L’anglais dans la poche

15/08/2023

Update August 2023.
Busy with some important matters at the moment but will come back with more resources !

19/02/2023

💝 Valentine’s day was a few days ago. (1) Not a big deal to me.
We could (2) wonder if this love celebration (3) has seen increased interest with (4) the advent of social media.
Beside receiving care and love, it also serves people to stop and remember (5) to cherish one another. (6) Yet now that I think about it, I wonder if a « Human Day » wouldn’t (7) rather be more inclusive and generate more kindness towards each other. One shall complete the other.

[ACTIVITY] 1. Read the notes on the (8 ) board in the photo below.
Then separate the extra word from « -ENTINES DAY » to find the right word to match the definition it refers to.
Ex. *GAL-entines day : Spend time with the girls. *Gal is a colloquial way to mean girl
2. Following the (9) thought-provoking introduction, (10) make up a special day that’d be dedicated to something important that’d help make the world a better place. And explain its purpose, and how that is important.

Type one of these hashtag into the research bar of the page to land on the chosen topic :

**Vocabulary help**
(1) pas très important
(2) se demander
(3) a vu
(4) l’avènement
(5) chérir
(6) pourtant
(7) plutôt
(8 ) panneau
(9) incitant à la réflexion
(10 invente

Source : https://www.facebook.com/AllontheBoard

15/02/2023

« You’re feeling good about yourself. And that’s the only way you can extend it. It has to come from you. »

✨This is a brief video of an elderly woman who’s been asked her secret for a long and healthy life. Find out by watching.

Today’s theme : SELF-AWARENESS

Life. What a (1) wide subject.
Have you ever paused and (2) wondered what is the meaning of all this ?
What if I actually lived (3) that long…

Living in a world that is interconnected globally means also receiving inspiration but also interferences in our (4) deep desires and needs. Our (5) beliefs become unclear and while (6) wandering this endless flow of informations, we don’t have (/ make) the time to think about our (7) ever-evolving truth as much as we should.

[ACTIVITY] So here’s what I propose.
First, (8 ) pinpoint the lady’s important points. Second, (9) think it through.
1. Answer the following questions by watching the video :
a/ what is the most important feeling evoked to live a healthy life ?
b/ what is according to her saying the problem of most "unsatisfied" people ?
c/ what is necessary to do if you wish to help others ?
d/ what’s her thoughts about the power of the mind ?

2. Time for your ideas to (10) come out. Write simple sentences. You can start with keywords, or in French then translate.
- What is a healthy mind ? Try to keep your ideas objective.
- How would you define your mindset (11) on a daily basis ?
- How do you treat yourself ? Do you often listen to your needs to rest, to say no, to take time off ?
- What keeps you from doing so ?

_____
✅Now on a pedagogical perspective, I would like (12) to stress the importance of selecting (or in the case of social media : following) topics that matter to you and touch you right into your heart so you are instinctively more engaged :
- you retain informations better
- your interest pushes you (13) to go the extra mile to research unknown words
- you may even do further searches on the topic
- the lexical field employed is likely to be of use since it deals with things about which you have conversation about
____

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**Vocabulary help**
(1) large
(2) se demander
(3) aussi longtemps
(4) profonds
(5) croyances
(6) nous errons dans
(7) en constante évolution
(8 ) identifie
(9) réfléchie
(10) sortir
(11) au quotidien
(12) insister, mettre l’accent sur
(13) ~faire un effort supplémentaire

01/02/2023

Good afternoon !

I hope 2023 has started (1) wild for you, in a good way (2) obviously ☄️
That you’ve found deep inside of you the motivation (3) to get into gear throughout this month of January, meaning to dedicate some of your precious time to work on something that (4) matters to you.

(5) Whether it be starting a personal project, learning a new skill -or at least get yourself moving to its first steps- or simply realigning with your needs and slow down, every little step and (6) fail counts as much as big successes and (7) will lead you closer to that (8) enhanced version of yourself.
All this while (9) keeping in mind that the experience itself is to be considered of great value for many reasons : how it makes you feel, how it helps you grow, how it helps you reflect on your strengths and weaknesses, how it teaches you about diversity and possibilities, how it helps you see clearer what doesn’t suit your values.

Now, we’re shifting focus to that goal of yours to improve your English 😉
Let me share a free resource to practice your English with autonomy -supposedly accessible only to inhabitants of the Parisian region (aka : les franciliens).
Feel free to let the others know if that works for you if you live elsewhere.

♦️ I’ll tell you more about « QIOZ »

An online educative platform (10) lauched in 2019, developped by the Region Ile-de-France aiming to assist eager foreign language learners -English, Spanish, German, French Foreign Language, Portuguese, Chinese, French Sign Language- in improving their (11) skills in an interactive and entertaining way, in thematic modules or not. (12) Over the past couple of years, it has been added languages, contents and technical improvements.
Available in app as well.

