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Monday, February 21, 2011

America, Colonies and slaves

America, Colonies and slaves

A blog about the history of the slave trade.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Option transversale YouTube - Flanagan & Allen Medley - 1945

YouTube - Flanagan & Allen Medley - 1945

Option transversale YouTube - George Formby - Leaning On A Lamp Post

YouTube - George Formby - Leaning On A Lamp Post

Option transversale YouTube - Gracie Fields 'Shipyard Sally' Oh Danny Boy

YouTube - Gracie Fields 'Shipyard Sally' Oh Danny Boy

Option transversale 1930s YouTube - Gracie Fields 'Sing As We Go!' final scene

YouTube - Gracie Fields 'Sing As We Go!' final scene

Option transversale 1929 YouTube - Bessie Smith (Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out, 1929) Jazz Legend

YouTube - Bessie Smith (Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out, 1929) Jazz Legend

Civi L3 Commentaire de texte

Remember if you want to practise your text commentaries, write a commentary on one of the texts in the booket and send it me by mail. I will correct it and return it by mail.

Méthodologie du commentaire de texte de civilisation

Méthodologie du commentaire de texte de civilisation

Lecture et réflexion indispensable

Current affairs : Boycott the UK census over links to Lockheed Martin, protesters say | UK news | guardian.co.uk

Boycott the UK census over links to Lockheed Martin, protesters say | UK news | guardian.co.uk

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

CAPES Epreuve dossier de synthèse précision

On nous a informé que lors de cette épreuve, les candidats pourront, pendant la préparation, écouter le document sonore autant de fois qu'ils le souhaitent.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Actualité britannique Grande-Bretagne : l'union gay bientôt autorisée à l'Eglise - Monde - Nouvelobs.com

Grande-Bretagne : l'union gay bientôt autorisée à l'Eglise - Monde - Nouvelobs.com

The King’s Speech: Good Movie, Bad History - The Daily Beast

The King’s Speech: Good Movie, Bad History - The Daily Beast

Le film très populaire "Le discours du roi" ouvre beaucoup de questions concernant la représentation du pouvoir à l'écran. Cet article (cliquez sur le lien ci-dessus) conclut qu'il s'agit d'un bon film, mais d'une représentation fausse de l'histoire.

Friday, February 11, 2011

YouTube - Harold Wilson resigns

YouTube - Harold Wilson resigns

This is a better quality video of Wilson when he resigned.

YouTube - Harold Wilson, Prime Minister, 1964-1970

YouTube - Harold Wilson, Prime Minister, 1964-1970

A very positive portrait on video of Harold Wilson.

Britain since 1945 - Clause four

Several times in the history of the Labour Party in the twentieth century, the deate about "Clause Four of the Labour Party Constitution" will be important. Here is the clause in question. It was added to the Labour Party constitution in 1918.

"To secure for the workers by hand or by brain the full fruits of their industry and the most equitable distribution thereof that may be possible upon the basis of the common ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange, and the best obtainable system of popular administration and control of each industry or service."

Britain since 1945 - Harold Wilson

What wikipedia says about the man is not bad :
Harold Wilson first served as Prime Minister in the 1960s, during a period of low unemployment and relative economic prosperity (though also of significant problems with the UK's external balance of payments). His second term in office began in 1974, when a period of economic crisis was beginning to hit most Western countries. On both occasions, economic concerns were to prove a significant constraint on his governments' ambitions. Wilson's own approach to socialism placed emphasis on efforts to increase opportunity within society, for example through change and expansion within the education system, allied to the technocratic aim of taking better advantage of rapid scientific progress, rather than on the left's traditional goal of promoting wider public ownership of industry. While he did not challenge the Party constitution's stated dedication to nationalisation head-on, he took little action to pursue it.

Though generally not at the top of Wilson's personal areas of priority, his first period in office was notable for substantial legal changes in a number of social areas, including the liberalisation of censorship, divorce, homosexuality, immigration and abortion (see Social issues, below), as well as the abolition of capital punishment, due in part to the initiatives of backbench MPs who had the support of Roy Jenkins during his time as Home Secretary.

