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How to use English in class

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Feeling like you've forgotten all of your English over the summer and you don't remember how to communicate in class? Don't worry, just watch this presentation and you'll be ready for our next class!

 


1) WEBSITES AND APPS

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Websites and apps

 

APPS: Duolinguo, Memrise, Quizlet....

WEBSITES: British Council, BBC Learn English, English Central, English Attack, Genius, Speakeasy News, https://breakingnewsenglish.com/

 

Vocabulary:

Mémo anglais B1-B2 (or B2-C1 if you dare): download the app or buy the booklet to have all the grammar rules & exercises

 

Learn with movies and games: https://fr.english-attack.com/

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/games

http://www.grammar.cl/

http://www.englishlearnsite.com/

http://www.really-learn-english.com/

http://www.fluentland.com/

donate rice for every right answer http://freerice.com

https://www.gamestolearnenglish.com/

https://www.english-online.org.uk/games/gamezone2.htm

http://www.learningchocolate.com/


2) WATCH VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE

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Watch videos on youtube

Check out channels such as:

- ‘History’

- Anglophenia

- News channels (BBC, The Guardian, CNN, VOA Learning English...)

- Jimmy Kimmel Live

- The Film Theorists

- Honest Trailers

- Ellen DeGeneres


3) READ BOOKS AND ARTICLES

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Read books and articles

Northern Lights by Philip Pullman

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ranson Riggs

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ by Sue Townsend

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

 

Authors: Roald Dahl, Agatha Christie, Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen King,…


4) WATCH MOVIES AND DOCUMENTARIES

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Watch movies and documentaries in English.

 

The Pentagon Papers

Darkest Hour

Dunkirk

Saving Private Ryan

A King’s Speech

The Queen

The Butler

Selma

American History X

Requiem for a Dream

Detroit

Hidden Figures

The Help

Invictus

Full Metal Jacket

Apocalypse Now

 

Brooklyn

Bend it Like Beckham

Suffragette

Juno

Little Miss Sunshine

Forrest Gump

Big Fish

Slumdog Millionaire

Lion

Life of Pi

Will Hunting

Isle of Dogs

Ladybird

Harry Potter

The Lord of the Rings

Back to the Future

Indiana Jones

Star Wars

Ender’s Game

The Hunger Games

Alice in Wonderland

Divergent

Twilight

Pulp Fiction

Kill Bill

O’Brother

 

10 Things I Hate About You

Freaky Friday

Cheaper by the Dozen

The Fault in Our Stars

Mean Girls

Bridget Jones

The Boat that Rocked

The Social Network

8 Mile


5) WATCH SERIES

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WATCH SERIES with English or no subtitles.

Fun series: How I Met your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, Malcolm, Friends, Desperate Housewives, New Girl, The Good Place, Dirk Gently, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Sci-Fi: Futurama, Doctor Who, Stranger Things

Fantasy: Once Upon a Time, Supernatural, Vampire Diaries, Teen Wolf, Merlin, Grimm, Game of Thrones

Superheroes: Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Gotham

British: Downton Abbey, The Crown, Victoria, Grantchester

Family/Teen series: Everything Sucks, Glee, Pretty Little Liars, Gossip Girl, Awkward, Atypical, The Middle, Gilmore Girls, Dear White People, Reality High, The End of the F*ing World, Misfits, Chewing Gum, 13 Reasons Why

Hip-hop:  Empire, The Get Down

Detective/Police:  Sherlock, Narcos, NCIS, True Detective, The Looming Tower (9/11)

Medics: Grey’s Anatomy, Scrubs

Lawyers: Better Call Saul, How to Get Away with Murder, American Crime Story (The OJ Simpson murder case)

Dystopia: The Handmaid’s Tale, The Man in the High Castle, Black Mirror, Altered Carbon

Western: West World, Godless, Frontier

Other: Vikings, Scandal, Arrow, Suits, Breaking Bad, Orange is the New Black

Animated: The Simpsons, Adventure Time, Rick and Morty, Trollhunters