L3 Option A Contestation sociale : BBC - History - The Tools of the Abolitionists

BBC - History - The Tools of the Abolitionists

Click on the title above to see the special BBC history page on the abolition of slavery; a good summary, with pictures.

L3 Option A : Who abolished slavery?

If you follow this link, you will find a general introduction to the abolition movement in Britain, from the Encarta encyclopedia.


In 1807 the slave trade was banned by the British parliament. In 1833 slavery was banned. 2007, then, was the two hundredth anniversary of the banning of the slave trade. This led to a certain number of books, events, museum exhibitions, television programmes etc on a subject which is not well-known and is little studied in school history books. This link will lead you to an MP3 file of a meeting in London on the question "Who really ended slavery". There are two speakers. One of them is Robin Blackburn, author of a number of books, but in particular of the (extremely long) classic history book "The overthrow of colonial slavery". The other speaker is Weyman Bennett, one of the organizers of the present-day campaign in Britain "Love Music Hate Racism." Each speaker speaks for about twenty minutes. Download the file, put it on your MP3 player, and educate yourself while on the bus!

The best way to download the file is to right click and choose "enregistrer le cible sous"...

Be patient - the speakers are easier to understand than the chairman!

L2 Phonetics : alphabet quiz

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If you have the impression that you have forgotten part of the phonetic alphabet, or you are not sure which vowel sounds go where, this quiz (click on the title above) will help you. It is an online quiz with 25 questions. If you get one hundred percent right first time, I will be very surprised.

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L1 Thème grammaire Group 3

Important! J'aurais dû vous le dire, je voudrais que vous finissiez les exercices sur la première feuille d'exercices avant le prochain cours. Je donnerai le corrigé en cours. Faites passer le message aux autres étudiants dans le groupe

I will put on this blog later in the week some revision exercises for people who are having difficulty with making questions in English. Come back and look regularly.

LANSAD 1 week one

This page gives you access to all BBC radio programmes : news, music, documentaries. You can listen as often as you like .


On the BBC learning English site, ever week there is a document like this one on smoking in France. You can listen and learn vocabulary. These documents are fairly advanced. There is also a quiz on each story.


Finally on the BBC site you can find grammar and vocabulary sheets like this one on phrasal verbs Again, you need a fair level of English.

Easier grammar quizzes can be found on the web. Try this one on articles.
That should be quite easy. This one is a little more difficult.

This one is difficult too.

Finally, read this explanation of when we use "the" to talk about Geographical places.


Cartoons about the French

Do you understand the cartoons on this page?

These cartoons are about the French. Are they all funny? Are any of them offensive?

A l'université Paris-XII, le défi de la réussite des étudiants défavorisés - Société - Le Monde.fr

A l'université Paris-XII, le défi de la réussite des étudiants défavorisés - Société - Le Monde.fr

On parle de l'Université de Crétéil dans la presse...

L3 Option A Contestation sociale - International Slavery Museum

Liverpool museums - International Slavery Museum

The Option "Contestation sociale en Grande Bretagne au XIXème siècle" will look at a series of social movements. The first one is the campaign for the abolition of slavery.

The link above will take you to the website of the International Slavery Museum, in Liverpool, one of the very small number of slavery museums in the world. Explore the website, and if you have questions post them here or ask them in class.

The picture shows statues made by the anti-slavery campaign.

Université de Bordeaux à Agen

Cette année je donnerai également des cours de thème en deuxième année à l'Université de Bordeaux à Agen. Au deuxième semestre j'assurerai également des TD sur le thème "The Victorian Spirit". (Histoire du XIXème siècle)

GRAMMAIRE ANGLAISE : QUELQUES POINTS IMPORTANTS / English grammar: A few important points (Didier Madelaine)

GRAMMAIRE ANGLAISE : QUELQUES POINTS IMPORTANTS / English grammar: A few important points (Didier Madelaine)

Cette page vous donne quelques rappels sur des erreurs fréquentes d'étudiants français. A mémoriser!

La rentrée arrive

Cette année, le premier semestre, je vais enseigner les matières suivantes

En première année de Licence
- Civilisation britannique - de la Réforme à la Révolution glorieuse. Nous traiterons trois grands thèmes - l'établissement du protestantisme en Grande Bretagne, la guerre civile et la République de Cromwell, et la "révolution glorieuse de 1688".

- Thème/Grammaire. On étudiera les structures de la phrase, et quelques éléments importants de HAVE + EN et BE + ING

En deuxième année

- Thème littéraire. Nous traduirons des extraits de romans français du XXème siècle
- Phonétique. Nous apprendrons comment produire, et comment décrire, les sons de l'anglais

En troisième année

- Option A Contestation sociale et politique en Grande Bretagne au XIXème siècle. Nous étudierons les grands mouvements sociaux - contre l'esclavage, pour les droits des femmes, chartisme, syndicalisme.

New Lanark World Heritage Site - Beautiful 18th Century cotton mill village Visitor Centre and Hotel

New Lanark World Heritage Site - Beautiful 18th Century cotton mill village Visitor Centre and Hotel

The 19th Century Socialist Robert Owen established a series of communities based on his progressive ideas. One of the first is today a museum, in Scotland. Follow the link.

A song about a radical group from 1649

You Poor Take Courage

this song has been sung by several different artistes. it deals with an episode from the English Civil war, when some early utopian socialists decided to set up a sort of commune on land, refusing to recognize the aristocratic owner's right to it.

REVISION English language games

English language games

Un très grand nombre de jeux pour réviser des éléments de grammaire anglais tout en s'amusant. Site établi par Michael Riccioli

YouTube - Song of the Olive Tree - Leon Rosselson

YouTube - Song of the Olive Tree - Leon Rosselson

Leon Rosselson, one of the more well known of English folk singers of the seventies, sings here a song about Palestine.

Pronunciation - Dr Seuss - Fox In Socks (Animated Book)

YouTube - Dr Seuss - Fox In Socks (Animated Book)

Watch this video - listen and repeat to improve your pronunciation!

L3 civi Chartism drama

Phoenix Radio | Phoenix Podcasts

On this page you will find a play with songs recounting the history of chartism in Halifax, a mill town in the North of England.

contrôle final

L3 Civi contrôle final.
Look in the blue book if you need to know what's worth what

Luca B 10,75
Sylvie B 10
Adeline C 10
Jessica B 10,5
Fleur O 14
Lauriane F 7
Ingrid K 10,25
Arysone L 5,5
Charlotte M 4,5
Miala R 12,5
Anton T 9,5
Anitha V 7,5
Kelly V 7,25

L3 civilisation Research Paper/ DPA

Next Tuesday at 11h room 261 for anyone who wants to look over papers and talk methodology.

Research paper marks : here they are

Fleur O 16
Anitha V 10
Adeline C 8
Ingrid K 17
Jessica B 15,5
Anton T 13,5
Sylvie B 11,5
Luca B 9
Miali R 8
Lauriane F 7

Consultation de copies pour tous mes étudiants

le mardi 10 juin de 14h à 16h, dans mon bureau 208, ou dans une salle de cours dans le même couloir, vous pourrez consulter vos copies.

DPA L3 CIVI GB

Je ferai un cours DPA L3 Civi GB le mardi 10 juin à 11h.
Vous pourrez consulter vos copies, on fera un corrigé, et on parlera méthodologie.
La réservation de salles est fermée aujourd'hui; je mettrai la salle sur ce blog et je l'afficherai devant mon bureau (208)