Overall, Wilson is seen to have managed a number of difficult political issues with considerable tactical skill, including such potentially divisive issues for his party as the role of public ownership, British membership of the European Community, and the Vietnam War. Nonetheless, his stated ambition of substantially improving Britain's long-term economic performance remained largely unfulfilled.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

M2 Rédaction-traduction

I have almost finished marking your scripts.
I hear that it is not easy to find work placements, so I wish you luck with that.

I was surprised to see that in US English "broadcasted" now exists as a past participle to "broadcast". You learn something every day.

I have put some of your encylcopedia articles up on wikipedia, under my name, before correction. You can visit the pages and correct the mistakes (I put them up without my corrections). If you don't correct them, someone else will eventually. Or someone who thinks the subject is not important enough to go on wikipedia will propose it be deleted...

I do recommend wikipedia for practising writing and watching it being corrected.

Wednesday, February 09, 2011

M2 Enseignement - préparation épreuve "Dossier de synthèse"

Voici les notes de votre devoir.
Attention! Ce sont des notes en lien au niveau que nous demandons pour un master. Vous aurez bien compris que la notation pour le CAPES est beaucoup plus sévère.
J'ai envoyé par mail une correction assez détaillée, aux étudiants qui m'avaient envoyé leur travail en format électronique.

Les défauts les plus courants et graves des devoirs étaient

1) ne pas mettre suffisamment au centre de l'analyse les objectifs des auteurs des documents.

2) ne pas montrer une large connaissance de l'histoire récente du Royaume Uni.

Bon courage pour la suite et à bientôt.
John Mullen

Maelle P 12,5

Chana B 12

Nassira M 11

Coralie M 12

Claire G 11

Dominique B 10

Elizabeth D 13

Sarah A 12

Jessica S 11.5

Christelle P 12,5

Cecile F 11,5

Erika P 14

Marie P 12

Remi C 10

Edwige H 11,5

Julienne G 11

Ha-Lee S 11

Sabrina C 7,5

Nathalie N 12,5

Britain since 1945 YouTube - Gerry & The Pacemakers - Ferry Cross The Mersey (1965)

YouTube - Gerry & The Pacemakers - Ferry Cross The Mersey (1965)

Britain since 1945 YouTube - Freddie and the Dreamers I'm telling you now

YouTube - Freddie and the Dreamers I'm telling you now

The 1960s, or one aspect of it.

M1 commentaire dirigé -Revision of British history

As well as the specific course taught by Mr Lasalle on Rights in Britain, I think a general revision of British history is urgently needed. There are many general books in the University Library and you should read some of them. But also, here, in six hours of Mp3 files, is a revision course on British history. listen to it in the metro.

Class one
Class two
Class three
Class four
Class five
Class six

Do a right click and choose "enregistrer la cible sous"; this can take some time.

See you tomorrow.

Prince Charles's visit to Brussels will come straight out of royal farce | UK news | The Guardian

Prince Charles's visit to Brussels will come straight out of royal farce | UK news | The Guardian: "– Envoyé à l'aide de la barre d'outils Google"

Sunday, February 06, 2011

The Victorian Web: An Overview

The Victorian Web: An Overview

A very good website exploring Victorian Britain.

Saturday, February 05, 2011

Current affairs English Defence League and Muslim groups threaten summer of discontent | World news | guardian.co.uk

English Defence League and Muslim groups threaten summer of discontent | World news | guardian.co.uk

Tony Cragg Louvre - Tony Cragg Exposition Paris 2011

Tony Cragg Louvre - Tony Cragg Exposition Paris 2011

Au Louvre, une exposition d'un des grands artistes contemporains anglais, Tony Cragg.

BBC - History - British History in depth: Beneath the Surface: A Country of Two Nations

BBC - History - British History in depth: Beneath the Surface: A Country of Two Nations

Although the BBC website often gives an "official" view of history, where conflict is minimized and "automatic progress" is suggested, it is a site where you can learn a lot. In general it is considerably better written than wikipedia.

