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Activités pour s'entraîner à la COMPREHENSION ECRITE

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Here you can find activities to practise your reading skills. Reading will help you to improve your understanding of the language and build your vocabulary.

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Site d'un prof d'anglais

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Write a LITERARY COMMENTARY

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A literary commentary is a detailed analysis of a passage of text, focusing specifically on the text itself. It should not be confused with a literary analysis essay, as it does not need a thesis statement or a general discussion of the...

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CO: RESTITUTION

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Améliorer son Expression Ecrite

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The following 100 verbs are said to be the most common verbs in English.

Drag and drop the French verbs to match elements.

Don't forget to take notes!

Crosswords #1 Crosswords #2

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The following 100 verbs are said to be the most common verbs in English. Drag and drop the French verbs to match elements. Don't forget to take notes! Crosswords #1 Crosswords #2

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Les diaporamas présentent sous forme de jeu en équipes l'essentiel des termes de littérature à connaître. Il s'agit de deviner un mot à partir de sa définition dans le dictionnaire

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Despite the fact that they're relatively short and simple, there's still a lot to discover with an in-depth analysis of a short story. Start by trying to summarize what the story is about, then look more closely at aspects of the story...

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Practice your listening with Ronnie!

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EnglishLessons4U - Learn English with Ronnie! [engVid]

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EnglishLessons4U - Learn English with Ronnie! [engVid]

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Free English lessons in pronunciation, grammar, spelling, and more!

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Practice your English with James!

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If you TRY, you can do anything! It's always been my belief that you cannot put information in other people's heads. If you find a way to show them something, they can use their own intelligence to learn. This is my approach to teaching, trying to be both informative while allowing the students to find their own way of learning.

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ATTENTION AUX RENCONTRES "VIRTUELLES"

Parler avec des natifs est une des meilleures façons de progresser sans voyager, et c'est gratuit.
C'est un outil formidable mais comme pour tout site de chat/forum, demandez l'autorisation à vos parents et ne donnez aucune information personnelle (lieu de résidence, école, nom de famille, photos).

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So, you want to learn a new language ...

...and you want it bad.

Let me tell you something that will utterly blow your mind:
You are not alone.
That's right! Believe it or not, there are others out there who want to learn a language just as badly as you... and some of them want to learn your native tongue.

Out of these eager learners, there's somebody who, in turn, is also a native speaker of the language you have your eye on. They might even be at around the same language level as you, whatever that may be.

That's what we call a win-win situation.

And it's the basic premise of language exchange apps.

How Does "Language Exchange" Work?

Are you an English speaker who wants to learn Korean (or Japanese, Chinese, French, German, Spanish, etc.)? Then you're in luck. There are thousands of native-speaking Koreans who really want to learn English! A Korean English-learner can teach you his Korean, and in return, you can make him wade through the English thicket. You can trade each other's native tongues. This is called "language exchange."

A "language exchange" is different from getting an online language tutor. In a tutoring relationship, it's clear who's the teacher and who's the student. One teaches the other, and learning is pretty much one way. In a language exchange, two people teach and learn, in turn.

Language exchange websites like Conversation Exchange and My Language Exchange have been put up for the very purpose of pairing learners with the native speakers of their target language. You type in the language/s you know, and then the language you want to learn, hit "Enter," and your search results will yield loads of people you can pair with. You then reach out to your potential buddy via text chat or email and agree on a specific time to meet up on Skype.

You and your buddy can tailor your sessions however you want. It can be a freewheeling discussion where you talk about whatever comes to mind, or you can see if the two of you can get the hang of a more structured interaction. (For example, the first 15 minutes could be you teaching, and then you could switch roles.)

This may all sound very intimidating. but in addition to using the apps below, learning with FluentU can help you feel more confident and inspired in your language exchanges, as it gives you access to cultural references and helps you warm up your listening skills with native speaker audio. FluentU takes real-world videos-like movie trailers, news, music videos and inspiring talks-and turns them into personalized language lessons.

You can talk about anything, and before long, you might have a true friend truly invested in your learning.

No money is exchanged, just language lessons.

What Are Language Exchange Apps?

With language exchange apps for smartphones, the whole process becomes mobile, kicking the experience up a notch. Now, you don't need to stay in your room and hog the laptop camera. You can go outdoors and learn on the go. You can give your buddy a more immersive experience, for example, by pointing your phone to street and store signs and using them to help him understand something. You could even show him how life is in your neighborhood.

Language exchange is an important element of your language learning experience, and language exchange apps just make the whole process more convenient. There's nothing like talking to a native speaker right on your phone and taking notes from someone who's a linguistic insider. Yes, using music, games and videos can have pretty profound effects on your learning curve, too, but don't you dare miss out on the awesome benefits of language exchange apps.

They have advantages that other learning resources simply don't have. For example, you can get instant feedback. Your partner can listen and check if you're pronouncing words right. If you have questions on the nuances of the language, you can simply ask the person on the other end of the video chat and get an immediate answer, as opposed to waiting for somebody to type in an answer to your query on a language forum.

