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The English Blog

http://www.englishblog.com

A blog for teachers and learners of English as a Second or Foreign Languge. Categories include Current Affairs, Learning English, Film, Books and Culture.

• Added on: Jan 27th, 2005
• Country: France
• Language: English

• Listed in: Education Languages Internet

Recent Posts

• Cartoon: The Price of Carbon

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 02:17 in news, environment, cartoons, britain

  This cartoon by Martin Rowson from The Guardian connects the devastating floods in the north west of England to the Copenhagen climate summit, due to take place in December. The cartoon shows a rain-lashed river in flood. A policeman is lying un...

• Words in the News: Fad

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 01:02 in news, vocabulary, food and drink

  The Daily Express takes the view that Britian's obesity crisis is being made worse by fad diets promising a quick fix for weight loss. Full story >> VOCABULARY A fad is an something which is very popular for a short time, but which...

• CNN Student News: Monday 23 November

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 00:39 in news, video, usa

  Here is the CNN Student News for Monday 23 November. Click on the links to see a transcript. Chart out what would have to happen for a health care plan to become law Get the scoop on why one Santa is speedily seeking the H1N1 vaccine Take note of ...

• The Sarkozys on The Simpsons

  Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 05:45 in video, humour, france, usa

  Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy recently made a (very brief) guest appearance on The Simpsons. Note the cheese and wine. It's reassuring to know that those French stereotypes are still so popular in the US. Nicolas Sarkozy et Ca...

• Cartoon: E.U. Reka

  Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 02:23 in politics, cartoons

  This cartoon by Gerald Scarfe  from The Sunday Times is a comment on the election of Belgium PM Herman Van Rompuy and EU Trade Commissioner Lady Ashton respectively as EU President and EU foreign policy chief. COMMENTARYThe caption 'E.U.REKA...

• Video: It\'s like Peaches like

  Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 01:46 in video, humour, vocabulary

  Peaches Geldof proves that you don't need a wide vocabulary to communicate in English. Thanks to Frogsmoke for the tip. FOOTNOTESee here for a discussion of the various modern English slang uses of like....

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This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

Uwe

Nice blog for ESL learners. Glad I found it

Posted: March 12th, 2009 | More Reviews From useibert | Report This Comment

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