BBC - BBC Radio 2 Programmes - Phil Ochs: Still Marching

BBC - BBC Radio 2 Programmes - Phil Ochs: Still Marching

A Radio Documentary on the prominent American folk singer, Phil Ochs

Britain since 1945 YouTube - Harold Macmillan: The Wind of Change

YouTube - Harold Macmillan: The Wind of Change
A short extract from the "Winds of Change" speech.

Britain since 1945 YouTube - Labour in the valleys 2010

YouTube - Labour in the valleys 2010

A five minute documentary on the history of the Labour party.

Current affairs : Cameron: My war on multiculturalism - UK Politics, UK - The Independent

Cameron: My war on multiculturalism - UK Politics, UK - The Independent
Le premier ministre conservateur s'attaque au multiculturalisme.

Friday, February 04, 2011

Current affairs : Unite to stop racists in Luton|5Feb11|Socialist Worker

Unite to stop racists in Luton|5Feb11|Socialist Worker: "– Envoyé à l'aide de la barre d'outils Google"

Et la réaction des antiracistes.

British current affairs : EDL protest attracts European far-right activists | UK news | The Guardian

EDL protest attracts European far-right activists | UK news | The Guardian: "– Envoyé à l'aide de la barre d'outils Google"

De mauvaises nouvelles dans l'actualité anglaise.

Option Transversale YouTube - Who knows where the time goes - Fairport Convention

YouTube - Who knows where the time goes - Fairport Convention

Option transversale Lyrics - Finnegans Wake

Lyrics - Finnegans Wake

Voici les paroles de la chanson "Finnegan's Wake".

YouTube - The Dubliners - Finnegans Wake

YouTube - The Dubliners - Finnegans Wake

option transversale YouTube - The Dubliners - Molly Malone

YouTube - The Dubliners - Molly Malone

The Dubliners, one of the leading irish folk groups until ten years ago.

Britain since 1945 YouTube - Gracemount high flats demolition Tamcuk

YouTube - Gracemount high flats demolition Tamcuk


This is a video of the demolition of a block of high-rise flats in Edinburgh.

Monday, January 31, 2011

Etudier au Québec

Etudier au Québec

Bientôt une délégation des Universités quebecoises passeront à l'Université. Si vous avez envie d'étudier au Quebec, c'est le moment de vous informer concernant les différents dispositif mis en place pour faciliter la mobilité étudiante.

Sunday, January 30, 2011

M2 Enseignement dossier de synthèse

Sorry to take so long to finish marking your scripts; a huge number of tasks seemed to be due at the same time. Another few days should do it.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

L3 civi GB Ellen Wilkinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ellen Wilkinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Here is the wikipedia article on Ellen Wilkinson, the only woman minister in Clement Attlee's Labour government.

L3 civi GB YouTube - UK General Election 1950 - Election Night Report

YouTube - UK General Election 1950 - Election Night Report
In 1950 there was another general election. Attlee won, but by much less than in 1945. Here is the news at the time. You can see that the news is done in a very different style from today.

L3 civi GB YouTube - Labour wins Election

YouTube - Labour wins Election
A very short documentary about the 1945 Labour victory.

L3 civi GB YouTube - National Health Service 1948

YouTube - National Health Service 1948

A 1948 cartoon to explain the NHS to people.

L3 Civi GB YouTube - NHS - Marr's Modern Britain

YouTube - NHS - Marr's Modern Britain

One more documentary by a modern historian about the founding of the NHS.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Pronunciation of antidisestablishmentarianism - how to pronounce antidisestablishmentarianism correctly.

Pronunciation of antidisestablishmentarianism - how to pronounce antidisestablishmentarianism correctly.: "– Envoyé à l'aide de la barre d'outils Google"

An amazing web site to help you pronounce words correctly. It won't help with your intonation, but it is an excellent start.

Option transversale 150 ans de musique populaire

Mon option transversale "150 ans de musique populaire britannique" commence jeudi prochain. Le cours est donné en français, mais, bien évidemment, les extraits de chanson sont en anglais.