Language exchange apps get you to both practice and sample the language, in a setting where it's A-okay to bungle the words or use the wrong verb form. Nobody's grading you, and the person on the other end of the line knows exactly what you're going through because they're basically in the same boat.

That said, let's now look at some of the best language exchange apps that you can add to your learning arsenal. They're all free and available for both Android and iOS.

Like I said before, no need to fire up Skype just to interact with your partner/s. HelloTalk is a standalone app that can do so much more than just connect you with someone who speaks your target language.

It's loaded with features that save users from the awkwardness of not being able to express themselves enough to be understood. Consider the basic conundrum of language exchange: She wants to learn English, you want to learn Chinese. How do you actually interact with her or explain things when the very language you'll be using is her target language? She understands Chinese alright, but if you only speak Chinese, she's not going to learn English.

Enter HelloTalk. The app has Translation, Transliteration, Voice-to-Text and Text-to-Voice features.

Your Chinese friend can simply speak in her native tongue. As you receive the voice message, you can use the Voice-to-Text feature to see a written form of what was said. Cool, huh? Still don't understand the message? Use the Translation feature and see the message interpreted in your own language.

HelloTalk interactions are a bit slower, which is really a good thing since nobody's put on the spot and expected to be suddenly fluent in the target language. You're not straining so much. The back-and-forth of messages takes a little more time because both parties are processing the communication. And this is when learning truly takes place.

When language is learned in the context of a friendly conversation, and augmented with HelloTalk's awesome features, learners get more insight from the whole interaction.

Bilingua is a language exchange app that goes beyond partnering you with a complementary native speaker. It wants to ensure a fun, easy and educational interaction for its users. And this is reflected in the features that the app carries.

It has a "smart chat" feature, which gives you suggestions on what to talk about, so you never run out of topics during the exchange. It even recommends specific phrases you could use.

Best of all, to ensure that you find somebody who shares your hobbies, interests and personality, when you first start using the app, you're taken through a series of personal questions. Your answers help its algorithm pair you up with somebody similar, ensuring a more productive language exchange experience.

And all this happens under the watchful eye of "Shiro," Bilingua's adorable mascot.

Wouldn't it be nice to have a native speaker answer all those nagging questions that inevitably come up when you're trying to learn a new language? And wouldn't it even be better if you didn't have just have one but a whole truckload of native speakers waiting to help you, and none of them got testy even after your 48th question?

HiNative is a Q&A platform that specializes in getting your questions answered by the most competent speakers of your target language. Its interface is really easy to navigate, and the button you're going to be using the most is the "Ask" button.

HiNative really makes it easy for you to get your question out by providing categories/templates like, "How do you say this?" and "Does this sound natural?" (This one gives you an audio-record function where you let native speakers hear you pronounce a specific word or phrase and give you feedback on whether you sound natural or not.)

There's also a category called "Ask Something Else," which is a catch-all for those questions that don't belong in the others. This is usually where cultural queries and opinion questions find room.

And because this is a language exchange, you can and should help out others by taking the time to answer some of their questions. It won't take much effort, and it will really help out other members of the language learning community.

With Tandem, you can text, talk or video chat with someone on the other side of the world.

The app has prominent social-networking functions, and you can "Follow" people as well as check out those who follow you. You can also write reviews about users you interacted with and can send "good vibes" their way. (This is like you telling other users, "She's cool.") You can also filter the people who can see your profile and choose them by characteristics like gender or age.

You're not limited to just one picture but can upload as many as six. Punch up your profile and encourage interaction by writing about the topics you want to hear others talk about. For example, you might say, "I think hot dogs are God's gift to humanity. What do you think?"

Remember, there's Tinder and then there's Tandem. One is for dating, and the other is for language learning. Before you're accepted into the Tandem community, you're reminded that the app should only be used for language learning, not flirting. (So if somebody rubs you the wrong way, there's a "Block" function conveniently provided by the app's developers.)

In addition to all those cool features, the app has a "Tutor" tab, where you can find vetted tutors of the language you want. Or, if you want to earn on the side, you can fill out a profile to become a language tutor.

These are four of the very best language exchange apps out there.

They're so advanced that they have features that may seem a little bit Star Trek-y.

But they'll be worth nothing unless you hit that "Send," "Call" or "Ask" button.

Don't wait for someone else to make the first move.

Make it yourself and gain a new friend in the process.

And One More Thing...

If you want to be up-to-date on all the latest language learning tech, you've got to check out FluentU.

FluentU takes real-world videos like music videos, movie trailers, news and inspiring talks, and turns them into language learning experiences, as you can see here:

FluentU has interactive captions that let you tap on any word to see an image, definition, audio and useful examples. Now native language content is within reach with interactive transcripts.

Didn't catch something? Go back and listen again. Missed a word? Hover your mouse over the subtitles to instantly view definitions.

You can learn all the vocabulary in any video with FluentU's "learn mode." Swipe left or right to see more examples for the word you're learning.

