Lyrics Training : improve your English through music !

Hi everyone!

Today, I recently discovered a new website I want to share with you : Lyrics Training. Listening music has never been so helpful for school !

With Lyrics Training, you can improve your foreign language skills like Spanish, German, Dutch, Italian, French and obsviously English. Learning a new language doesn't have to be boring, especially with Lyrics Training. The concept is quite simple : you choose one song among hundreds of them (but the choice should grow)and while listening and watching the videoclip , you have to fill the blanks (=missing words of the song) by taping them on your keyboard.


By the way, you can select three levels of difficulty : Beginner, Intermediate and Expert (I advice you to begin with Intermediate because I found Beginner level quite easy for our english level). If you are really skilled in english, Expert level is yours : you have to find ALL the lyrics of the song (and don't cheat please). Don't worry, the videoclip will stop if you're not fast enough to tape the lyrics. Moreover, you can replay the videoclip as you want.

There's more good points about Lyrics Training : indeed, at the end of the song, you get a score (like in video games) and you can compare yourself with users from different countries who have already tried this song. The faster you've been, the better your score will be. Unfortunately, I saw that there's not a lot of French people in the top 10.

The suggested songs are often the "Number One on the Charts" but there are also old ones, you have a large choice. Last but not least, you can take part in the website by creating an account. You'll be free to add new songs and see your improvements ! Here's the tutorial :




Now, I let you try it and you'll maybe become addicted of Lyrics Training ! Enjoy !

Your song – Elton John

It's a little bit ______________ this feeling inside

I'm not one of those who can easily _____________
I don't have much ______________ but boy if I did
I'd buy a big ______________ where we both could live


 If I was a _______________, but then again, no
Or a man who makes potions in a travelling show
I know it's not much but it's the ____________ I can do
My gift is my song and this one's for you

And you can tell __________________ this is your song
It may be quite simple but now that it's done

I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind that I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world

Pour exprimer le conditionnel, on introduit la condition par le mot _______ suivit du verbe au _____________, on utilize l’auxiliare modal __________+ BV pour marquer le conditionel


Translate line 3 and 4

Dub a movie! 1ère ES1

Voici plusieurs vidéos en langues étrangères, coupez le son et enregistrez votre propre dialogue!
Utilisez le vocabulaire de l'unité et prenez soin de coller vos voix aux lèvres des acteurs.

Choisissez la vidéo qui vous plait et commencez. Vous pouvez bien sûr choisir une autre vidéo (environs 3 minutes)
Attention à la prononciation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SAoJ4RWhy4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DZ403MSrhY

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzseyK0FraA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9cfh3EbSR0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVfsUZrGpFA


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XytOFpYY45s&feature=channel

Devoir 1ère ES1 - Love through Persepolis

Love in Persepolis

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Make a 60 word summary of this story. Faites un résumé de cette histoire d'au moins 60 mots. Attention à la qualité de votre anglais.

See you next Thursday
Take care

90210 - 1ère ES1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDVHMW1_GfU
Fill in the blanks  Good Luck

Navid – I chose you

Adrianna - What? And your family?

Navid –   There are not going to stop me from doing this. You're ___________ ____.

Wait wait, this is not how it is supposed to go...

Adrianna -  ________________________??

Navid - A proposal, or such a non-proposal. You know. I was going to get my great grand ma' s ring after we told my parents but things have changed. So this, is from a shop.

         - I've loved you since ___________________________________________. You had this poney tail and all I wanted to do was pull it. And when you got to the 5^th grade, you got your braces. Oh! Let me just say: my heart stop. But that's nothing compared to our first kiss which is bigger               

than  the poney tail and the braces combined.

I can't imagined _______________________________________. I want to spend _______________________________. And the rest of Abib's life. Adrianna Tate-Duncan, ________________________________________________________?

Adrianna -  I want to, I love you so much. But I have to ___________________________ and I know that this might ____________________________and you might not want to marry me but I have to tell you because you _________________________.