Depuis quelques années, il était interdit de choisir une option transversale au sein de son propre département. On vient de m'informer que ce n'est plus le cas. Alors, s'il y a des étudiants en département d'anglais qui n'ont pas encore d'option transversale, vous serez les bienvenus.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

L3 civilisation YouTube - David Cameron's first speech at Downing street as new UK Prime Minister

YouTube - David Cameron's first speech at Downing street as new UK Prime Minister

YouTube - The Common People

YouTube - The Common People
vidéo satirique qui critique le gouvernement conservateur britannique.

The Workhouse - www.workhouses.org.uk

The Workhouse - www.workhouses.org.uk: "– Envoyé à l'aide de la barre d'outils Google"

This very interesting site tells the history of workhouses in Britain.

L2 thème mercredi 11h

Les étudiant(e)s qui sont venus à mon cours de Thème le mercredi à 11h "parce que le groupe où on est inscrit est impossible" doivent très rapidement contacter M Vincent Broqua pour demander l'autorisation de changer.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

BBC - CBBC - Horrible Histories Game

BBC - CBBC - Horrible Histories Game: "– Envoyé à l'aide de la barre d'outils Google"

Games about British history!

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Dilbert.com

Début du deuxième semestre

Tous mes cours commencent cette semaine, L1 L2 L3 et master.
La seule exception est l'option transversale "150 ans de musique populaire britannique", qui commence la semaine prochaine, c'est à dire le jeudi 3 février.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Friday, January 21, 2011

BBC - Archive - Birth of the National Health Service - Sir William Beveridge Announcement

BBC - Archive - Birth of the National Health Service - Sir William Beveridge Announcement: "– Envoyé à l'aide de la barre d'outils Google"

Lecture indispensable - Civilisation GB L1

Histoire de la Grande-Bretagne: Amazon.fr: Roland Marx, Philippe Chassaigne: Livres

Hmm, le contrôle final en civilisation britannique L1 "From the reform to the Great Exhibition" était un véritable catastrophe, d'ampleur historique... Vous risquez d'être nombreux à retenter votre chance lors de la deuxième session en juin... Je vous invite à cliquer sur le titre ci-dessous pour voir une lecture absolument indispensable et le minimum absolu. Le livre est bien sûr disponible dans des bibliothèques aussi.

Notes on a small island: The things that really make Britain great - This Britain, UK - The Independent

Notes on a small island: The things that really make Britain great - This Britain, UK - The Independent!!

[DANS NEWSWEEK] L’anglais n’est pas près de disparaître - Monde - Nouvelobs.com

[DANS NEWSWEEK] L’anglais n’est pas près de disparaître - Monde - Nouvelobs.com

Une opinion controversée sur l'avenir de l'anglais.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Master professionnel M2 métiers de la rédaction/traduction

I have your marks here for the final test, the translation test.
I am still working on the other assignment.

I would like you to pick up your scripts from the secretary of the English department, because it's always useful to see what mistakes you are making. I will leave the scripts with the secretary today Thursday or tomorrow Friday.



CF
Ingrid 11.5
Oumar 15.2
Vianney 16.9
Steveline 13.6
Alexia 14.1
Clelia 10
Stéphanie 11
Salomé 13.3

L2 Thème moyennes du premier semestre

Fernand 14.5
Charlotte 10
Sofia 11.5
Svetlana 7.5
Soraya 10
Sebastien 10
Mathias 11.5
Adia 12
Asma 9
Aurore 16
Eizaz 7
Anne Emmanuelle 9
Diedi 9
NATACHA 14.5
Ruben 8
Julien 12
Marylène 11.5
Mélanie 6

Comme d'habitude, si vous n'avez pas réussi à décrocher la moyenne, vous repassez un examen à la deuxième session en juin, à moins de pouvoir compenser avec des notes élevées ailleurs.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

CAPES 2011 : taux de réussite en hausse ! - educpros.fr/

CAPES 2011 : d’incroyables taux de réussite ! - educpros.fr/

M2 Master professionnel

I hacve started marking your translation test. Here is my suggested translation.

If you are the first to see it, please tell the others where it is.

Of course, many translations are possible, but notice the importance of increasing the number of verbs, and decreasing the frequency of latinate vocabulary. Because the style is fairly informal ("Pas facile de....") I felt that some contractions were acceptable.

Good luck with finding placements. I would be interested to know what you found, and how it is for you. Send me an email...

