcomers, mostly Americans. In San Francisco--a sleepy port with 812 residents--a rumor found its way into print in mid-March of 1848. [Music out]