Navid - What are you talking about??

Adrianna -  The father of the baby isn't a guy from rehab. It's Ty.

LOVE - 1ère S1

Facebook - What you need to remember 1ère ES1

Facebook on Prezi

Islam - What you need to remember on the Unit.

islam on Prezi

Bill Gates, a great man?

What is a great man?

According to me, it’s someone who helps other people, without waiting for something back in return. It’s a person who is successful but who is not arrogant. It’s a person who inspires respect and marked History by his acts. During the last century, there aren’t numerous. For example, Churchill and de Gaulle for their devotion to their country, Nelson Mandela for the fight he realized for black people.

In my opinion, Bill Gates is the great man of modern time.

Here is his story, let’s have your own opinion.

Bill Gates is born in 1955, the same year as Steve Jobs (managing director of Apple). In his high school, he discovers informatics and spends more time with his computer than in classroom. He tries to earn money making bugs on corporation’s computers. In 1975 he leaves Harvard to create Traf’O Data, renamed later Microsoft.

Bill Gates is a visionary man because he sees that in the future each American family will own a computer. So, each computer sold in the world will make him earn money: he create Windows and impose it for each computer. So that Microsoft became the number 1 in the world, Windows equipped 90% of computers of the planet. At 33 years old, in 1986 Bill Gates became the youngest millionaire and 10 years after, the richest man in the world.

In 2000, he creates a foundation with his wife, Melinda to improve health and life conditions of children from poor countries. In 2008, he quit his company to spend his all time to his foundation. At his death, 95% of his fortune will go to it; the 5 % left will go to his children.

However some people criticize his action: according to the Los Angeles Time, Bill Gates and Melinda’s foundation made investments into companies who have bad impact on the environment and health and who is employing children. Then, other people criticize the way Bill Gates has earned money, with his monopole situation: Microsoft was sentence of 1.5 billion $ by Europe.

Recently, Bill Gates goes forward: he encourages other millionaires to give half of their fortunes to his association, as he says, “for a better world”.

Aliens in America 2nd part

Ok, you know that nightmare where you’re standing in front of your whole school naked, well that was what rajah was going through only it was worst because Rajah was wearing a shalwar khamiz.

 The teacher: Class, today I'm gonna put aside our lesson because we have a special guest.

           For one year, we will be in the presence of a real live Pakistani who practices muslimism.

            That means we have the opportunity to learn about his culture and he about ours.

Vocabulary: Cauchemard:___________________ Un invité:______________________ Faire exploser:__________________ Tu dois attendre d’être interrogé ______________________________

   So, let's be in a dialogue.

Raja, you are so different from us. How does that _________________?

Raja: I am not sure I _______________.

             

The teacher: Think about it.

             How does everyone else feel about Raja and his ________________? Yes, Tiffany.

             

A student: Well, I guess I feel ________. Because his people blew off the buildings in New York.

The teacher: Oh, that's good.

             

Raja: But that is not ____________.

             

The teacher: In America you have to wait until you're called on and I'd appreciate a raised hand…Now, who else is angry at Raja?

_____________________________________

Questions:

1. What is Raja’s nationality?

2. Right or wrong? Justify.                                                                R       W                  

a. The teacher wants to talk about Raja ____________________________________

b. The teacher knows a lot about Pakistani culture

_____________________________________

c. She doesn’t let him talk.

______________________________

d. The other student like Raja.

_____________________________________

3. Why are the other students angry at Raja?

______________________________________

1ere ES1 homework - Facebook

Fill in the blanks. You are addicted to facebook when....  
1.      When you keep refreshing…______________ 

2.      When you facebook status has….____________
3.      When you have more friends…___________________________
5.      When you raise…________________
6.      When you have a timer…____________________________________

7.      When you get mad when…__________________
8.      When you know exactly what kind of fish you are….._____
9.      When you fall for people pretending to be the owners of facebook.

10.  When instead of calling…._____________

ISLAM - What's the first thing that comes to your mind?

