Beat your kids [From: Russell Peters]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn5jlrxcpkI

The Canadian comedian's most well kown piece, perhaps.

Wish you all a nice vacation.

wenqin

How To Behave At The Office Christmas Party (Christmas)

How To Behave At The Office Christmas Party (Christmas)

This from the Videojug.com site which teaches you all sorts of things.... have a look and post another one that you find interesting to the blog.

merry/happy holiday season!

see you next year

james

Jeff Dunham-Achmed the dead terrorist

Hello everybody!

Here is a very funny video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwOL4rB-go&feature=related

See you!

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab - For English as a Second Language

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab - For English as a Second Language:

"General Listening Quizzes
[ Listen to Everyday Conversations with Adult and Children's Voices"

how many of these can you listen to this week? (or before next year?)
What do you think?
Which ones did you listen to?
Were they good?
Do you think this site is useful?


If you leave a comment the school will pay you 1000 euros!* (And I'll know that you got this message.)

see you next week!














*still to be approved.

Jay Walker on the world's English mania | Video on TED.com

Jay Walker on the world's English mania | Video on TED.com:

"Jay Walker explains why two billion people around the world are trying to learn English. He shares photos and spine-tingling audio of Chinese students rehearsing English -- 'the world's second language' -- by the thousands."

What I promised to show you... people chanting English sentences.... What do you think??? Please leave a comment!

Video - Online Privacy What They Know- Digital Fingerprint of Your Computer - WSJ.com

Video - Online Privacy What They Know- Digital Fingerprint of Your Computer - WSJ.com

This video has captions! Perhaps you could find another report on the WSJ that you think is interesting.

Do you all know what the Wall Street Journal is? It's the American equivalent of the FT (Financial Times).

What do you think of this?

all the best

james

ESL Video Quiz: J. K. Rowling and the HARRY POTTER Books

ESL Video Quiz: J. K. Rowling and the HARRY POTTER Books:

"J. K. Rowling and the HARRY POTTER Books"

This seems quite topical given the release of the first part of the final movie!

Is it easy to understand?

james

The Real Canadian Songbook � Suzanne

The Real Canadian Songbook -- Suzanne

Here's another song by Leonard Cohen...

you can see him singing.

see you tomorrow.

james

Glee TV show

Hi guys!

Here is a video from the series named Glee. Hope you'll love it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymi52UbGEZM&feature=related

Enjoy it!

A site for reading

I am sure that you know the Pulitzer Prizes.
Here, you can know more.
A news report a day keeps doctors away.

This post is sorry for not having given any imformation about something we can listen to.

eslvideos for you

http://www.eslvideo.com/index.php


this is site we looked at briefly today....  maybe you can find some interesting songs here!

The power of cartoons !!

I saw this talk this week-end and I find it very funny and interesting

To see it, click here ;

http://www.ted.com/talks/patrick_chappatte_the_power_of_cartoons.html

David Pogue says "Simplicity sells" | Video on TED.com

David Pogue says "Simplicity sells" | Video on TED.com

this is what we looked at in our last class.... keep posting to the blog!!!

james

Last session

Hi everyone,

This weekend I've watched to the episodes 1, 3 and 4 of the IT Crowd (the 2nd doesn't work...), it's quite funny and you can hear the typical british accent...
(just click over the links)

I've also used the EnglishAttack site to view (or view again) a couple of video boosters :
- Knight and Day
- Inglourious Basterds
- Gran Torino

See you tomorrow !

How To Avoid Unproductive Meetings | English Attack! – Entertainment Learning

How To Avoid Unproductive Meetings | English Attack! – Entertainment Learning

Let's see if the EnglishAttack site wants to work now!

We have just one more meeting! on June 7th.

see you there.

ESL Video Quiz: The Onion - Friendster

ESL Video Quiz: The Onion - Friendster:

"The Onion - Friendster"

Do you know "The Onion"?
You might enjoy this!

Hope to see you tomorrow!

james

Adam Smith Academy - "The Boarding House" by James Joyce eText

Adam Smith Academy - "The Boarding House" by James Joyce eText: "The Boarding House
by James Joyce"

here's the clickable e-text... with the link to the movie!

enjoy!

The IT Crowd - Yesterday's Jam

The IT Crowd - Yesterday's Jam

"The IT Crowd - Yesterday's Jam" Here is the video that we began watching! Only a few episodes are on line and I'm not sure you have the Leet speak subtitles!

A lot of people absent today! wazzzup? I know you have exams (break a leg) but some of your are going over the 20% authorized absences.... and then?

ESL Video Quiz: facebook

ESL Video Quiz: facebook:

"Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg interview"

Aimee Mullins and her 12 pairs of legs | Video on TED.com

Aimee Mullins and her 12 pairs of legs | Video on TED.com:

"Aimee Mullins and her 12 pairs of legs"

What we worked on in today's class... It's nice to watch it again... Enjoy!

No More | English Attack! – Entertainment Learning

No More | English Attack! – Entertainment Learning:

the Gran Torino excerpt... here's the next part of the video booster! Try it! some is too easy... But this excerpt is rated "intermediate".

"It’s now time to start the Video Booster exercises based on this video. Make sure you have viewed the video at least once before starting,"


interested in your feedback...
james

American Experience | Summer of Love | PBS

American Experience | Summer of Love | PBS: "introduction for Summer of Love on American Experience."

this is the video history of the hippy movement in the States....
a nice online pbs documentary! And there are captions if you want the subtitles.

have a nice Easter week!

james

George Carlin on Religion

Here is a really funny video of a humorist on religion. Enjoy ;)

Dennys: Grand Slam - 2010 Super Bowl Commercials -- NFL FanHouse

Dennys: Grand Slam - 2010 Super Bowl Commercials -- NFL FanHouse

here you have some Super Superbowl ads... which ones do you prefer???

Gossip Girls

I've watched the first episode of the famous american TV show Gossip Girl...

http://ch131.com/gossipgirl101.htm
(thanks James for the website!)

Enjoy ! :)

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab - For ESL/EFL Students

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab - For ESL/EFL Students: "General Listening Quizzes
[ Listen to Everyday Conversations with Adult and Children's Voices ]"

here's a good place for you to listen to some natural English...

Choose two that you like please....

YouTube - Joni Mitchell-California (BBC)

YouTube - Joni Mitchell-California (BBC):


"Joni Mitchell-California (BBC)"





This is the Canadian folk singer that we listened to today in class;;;;

TV Shows and Films

For those who don't know it yet, here is a great website for films and TV show streaming: http://ch131.com/
If you don't know which TV show you wanna watch, then here is a list of my favourite ones:
_How I Met Your Mother (Comedy)
_The Big Bang Theory (for geeks only...)
_Greek (Comedy/Drama)

David Hanson: Robots that "show emotion" | Video on TED.com

David Hanson: Robots that "show emotion" | Video on TED.com

Welcome to the listening comprehension class... here's what we watched today. can you add a comment?