Marks will be a little time coming, but will be available on this blog.

John Mullen

Actualité GB : David Cameron styles himself as heir to Tony Blair on public service reform | Politics | The Guardian

David Cameron styles himself as heir to Tony Blair on public service reform | Politics | The Guardian

Monday, January 17, 2011

L2 Thème

We looked in class at the difference between "prétendre" and "to pretend"! So why do the majority think they have the same meaning?!

Saturday, January 15, 2011

option faculté - Contestation sociale et politique en Angleterre au XIXe siècle

Inscriptions pour les options faculté (pour les L3) aura lieu vendredi prochain le 21.
Contrairement à ce qui a été écrit dans une des brochures, cette option faculté est ouverte à tous les étudiants de la faculté de Lettres L3, y compris les anglicistes. Le cours est en anglias.

Second semester classes

After a couple of weeks marking scripts, I will be ready to start the second semester. This semester I will be teaching

Panorama de la civilisation britanniques - Britain since the Romans, for L1 students. Six lectures, half the year group at a time, in parallel with a colleague who will be lecturing on landmarks in US history. Wednesday at nine.

Journalistic translation, for an L2 group , Wednesday at elevn.

Text commentary training for Ml CAPES group, Thursday at one thirty.

Option transversale "150 ans de musique populaire britannique", un cours en français ouvert à tous les étudiants de l'universite sauf ceux du département d'anglais. Jeudi à 16h30.

Option faculté "Contestation sociale et politique au XIXe siècle", L3, Friday at eleven or eleven thirty, we're not yet sure.

And L3 British civilization "Britain since 1945", Friday at one thirty.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

capes Politics UK

Politics UK

I highly recommend this podcast.

YouTube - Palaces of Gold - Leon Rosselson

YouTube - Palaces of Gold - Leon Rosselson: "– Envoyé à l'aide de la barre d'outils Google"

YouTube -Palaces of Gold

YouTube - Martin Simpson & Roy Bailey/Palaces of Gold @Loughborough Folk Festival2008: "– Envoyé à l'aide de la barre d'outils Google"

If you are wondering

If you are wondering when I will have finished marking your final tests, home assignments etc... please be patient, I have several hundred and it will take some time.

I will generally put the marks here, with you first name and initial (eg John S for John Smith). In this way some confidentiality is conserved.

M2 Enseignement Today's class

In the first class today we will look at the dossier on the Queen;
This means I can't accept assignments after the beginning of today's first class.

Listen again two or three times to the audio document before you come, because we won't be able to listen to it in class.

In the second class we will look at a dossier on titles and Lords.



DOCUMENT ONE

DOCUMENT TWO

DOCUMENT THREE




The first class is in room Caravaggio at the Bouvets centre. The second class is in room 258.

Thursday, January 06, 2011

CAPES : defining documents as subjective, partisan etc

Remember that the word "biassed" means "favouring one particular position, *especially in a way considered to be unfair*", that is to say "biassed" is a derogatory term in general. Often it will be more appropriate to define documents as "partisan" or "subjective".

LEA L1 civilisation GB/Irlande

Le tout dernier diaporama est en ligne ici.

Wednesday, January 05, 2011

capes devoir noté

J'ai reçu les devoirs de
Maelle P
Chana B
Nassira M
Coralie M
Claire G
Dominique B
Elizabeth D

Les autres - sur papier dans mon casier avant lundi soir. (salle 127 je crois - la salle des enseignants). *Dernier délai*

Tout le monde doit rendre ce devoir *sur papier*. Si vous l'envoyez *en plus* par courrier électronique, je pourrai vous envoyer une correction plus détaillée.

N'envoyez en aucun cas seulement par mail.

John Mullen

David Crystal: champion of the English language | Michael Rosen | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

David Crystal: champion of the English language | Michael Rosen | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

current affairs : Lib Dem support hits all-time low - UK Politics, UK - The Independent

Lib Dem support hits all-time low - UK Politics, UK - The Independent

On-air drama as radio soap 'The Archers' turns 60

On-air drama as radio soap 'The Archers' turns 60

News from The Archers, the longest running radio drama series in the world.