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

Dirty Dancing 2 is an American movie realized by Guy Ferland, that came out in 2004.

The story takes place in Cuba, in 1958, just before the Cuban Revolution. An American rich family is going to Havana, the capital of Cuba, because of the father’s work. The daughter, Katey Miller is an 18 years old teenager, who studies a lot and is very serious. Her parents used to be a famous dancing couple when they were young, that’s why she’s interested in dance. In Cuba, she’s going to meet a boy, Javier, who is a waiter at the hotel where she lives. He’s an excellent dancer. Katy discovers secretly the world of this boy and his dance which is said “dirty” because it’s a sexy dance and not a classical dance. The two teenagers, Javier and Katy, represent two different worlds, one is rich and the other is revolutionary and poor. Katy invites Javier to participate to a dance competition because he needs money. Finally, they fall in love for each other. The story finishes with the beginning of the Cuban revolution.

First of all, I love this movie because Diego Luna is one of my favorite actors. He’s a brilliant Mexican dancer. Dirty dancing is a great film because there are good dancers, good music, and the characters are really charming and nice.

This movie means that, the way you dance represent what you are, for example the rich family practice the ballroom dancing whereas Cuban poor people practice a sexy and dirty dancing because the dancing way depends on your culture, the period, the traditions…

Furthermore, it is not only the love story of two young dancers but it also tells the history of Cuba because, in that period, the revolutionaries, supported by Che Guevara and Fidel Castro, wanted to stop the dictator, Baptista, making a revolution.

Finally, two teenagers, coming from opposite worlds, are linked by the dance.

This film makes me want to go to Cuba, to discover this culture!

Ludivine Profit

James Stewart

I like to the motorsports, I would like to practice this sport but it doesn’t have a field of motocross. Only when I go to see my uncle, I  practice  motocross and it is very funny .

So I am going to introduce you to the king of motoscross : James stewart!

James Stewart is an American professional motocross racer competing in supercross. He is known for being the first African-American to have success at the top level of any major motorsports.

James Stewart Jr., known as James "Bubba" Stewart was born December 21, 1985 in Bartow, Florida.  His father, James Sr., was a motocross enthusiast and thought his son to the sport at the age of three.   He was four years old and he entered his first motocross race.

After having won eighty-four titles of supercross, Amateur national titles all before the age of 16, he debut as pro in 2002.

James Stewart was named Rookie of the year in his debut pro season in 2002. Two years later, he won both the AMA 125 east supercross Championship and the AMA 125 Motocross National Championship. And in 2008-2009, he did to complete a perfect motocross season: 24 wins in 24 races !

After a disappointing hand injury at the start of 2010, the season was not a success.

I hope that James looks to return and dominate of the season 2011.

Théo B

Charlie Le Mindu

First, who is Charlie le Mindu ? He's just a 22-year-old hair dresser and wig designer. And he's french ! However, he's very very original : indeed, his creations are the craziest haircuts I have ever seen in my life. Lips, candy, tree style... Le Mindu doesn't have limits !

Indeed, Le Mindu is also a fashion designer, he creates clothes made of... hair (of course) or animals (mice or rats - but don't worry he's vegetarian-) for instance. Besides, in his last show (in September 2010), he sent naked models who just had accessories (shoes, hat...) to cover themselves. Eccentric man, isn't he ? :)

Charlie le Mindu became a very well-known hairdresser throughout the world : his customers' name are Peaches, Lady Gaga, MGMT, Vogue or Disney (he took part in a special event for the Raiponce movie : lucky women could get a haircut made by Le Mindu and look like the Disney heroine Raiponce).
If you want to receive Le Mindu's "talent", you will have to pay 150 dollars for a simple haircut, and over 240 dollars for a "technical" one ! (it can be even more expensive)

Charlie le Mindu for Disney

I admire Le Mindu for his eccentricity, his youth and above all for his creativity : for me, he's like an artist who is off the beaten track and one of the kind.