Stonehenge!

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170713-why-stonehenge-was-built

Americanizatrion of English

This is a journalistic treatment, so I expect there to be plenty of exaggeration in there, but interesting nevertheless:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/13/american-english-language-study?CMP=share_btn_fb

La gauche britannique et le Brexit

Maintenant en ligne : le video et le MP3 de mon intervention "La Gauche britannique et le brexit un an après le référendum".

https://www.academia.edu/33831702/_video_Le_Brexit_et_la_Gauche_britannique_un_an_apr%C3%A8s_le_r%C3%A9f%C3%A9rendum

Préparation à l'agrégation : thème

My translation classes for preparing the agrégation will start again after the summer. Each week you will translate a passage at home and we will work on it in class. The following week I will post my own translation here on this blog. If I receive your translation by email more than a week before we work on the passage in class, I will send you a detailed correction of your work (also by email).

If occasionally you do not have time to translate the passage at home, do come to the class anyway. Do not do this often, however: watching other people translate does not move you forward much.

Here is the booklet of translation passages. None of them are passages we worked on last year or the year before (I run on a three-year cycle). Translate the first one before the first class (it is a little easier than the others).

What can political rock do ?

Summer is often the time for writing. Here is my new article "What can political rock do? A discussion based on the example of the Tom Robinson Band".

https://www.academia.edu/33834154/_PDF_full_text_What_Can_Political_Rock_Do_A_Discussion_Based_on_the_Example_of_the_Tom_Robinson_Band_in_the_1970s

Master LEA

Using English in the business world is an experience fraught with pitfalls. This free online course from the University of Lorraine, about running meetings in English, can no doubt help you. 

To follow the course, you need to creat an account on FUN, but this is free.

https://www.fun-mooc.fr/courses/course-v1:lorraine+30005+session01/about

Le Brexit, un an après le référendum

Vous trouverez ici l'enregistrement video de notre journée d'études "Le Brexit : un an après le référendum" , qui a eu lieu le 14 juin 2017 à Rouen.

La journée comprend ma propre intervention sur "La Gauche et le Brexit".

https://webtv.univ-rouen.fr/channels/#journee-detudes-eriac-le-brexit-un-an-apres-le-referendum_27354

Instability of UK government

You can find the front pages of the newspapers here :


http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-the-papers-40236662

Si vous étiez britannique...

Vous auriez voté pour qui? Voici un comparatif des programmes
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2017/may/19/who-should-i-vote-for-the-uk-election-manifestos-compared

French Journal of British Studies/ Revue française de civilisation britannique

Up to date liste of all the issues which are available free online, here:


https://crecib.wordpress.com/derniers-numeros/

Researching about television

If any students are interested in using television as a field of research, have a browse through this journal

http://viewjournal.eu/archives/

Two very different newspapers write on the elections in Britain

The Financial Times

https://www.ft.com/content/5511f4de-46be-11e7-8d27-59b4dd6296b8



Socialist Worker

https://socialistworker.co.uk/art/44742/With+just+days+to+go%2C+Jeremy+Corbyn+continues+to+gain+support+among+workers

Sur les attentats

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/05/london-bridge-attack-brings-out-defiant-british-humour

Élections au Royaume Uni

http://www.liberation.fr/planete/2017/06/04/au-royaume-uni-des-elections-maintenues-et-une-issue-incertaine_1574459http://www.liberation.fr/planete/2017/06/04/au-royaume-uni-des-elections-maintenues-et-une-issue-incertaine_1574459

Gay Bombay

What is it like being gay in India? If you are like me, you have no idea.
This BBC podcast looks at this question:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03hlq45


India is one of the topics we study in LEA Master L1, so I am always on the look at for new documentaries and other sources.

L'Irlande

Libération se penche sur l'histoire de l'Irlande du Nord, et les conséquences possibles du Brexit.


http://www.liberation.fr/planete/2017/03/01/irlande-du-nord-le-brexit-briseur-de-paix_1552594