These 15 countries speak English as a second language best Nearly two billion people - that's almost one in three people - study English as a non-native language. In the developing world, English is less of a foreign language skill and more a tool synonymous with development, expanding a country's economy and increasing its connectedness to the rest of the world. And for small countries with few native-language speakers, it also makes sense to learn a little of the world's lingua franca for business and policy making. The English Proficiency Index has just released statistics on where English is learned around the world and quality of teaching to find the countries with the highest proficiency of English as a second language: Four Nordic countries and the Netherlands come top of the rankings, with at least 65 per cent of the population fluent in English. Other European nations dominate the rest of the list. The only non-European countries to feature are highly-developed city state Singapore, and its neighbour Malaysia, as well as Argentina.
lieder translations Welcome! The Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive is an ever-expanding collection of texts used in 128,885 Lieder and other classical art songs (Kunstlieder, mélodies, canzoni, романсы, canciones, liederen, canções, sånger, laulua, písně, piosenki, etc.) as well as in many choral works and other types of classical vocal pieces. The archive currently indexes 78,599 texts with 22,801 translations to English, French, Italian, Dutch, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, and others. The website has almost daily updates . Where to start? The Introduction is a good place, or the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). You can browse the collection by using the indexes by composer, text poet or author, first line, title, or language; or you can search for words or phrases. The following links will give you an idea of the type of information this website has to offer. Be sure to read this note about how to tell when a text shown is the sung text or the published stand-alone text or both.
L'expression de l'oral Parler, encore et toujours, essayer puis réessayer... Voilà à quoi ressemble l’apprentissage d’une langue. Il faut sans cesse produire des efforts afin de progresser en expression de l’oral. J’ai créé avec mes collègues de langues du collège un document pour t’aider à te situer et comprendre comment progresser, tant sur le plan méthodologique que linguistique. Fiche de compétences (oral et écrit) Par ailleurs, voici plusieurs documents importants : la fiche de participation orale (elle n’est pas évaluée mais ce document est consultable dans une bannette au fond de la classe, l’élève peut s’y référer constamment pour voir ses progrès et les points bonus obtenus ; la participation orale fait l’objet d’un commentaire systématique sur le bilan trimestriel). La participation en classe Certificats : « student of the week » et « certificate of excellence » = 10 points. La prise d’initiative est encouragée : « teacher’s assistant » = 5 points. Plus de stickers ou images pour vous motiver. Fiche AIDE
Using plays in the language class Here are some suggestions and guidance on how to get the best from your students. Using plays with language learners can Improve their reading and speaking skillsEncourage creativityHelp them experiment with language -tone of voice, body language and their own lines if they are involved in writing the play.Bring them out of themselves -some students like performing or find the script gives them confidenceInvolve the whole class – non speaking parts can be given to learners who do not wish to speak or are less confident. Technical parts of a production can give others a role: sound effects, making scenery, being in charge of lights, props or prompting their classmates from the “wings”. Plays suitable for language learners Short narratives based on very brief scenes of 2-3 lines maximumPlays with more than one narrator and plenty of humour through actionPlays that can be broken up with songs.One or two scene mini-plays based on stories familiar to the class. Making your own plays
Italy rescues 600 migrants from Mediterranean Italy has rescued about 600 migrants in six operations, one in cooperation with Maltese authorities, in the past 24 hours, the country's coastguard told Al Jazeera. The rescued people included 100 Somali migrants who were stranded on a plastic boat in the Mediterranean on Tuesday, an official involved in the rescue said. A coastguard source, contacted on Wednesday, did not to give further details about the operations. One of the stranded migrants had called Al Jazeera on Tuesday and said the boat was flooding with seawater and that those on board - men, women and children - needed to be rescued immediately. The migrant contacted Al Jazeera after obtaining the phone contact details of the channel's journalist from a friend in Somalia. "We left from Tripoli three days ago and we are going to Italy," said the migrant who declined to disclose his name to Al Jazeera. "We don't have supplies, we don't have food, there are pregnant women on board. Source: Al Jazeera and agencies
aria database speaking | TeachingEnglish | British Council | BBC This is a fun speaking activity in the form of a game. It can be used with most levels and most age groups. Students practise presenting their opinions and reaching agreement. There is an initial group work activity and extension speaking and writing activities. This is a motivating speaking activity for lower levels to develop fluency. Students are given plenty of support and use ‘thinking time’ before the speaking task. These activities are all designed to motivate lower level learners to speak in pairs or small groups. This is a simple pairwork activity that can be used with low level groups to provide practice in the present simple question form – What does he/she do on…? This is a simple speaking activity that can be used with A2 level groups to provide practice in using prepositions of place and giving clear instructions. The following activities are designed to get everyone talking. This activity practises ‘have you ever...?
Christmas Traditions, Christmas History, Christmas Around the World, The Christmas Story and Christmas Fun! Here are the funniest 'global stereotype' maps Unless you've been living in a cave for the last few years, you've definitely seen (and laughed at) the wildly popular 'global stereotype' maps. The man behind them is Bulgarian artist Yanko Tsvetkov, who told i100.co.uk he started making the satirical maps for fun when trying to explain European geopolitics to friends from abroad. Yanko said the maps he put up on Flickr "accidently" went viral, and based on the interest, he decided to expand the project. It was so popular it ended up spawning two books called Atlas of Prejudice Volumes 1 and 2, and Yanko has just finished a third which unveils "new fascinating landscapes of human bigotry." His ideas span from visualisations of how the ancients viewed the world: To the intricacies of modern geopolitics... Cultural phenomenons (these maps are brand new): And even predictions for the future. Yanko told i100.co.uk he doesn't have a simple explanation for why people love the stereotyping maps so much. Yanko Tsvetkov
Typical food 6e by clemence.tisseyre on Genially Yummy ! Delicious ! Discover British food ! I love food ! Avec cette présentation , tu vas découvrir des plats typiques du Royaume-Uni. Les plats ressemblent-ils à ceux que nous avons en France ? Welcome ! Let's go ! British food - Visionne la vidéo et concentre-toi sur les images ainsi que sur les mots que tu connais. Quels mots de vocabulaire correspondent aux images ? For lunch... how about a BLT sandwich ? Réponds aux questions sur ton document de travail. De quoi est-il composé ? An afternoon snack What a delicious snack ! For dinner... What are the names of these dishes ? Work on the vocabulary : (clique ici) Recipe 1 Recipe 2 Recipe 3 Complète l'exercice en cliquant ici puis complète ton document de travail ! Discover other recipes Lis les documents suivants puis complète ton document de travail (question 5) Clique sur le doigt en haut à droite pour découvrir la signification de certains termes Haggis A Scottish dish The Irish Stew Irish food soda bread For dessert... Desserts To finish...
Olla- ja omistaa-verbit | Enkkua myönteinen I am you are he/she/it is we are they are kielteinen I am not = I’m not you are not = you aren’t he/she/it is not = he/she/it isn’t we are not = we aren’t they are not = they aren’t kysyvä Am I? Are you? Is he/she/it? Are we? Are they? myönteinen Have I got? Like this: Like Loading... If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of hard labour to reading six lines aloud, and we’ll be honest with you, we struggled with parts of it. Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse. I will keep you, Suzy, busy, Make your head with heat grow dizzy. Tear in eye, your dress will tear. You’ve been reading “The Chaos” by Gerard Nolst Trenité, written nearly 100 years ago in 1922, designed to demonstrate the irregularity of English spelling and pronunciation.