Monday, March 6th
a short-story, The Gun by Philip K. Dick
- read online
- read on your phone/tablet/e-reader
- listen to the audiobook (file here or below)
Thursday, March 2nd
Business Magazine // British Council Learning English => Choose ONE topic, read carefully and do the TASKS
Monday, February 27th
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Thursday, February 23rd
“Flexible working” an activity in the Business section of British Council / Learning English
Monday, February 20th
video featured in: https://www.stylefactoryproductions.com/blog/chromebook-review
video featured in: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/top-10-tech-trends-2023-everyone-must-ready-bernard-marr
Monday, January 30th
2 articles from Wired.com
Thursday, January 26th
A matching exercise based on a glossary of computer-related terms.
Monday, January 23rd
Thursday, January 12th
Finish exercise 4 about Reported Speech with correction
Watch this video about a champion of GeoGuessr
Monday, January 9th
with my best wishes for 2023
Thursday, January 5th
“Flexible working” an activity in the Business section of British Council / Learning English
then you may choose and do as many as you can from the Business Magazine section
Thursday, December 15th
Almost a dictation, about airpods, the first commercial when they got released/launched.
The voice is that of Jony Ive, long-time Apple designer and one of the most celebrated designer today.
Monday, December 12th
“ON” and The Passive
Thursday, December 8th
Irregular Verbs, a different perspective!
Monday, December 5th
H&M, fast fashion and the environment, an example of a theme which could figure at the written exam.
+ test (written comprehension and short expression)
Thursday, December 1st
English for emails: skip some of the first items or tasks if you find them too easy and/or too repetitive but do as many units as you can!
GR1: Maxime C / Maxime A / Dylan
GR2:
Thursday, November 24th
Browse WIRED.com and read a couple of articles you find interesting.
GR1: Thomas / Enzo /
GR2: Brahim / Sacha / Quentin
Thursday, November 17th
Oral presentations GR1: Yolas / Mohamed / Samuel
GR2: Matteo / Clara / Mohamed-Ali
Monday, November 14th
Oral presentations GR1 :
Thursday, November 17th: Yolas / Mohamed / Andy / Samuel
Thursday, November 24th: Thomas / Enzo / Morgann / Maxime C / Maxime A / Dylan
Oral presentations GR2 :
Thursday, November 17th: Joachim / Matteo / Clara
Thursday, November 24th: Brahim / Sacha / Quentin
Thursday, December 1st: Loan / Maxence / Clément
Thursday, November 10th
The modals, online exercises:
Monday, November 7th
The modals (simple chart to be completed with elements from the complete chart below).
1. Certainly, Tina knows that smoking is forbidden
Tina MUST KNOW that smoking is forbidden.
2. Certainly, Tina knew that smoking was forbidden.
Tina MUST HAVE KNOWN that smoking was forbidden.
3. It is possible that Tina didn’t know that smoking was forbidden.
Tina MAY HAVE KNOWN that smoking was forbidden.
4. The Masked Avengers were probably the best group at
the concert.
The Masked Avengers MUST HAVE BEEN the best group at
the concert.
5. Brian forgot his own address. That’s incredible.
Brian CAN’T HAVE FORGOTTEN his own address.
6. Perhaps she is right after all.
She MAY BE right after all.
7. It is probable that the fire started in the kitchen.
The fire MUST HAVE STARTED in the kitchen.Il se peut qu’il soit trop tard. => It MAY BE too late.Elle peut courir longtemps sans se fatiguer. => She CAN run for a long time without getting tired.Il a pu oublier. => He MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN.Elle n’a pas pu oublier ! => She CAN’T HAVE FORGOTTEN.Il peut préférer rester chez lui après tout. => He MAY PREFER to stay home after all.Ils n’ont pas pu faire une telle erreur ! => They CAN’T HAVE MADE such a mistake! Elle a dû recevoir ma lettre. => She MUST HAVE RECEIVED my letter.Il faut qu’il parte avant la fin de la réunion. => He MUST // HAS TO // GO before the end of the meeting.Ce n’est pas la peine que tu restes. => You don’t need to stay.Il ne faut pas conduire si vite. =>You SHOULDN’T drive so fast.
Thursday, October 20th
Oral presentations
Monday, October 17th (afternoon)
The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms. In this BBC documentary, mathematics professor Marcus Du Sautoy reveals the hidden world of algorithms and how these 2,000-year-old problem solvers work.