And FluentU always keeps track of vocabulary that you're learning. It uses that vocab to give you a 100% personalized experience by recommending videos and examples.

Start using FluentU on the website with your computer or tablet or, better yet, download the FluentU app from the iTunes store or Google Play store.

If you liked this post, something tells me that you'll love FluentU, the best way to learn languages with real-world videos.
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Chatting, Texting, Correcting: The 4 Best Language Exchange Apps

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"Apprendre la grammaire anglaise"

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Révisez et progressez en anglais grâce aux fiches et aux exercices de grammaire anglaise proposés par Wall Street English. Améliorez vos connaissances de l'anglais

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There is not much point in having brilliant ideas if we cannot persuade people of their value. Persuasive debaters can win arguments using the force of their reason and by the skillful deployment of many handy techniques. Here are some general dos and don'ts to help you win arguments together with some sneaky tactics to be aware of.

Do:

1. Stay calm. Even if you get passionate about your point you must stay cool and in command of your emotions. If you lose your temper - you lose.

2. Use facts as evidence for your position. Facts are hard to refute so gather some pertinent data before the argument starts. Surveys, statistics, quotes from relevant people and results are useful arguments to deploy in support of your case.

3. Ask questions. If you can ask the right questions you can stay in control of the discussion and make your opponent scramble for answers. You can ask questions that challenge his point, 'What evidence do you have for that claim?' You can ask hypothetical questions that extrapolate a trend and give your opponent a difficulty, 'What would happen if every nation did that?' Another useful type of question is one that calmly provokes your foe, 'What is about this that makes you so angry?'

4. Use logic. Show how one idea follows another. Build your case and use logic to undermine your opponent.

5. Appeal to higher values. As well as logic you can use a little emotion by appealing to worthy motives that are hard to disagree with, 'Shouldn't we all be working to make the world better and safer for our children?'

6. Listen carefully. Many people are so focused on what they are going to say that they ignore their opponent and assume his arguments. It is better to listen carefully. You will observe weaknesses and flaws in his position and sometimes you will hear something new and informative!

7. Be prepared to concede a good point. Don't argue every point for the sake of it. If your adversary makes a valid point then agree but outweigh it with a different argument. This makes you looked reasonable. 'I agree with you that prison does not reform prisoners. That is generally true but prison still acts effectively as a deterrent and a punishment.'

8. Study your opponent. Know their strengths, weaknesses, beliefs and values. You can appeal to their higher values. You can exploit their weaknesses by turning their arguments back on them.

9. Look for a win-win. Be open-minded to a compromise position that accommodates your main points and some of your opponent's. You cannot both win in a boxing match but you can both win in a negotiation.

Don't:

1. Get personal. Direct attacks on your opponent's lifestyle, integrity or honesty should be avoided. Attack the issue not the person. If the other party attacks you then you can take the high ground e.g.' I am surprised at you making personal attacks like that. I think it would be better if we stuck to the main issue here rather than maligning people.'

2. Get distracted. Your opponent may try to throw you off the scent by introducing new and extraneous themes. You must be firm. 'That is an entirely different issue which I am happy to discuss later. For the moment let's deal with the major issue at hand.'

3. Water down your strong arguments with weak ones. If you have three strong points and two weaker ones then it is probably best to just focus on the strong. Make your points convincingly and ask for agreement. If you carry on and use the weaker arguments then your opponent can rebut them and make your overall case look weaker.

Low, sneaky ways that some people use to win arguments:

1. Use punchy one-liners. You can sometimes throw your opponent out of his stride by interjecting a confident, concise cliché. Here are some good ones:

That begs the question.

That is beside the point.

You're being defensive.

Don't compare apples and oranges.

What are your parameters?

2. Ridicule and humiliate your opponent. This can be very effective in front of an audience but will never win over the opponent himself.

3. Deliberately provoke your adversary. Find something that makes them angry and keep wheedling away on this point until they lose their temper and so the argument.

4. Distract. Throw in diversions which deflect the other person from their main point.

5. Exaggerate your opponent's position. Take it way beyond its intended level and then show how ridiculous and unreasonable the exaggerated position is.

6. Contradict confidently. Vigorously denounce each of your opponent's arguments as fallacious but just select one or two that you can defeat to prove the point. Then assume that you have won.

Remember that an argument between two people is very different from a debate in front of an audience. In the first you are trying to win over the other person so look for ways of building consensus and do not be belligerent in making your points. In front of an audience you can use all sorts of theatrical and rhetorical devices to bolster your case and belittle your adversary. In these circumstances humour is a highly effective tool so prepare some clever lines in advance.

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How to win Arguments - Dos, Don'ts and Sneaky Tactics

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There is not much point in having brilliant ideas if we cannot persuade people of their value. Persuasive debaters can win arguments using the force of their reason and by the skillful deployment of many handy techniques. Here are some general dos and don'ts to help you win arguments together with some sneaky tactics to be aware of.