Down and Out in London vs. Paris There will always be an England dear to the hearts of Americans who adore the quaint – especially where the natives speak in an intelligible tongue. The Brits high regard for the United States further warms the cockles of the Anglophilic heart. Imitation being the ultimate form of respect in today’s globalized culture, the vanishing England of old (from double-decker buses to bowler hats) diminishes our affection not a whit so long as it is replaced by pop entertainment, catch-phrases, and economic panaceas with the “Made In USA” seal. That assures Americans that the voices raised to hail “the land of hope and glory” really know just what land deserves the accolade. Ritualized affirmations of family ties crop up at random in unpredictable waves. Consequently, there is a long-standing tradition of reveling in whatever hard times France may be experiencing. France’s youth, we are informed, are particularly distraught. So, where lies Salvation? Surveying the Promised Land Fr: 4.8 UK: 6.3
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Fatigué du système, il ouvre les portes de son élevage industriel Vue par plus d’1 million d’américains en quelques jours, cette vidéo ne montre pas des poussins broyés ou des animaux maltraités pour vous prendre par les sentiments. C’est simplement l’histoire de Craig Watts, un fermier industriel qui va faire ce qu’aucun autre n’a fait avant lui : ouvrir les portes de son usine et montrer sa réalité. (Activer les sous-titres FR si nécessaire – Vidéo produite par ciwf.fr) Le cas de Craig Watts démontre que les exploitants agricoles ne sont pas forcément des monstres sans foi ni loi qui abusent des animaux. Beaucoup se sont simplement laissés entraîner par la machine infernale de la productivité à coup d’investissements qui engendrent de nouvelles infrastructures et de nouveaux investissements. « Il y a beaucoup de failles dans ce système. Après 22 ans à élever des poulets toujours plus vite pour une des plus grosses firmes du pays, il a voulu témoigner. Voir la vidéo de YouTube
What happened in the past - Takemeback.to Linguists identify 15,000-year-old ‘ultraconserved words’ Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly referred to William Croft as William Cross. You, hear me! Give this fire to that old man. Pull the black worm off the bark and give it to the mother. And no spitting in the ashes! It’s an odd little speech. That’s because all of the nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs in the four sentences are words that have descended largely unchanged from a language that died out as the glaciers retreated at the end of the last Ice Age. The traditional view is that words can’t survive for more than 8,000 to 9,000 years. A new study, however, suggests that’s not always true. A team of researchers has come up with a list of two dozen “ultraconserved words” that have survived 150 centuries. The existence of the long-lived words suggests there was a “proto-Eurasiatic” language that was the common ancestor to about 700 contemporary languages that are the native tongues of more than half the world’s people. They make up a diverse group.
Main Page - Academic Kids First Persian Gulf War 1980 | teachwar Iran and Iraq had a long history of territorial and ethnic conflicts. A disputed waterway along their common border had been the focus of a number of conflicts since the 16th century, and in the 20th century, tensions between the two countries built as treaties and pacts were repeatedly made and broken. Tensions increased further in the 1970s as Iran gave shelter and arms to Kurdish rebels fighting against Saddam Hussein’s regime. In 1975, the two countries brokered a deal in the Algiers Agreement in which Iraq made some territorial concessions in exchange for Iran ceasing its support of the Kurdish rebels. Iranian soldiers wear gas masks to protect against chemical attacks while waiting in the trenches. Saddam Hussein’s National Address, 8 February 1980Top Source: Fred More, ed. 1993. The declaration is based on the following principles: ONE. TWO. THREE. FOUR. FIVE. SIX. SEVEN. Arab countries should abide by the principle of national economic integration. EIGHT. Great people of Iraq!
8 Living Artists Every Educator Should Know By staying aware of artists who are working today, educators can invigorate their lives and their classrooms with new and expansive ways of looking at contemporary life and the world. Here are a few artists to get started, along with suggested connections that can be made to subjects and themes that you might be addressing with your students. Marina Abromivic Marina Abromovic is a performance artist based in New York. Connection: Abromovic makes us reconsider society's relationship to the body. El Anastui El Anastui is a Ghanaian sculptor who works with found materials that others might consider junk, such as bottle caps and rusted sheet metal. Connection: El Anatsui's work reminds us that materials can have purpose and carry an inherent beauty that goes beyond their designated use, and in that way his work turns our attention to human consumption and ecology. Edward Burtynksy JR is a French street artist and photographer of Algerian decent. Maya Lin Sarah Sze Kara Walker Ai Weiwei
EU migrant crisis: What we know about Syrian refugee boys Aylan and Galip Kurdi The Turkish smuggler who owned the boat is believed to have abandoned it when the sea became rough, leaving the passengers struggling to control it for an hour before it overturned. The boys’ father, Abdullah, was one of the few survivors. He was in the sea for three hours before he was rescued by the Greek coastguard. He tried to hold onto his family but one by one they were washed from his grasp. Where had they come from? The Kurdi family, who are ethnic Kurds, had fled the conflict in Syria, where they lived in the war-torn town of Kobane. Mustafa Ebdi, a journalist in Kobane, said the family, whose surname he said was Shenu, had been displaced several times by the Assad regime's war with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. He said: "They left Damascus in 2012 and headed to Aleppo, and when clashes happened there, they moved to Kobane. Aylan Kurdi, 3, (L) and his brother Galip, 5, who drowned along with their mother Where were they going? What happens now?
Giving Advice: A couple excellent resources - EFL 2.0 Teacher Talk Recently on EFL Classroom 2.0, I created for members 2 excellent resources about giving advice. EFL Classroom 2.0 members get all the resources to download, including presentations and videos. 1. Dear Abby: What advice would you give?2. Here are the lesson ideas. Dear Abby. Students are shown real questions sent in by readers. Ways to relieve stress. This is a nice writing / brainstorming activity to get students thinking of ways to reduce stress (and they usually are under a lot of it!). First ask students about stress, what it is, how you can tell you are “under” it.Next, list some things you can do to reduce stressAfter that, watch the video – 10 ways to reduce stress. Find more videos like this on EFL CLASSROOM 2.0
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