Monday, October 17th (morning)
Re-write the story using Morag’s point of view, and write it in the first person (350 words +/-10%)
- put yourself in her shoes an visualize the landscape (see photos below) and the scene (the Vikings coming ashore)
- collect vocabulary and information in the short-story which you are going to recycle in your own version.
- use this form to copy and paste your short-story and send it by Friday, November 11th.

Reading Tartan, a short-story by George Mackay Brown.
Thursday, October 13th
The oral presentation will take place as a one to one session with the teacher and will start after the autumn holidays.
- something you like
- something you know about
- something which can be talked about in English
- => search the web IN ENGLISH for information and vocabulary,
- Google is mainly going to give you results in French, try another search engine called Duckduckgo which can be easily switched to another language and location => https://duckduckgo.com/settings
- => compile a long list of elements (nouns, adjectives, VERBS, phrases, sentences etc. Store this list ONLINE.
- => prepare your presentation using the collected material
- => you may bring some pictures or a very short video clip on your phone (but no slides, there are no slides during the exam)
- => you need about 300 words to talk for a few minutes.
Monday, October 10th
Reading Tartan, a short-story by George Mackay Brown.
Thursday, October 6th
The oral presentation will take place as a one to one session with the teacher and will start after the autumn holidays.
- something you like
- something you know about
- something which can be talked about in English
- => search the web IN ENGLISH for information and vocabulary,
- Google is mainly going to give you results in French, try another search engine called Duckduckgo which can be easily switched to another language and location => https://duckduckgo.com/settings
- => compile a long list of elements (nouns, adjectives, VERBS, phrases, sentences etc. Store this list ONLINE.
- => prepare your presentation using the collected material
- => you may bring some pictures or a very short video clip on your phone (but no slides, there are no slides during the exam)
- => you need about 300 words to talk for a few minutes.
Monday, October 3rd
Reading Tartan, a short-story by George Mackay Brown.
Visualizing the scene by drawing elements. The scene takes place in the north of Scotland, near Durness and it looks like this when the weather is good!






Tuesday, September 29th
you need to work with 2 windows side-by-side (one for the sound, the other for the exercise, or you may listen to the sound file on your smartphone)
The Bear and The Dragon by Tom Clancy – American accent + extract from a spy novel – you may download the mp3 file or listen to it directly below.
and/or
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling – British accent – extract from the first chapter of the first volume – you may download the mp3 file or listen to it directly below.
Monday, September 26th
Vocab from video 3 from Sept. 22nd
- manage
- 0.
- accurate
- a cut
- merchandise
- snippet
- launch
- earnings
- assuming
- position // staff
- income tax NJ
- yearly
- average
- wondering
Thursday, September 22nd GrA&B
a listening exercise: DJI Mavic
Monday, September 19th 14h-15h
about MKBHD
Monday, September 19th 9h-10h
Translate focusing on the proper tenses
Take some notes while doing the exercise, don’t write EVERYTHING but write SOMETHING!
Thursday, September 15th GrA&B
Monday, September 12th 9h-10h & 14h-15h
==> Use the 8 forms of DRINK to complete the following sentences.
- He…………………… on Saturday night with his friends Bill and James.
- He …………………… whisky now, that’s really not like him.
- He …………………… at the time his wife left him.
- He …………………… before he finally left the pub.
- He…………………… . He is an alcoholic.
- He ……………………. Look at him, he is in such a state!
- He …………………… before he drove home!
- He …………………… three pints of Guinness.
- He DRANK on Saturday night with his friends Bill and James.
- He IS DRINKING whisky now, that’s really not like him.
- He WAS DRINKING at the time his wife left him.
- He HAD DRUNK before he finally left the pub.
- He DRINKS . He is an alcoholic.
- He HAS BEEN DRINKING. Look at him, he is in such a state!
- He HAD BEEN DRINKING before he drove home!
- He HAS DRUNK three pints of Guinness.
Thursday, September 8th Gr A&B
Basics
- Howlers – most common mistakes to avoid
- numbers and figures (to train yourself at home use this)
- comparatives and superlatives
- useful vocabulary
- Hardware? Keyboard? On-screen? Action?
Monday, September 5th 9h-10h & 14h-15h
General introduction and a short history of the English Language.
=> homework: watch the video