jeudi 10 avril 2008

More blogs and websites


On Alain Girault's blog Working with you, you will have access to more videos, audio extracts and texts in order to improve both your oral and your written comprehensions.

To read articles written by students like yourselves, and get lots of advice, click on ZeBlog, by Jean-Sébastien Caussade.

For English vocabulary and exercises, click on English Dico.

lundi 7 avril 2008

Charlton Heston (1923-2008)


One of the last legendary actors of American cinema has just died, aged 84.

His most famous movies? The Ten Commandments (1956), Ben-Hur (1959)...

After his retirement, he also became involved with the National Rifle Association, a controversial group criticised by Michael Moore in his famous movie Bowling for Columbine (2002). Have you seen it?


For more information about Heston, plenty of links are available:

- 2 articles from Le Monde newspaper: one will tell you all about his life and career, the other one will present you with a few video extracts featuring Heston.

- 1 article from Wikipedia

- 1 article from the BBC

and many others...