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Languages smarten up your brain 
"Most people learn languages to help them communicate.
Now a study of recent research into brain function reveals that students could be gaining a lot more from their pursuit of linguistic skills."
(guardianweekly.co.uk)
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English lessons for 'Polish' dog  
"A dog caused confusion in an animal home when he failed to respond to basic commands - until staff realised he could only understand Polish...
Staff ( at the RSPCA centre) brushed up on Polish commands and, four months on, they say Cent is now bilingual and ready for a new home. "
(BBC)
- British regional accents 'still thriving'
"Britain’s regional accents are becoming more widespread despite the increasingly homogeneous nature of society, according to academic studies...
Experts found that Geordie, Scouse, Mancunian, and Brummie accents are, if anything, becoming more distinct...
Accents are more varied in northern England because they have not been subjected to the mass levelling of speech caused by London and its commuting hinterland."
- The death of language?
"An estimated 7,000 languages are being spoken around the world.
But that number is expected to shrink rapidly in the coming decades.
What is lost when a language dies?...
The largest single language by population is Mandarin (845 million speakers) followed by Spanish (329 million speakers)
and English (328 million speakers)."
(BBC)
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Beautiful vowels
"Eunoia is the shortest word in English containing all five vowels - and it means "beautiful thinking". It is also the title of Canadian poet Christian Bok's book of fiction in which each chapter uses only one vowel.
Mr Bok believes his book proves that each vowel has its own personality, and demonstrates the flexibility of the English language."
+ extracts from each chapter.
(BBC)
- American
English Tips
"Speaking English is not only about using proper grammar.
To use English effectively, you need to understand the culture in which
it is spoken.
Here are a number of important tips to remember when speaking English
in the United States."
(esl.about.com)
- English
language (Wikipedia)
1 History
2 Classification and related languages
3 Geographical distribution 3.1 English as a global language 3.2
Dialects and regional varieties 3.3 Constructed varieties of English
4 Phonology
4.1 Vowels 4.1.1 See also 4.2 Consonants 4.2.1 Voicing and aspiration
4.3 Supra-segmental features 4.3.1 Tone groups 4.3.2 Characteristics
of intonation
5 Grammar
6 Vocabulary 6.1 Number of words in English 6.2 Word origins 6.2.1
Dutch origins 6.2.2 French origins
7 Writing system 7.1 Basic sound-letter correspondence 7.2 Written
accents
8 Formal written English
9 Basic and simplified versions
10 Notes 11 References 12 See also 13 External links 13.1 Dictionaries
- The English Language
(owlcroft.com)
A site with thoughts on why using sound English is important and
on just what "sound English" is.
- The English
Language (truthtree.com)
"English is well-positioned to become the universal language spoken
by all, which would eliminate the harmful language barrier that separates
countries and peoples."
- World
of Words (askoxford.com)
"English is a language on the move, with many hundreds of new words
and phrases coming into existence every year. Although these are picked
up by Oxford's worldwide monitoring programme, many of these coinages
have only a fleeting lifespan and may never appear in the dictionary.
This monthly feature takes a look at some of the most recent and interesting
words, phrases, and other language changes which have caught our eye
and which could be vying for a place in one of our future dictionaries."
LISTENING :
EXERCISES TO PRINT :
LESSON PLANS :
POEMS :
- English is crazy! - A Poem about Plurals
"We'll begin with box, and the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes..."
(humbleapostrophe.com)
- Learn English
Pronunciation Poem (a joke) - with AUDIO (anglaisfacile.com)
- LIEN MODIFIE
"Just compare heart, beard, and heard,
Dies and diet, lord and word,
Sword and sward, retain and Britain..."
- An
English Pronunciation Poem - Listen to it. - Difficult
English (kico4u.de)
"I take it you already know
Of tough and bough and cough and dough?
Others may stumble but not you
On hiccough, thorough, slough and through."
JOKES :
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L'anglais pratique
"Vous avez beau vous appliquer, cela ne veut pas rentrer : impossible de manier la langue de Shakespeare !
Alors ne désespérez plus : avec des phrases françaises adaptées, vous arriverez à vous faire comprendre par les Grands-Bretons !"
(vuesdumonde.forumactif.com)
- English is Crazy
Language
ex : "When the stars are out, they are visible, but when the
lights are out, they are invisible."
(jokes4teachers.com)
CARTOONS :
SONGS :
VIDEOS : 
English may become one tool
that opens windows to the world,
unlocks doors to opportunities,
and expands our minds to new ideas.
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