New Meanings for Old Words - Language Jokes
Ex. : "Chicken, n., the only animal we eat before it is born and after it is dead."
(alphadictionary.com)
Ten ways of saying HELLO
(languageproject.co.uk)
Saying GOODBYE - Ten Expressions to Use In Speaking And Writing (languageproject.co.uk)
Barack Obama - a lesson plan
DOWNLOADS:
Word Doc | PDF | MP3 Listening 
| Online Exercise
(famouspeoplelessons.com)
Insight Plus - Part 16
The United Nations has a central role in international politics.
But how many of us really understand how the UN works?
+ AUDIO + SCRIPT
(BBC)
NEWSEUM - Today's Front Pages - Tuesday, November 05, 2008:
681 front pages from 65 countries.
"The Newseum displays these daily newspaper front pages
in their original, unedited form.
Some front pages may contain material that is objectionable to some visitors. Viewer discretion is advised."
(newseum.org)
Obama's Victory Speech in Chicago - Pictures
(time.com)
Barack Obama - Victory Speech - Grant Park - Chicago, IL 
(YouTube)
"Rosa sat so Martin could walk.
Martin walked so Obama could run.
Obama ran so our children can fly!"
Barack Obama wins the Presidency
"Barack Obama defeats John McCain to become first African American
to win the White House...
Full state-by-state coverage of presidential, senatorial and gubernatorial races, including candidate profiles, past election results, demographics,
campaign ads and the latest headlines."
(washingtonpost.com)
Obama is "elected US President"
"Democratic Senator Barack Obama is elected the first black
president of the United States, according to projected results."
+ VIDEOS
(BBC News)
My name is "Lilguy". Easy comprehension.
"Watch the little movie and do the activity."
created by Renée Maufroid.
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George Carlin on 'the American Dream'
(YouTube)
George Denis Patrick Carlin (1937 – 2008)
"was an American stand-up comedian. He was also an actor and author,
and won four Grammy Awards for his comedy albums.
Carlin was noted for his black humor as well as insights on politics, the English
language, psychology, religion, and various taboo subjects..."
(Wikipedia)
Sarah Palin duped by prank call
"US vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin has become the victim of a prank
phone call by a Canadian comedian posing as the French president."
- with AUDIO
(BBC)
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2008 Education Blogosphere Survey Results
Results from a January 2008 survey of 419 edubloggers.
Clearer images are available HERE
(the PPT or PDF versions).
(vimeo.com)
Comparing Wikis with Other Online Communication Tools
"Wikis are toolkits for creating Web pages. Here's how a wiki differs from
other forms of Internet collaborative tools, such as e-mail, blogs, bulletin
boards, forums, content management systems, and Web publishing systems."
(dummies.com)
How to pronounce the word 'Christ'
and its many derivatives."
+ mp3 + transcript
(BBC)
Learning English - Words in the News
Obama's infomercial - 29 October, 2008
Listen to the story and to the words.
(BBC)
A lolcat
"is an image combining a photograph, most frequently a cat, with a humorous
and idiosyncratic caption in (often) broken English—a dialect which is known
as "lolspeak", or "kitteh" and parodies the poor grammar typically attributed
to Internet slang. The name "lolcat" is a compound word of the phrase "LOL" and "cat". A synonym for "lolcat" is cat macro, since the images are a type of image macro.Lolcats are designed for photo sharing imageboards
and other internet forums..."
(Wikipedia)
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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)
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Men more attracted by women in red
- a lesson plan
(Breaking News English)
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