💭 In my experience, I have occasionnaly accompanied my students using the website version which I find ludic and good in the variety of topics and simple activities offered, enabling the student to activate vocabulary multiple times and put it into a context.

Type one of these hashtag into the research bar of the page to land on the chosen topic :


**Vocabulary help**
(1) intense; « sauvage »
(2) évidemment
(3) se mettre en action
(4) compte
(5) Que ce soit
(6) échec (aussi: failure)
(7) mènera
(8 ) version améliorée
(9) gardant ça à l’esprit
(10) lancée
(11) compétences
(12) au cours des dernières années

Source (and read more about it in French) : https://www.iledefrance.fr/qioz-le-site-et-lappli-dapprentissage-des-langues-gratuit-pour-tous

QIOZ est une plateforme gratuite d’apprentissage des langues développée par la Région Ile-de-France pour les franciliens. Son approche pédagogique es...

08/01/2023

Hi you all. (1) First and foremost, let me wish you a HAPPY NEW YEAR ! 🎉

I (2) bet it has been a little labourious for you being aware of the ambient uncertainty that (3) has been hanging over us : geopolitical tensions leading to questioning the very sources of our society - (4) aka production of energy, shortfall of some (5) staples, drop of purchasing power, crisis in significant public structures, thousands of vacant working positions aka (6) the Big Quit, regression of fundamental women rights in developed countries, multiple abnormal climatic tendencies impacting directly the countries’ productivity, intensification of angry citizens against the political inertia…

But come on, we don’t want (7) to dwell on the tons of maddening news (8 ) thrown at our face by (9) the mainstream media. Despite the importance of informing oneself, let’s focus on the positive, on the things that are (10) within our reach almost immediately.

Whether it is a personal project, a new hobby, a new experience, some monthly challenges or just slowing down, they all (11) deserve your attention. Give yourself dedicated moments to reflect on your values, deep desires and the right steps to take you closer to your most authentic self. And to do so, I suggest you a read and two activities out of it.

Here we go ! 💥

Today’s theme : SELF-REFLECTION QUESTIONS

[ACTIVITY] First, go through the article linked to the post. 
Then dive in with the following activities :
1. Translate the 7 questions raised from English into French :
a/ What is meaningful to you ?
b/ What’s your most critical need ?
c/ How would you like to feel this year ?
d/ What are your top three priorities this year ?
e/ What are your top three goals ?
f/ What are the three actions you’ll take to achieve each of these goals ?
g/ What are the twelves new things you want to try, learn, and explore ?

2. Now you better understand the questions, write down words that come to your mind. You can start in French then look up for the English words.

Type one of these hashtag into the research bar of the page to land on the chosen topic :


**Vocabulary help**
(1) tout d’abord
(2) parie
(3) a planné sur / to hang over : planer sur
(4) aka = also known as : aussi connu comme, autrement appelé
(5) biens de consommation de base
(6) La Grande Démission
(7) s’attarder sur
(8 ) balancés
(9) les médias dominants
(10) à notre portée
(11) méritent

Instead of setting resolutions, I pondered a few questions to help me create my own happiness this year based on what matters most to me.

12/11/2022

Dear (1) eager learners,

Here's a link to a 📺 free access documentary on the global trend app TikTok. On how it can (2) assert power to (3) matters greater than the life of any individual, how it can serve controversal purposes but (4) with hindsight, a reminder that once more the Internet is more than (5) a tool for self-expression but used to constantly (re)shape the world we live in.

/!\ Let's not let ourselves be used and (6) hooked into blurry judgment and loose our precious critical thinking. Let's not let ourselves be passive dreaming of what we can't attain, of persons we are not meant to be, but take action for the world we aspire for.

📌 Note that you have English subtitles available.
And you can choose (7) to slow down the speed of the video.

Type one of these hashtag into the research bar of the page to land on the chosen topic :

**Vocabulary help**
(1) avides
(2) affirmer, renforcer le pouvoir
(3) sujets, problématiques
(4) avec du recul
(5) un outil
(6) être pris, accroché
(7) ralentir

From Gen Z innovation and community to censorship and racism, how TikTok is the world's most popular and complex social media platform.

05/07/2022

Incredible piece of art straight from insects’ body parts worth sharing ! 🪲

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26/06/2022

Hi y'all ! I hope every one of you is finding some joy in your Sunday (1) no matter how life is unfolding for you at the moment 🌷

(2) Below I'm sharing a short touching little video from Story Corps, a project born in Grand Central Station in NYC from the desire (3) to record and share individuals' stories in (4) a boot in which anyone is welcome to come, sit and speak.

This is to me one beautiful way (5) to sparkle connection and remind one another that we are not so different in this western societies tending towards egocentrism.

[ACTIVITY] Simply watch the video. First without subtitles, then a second time with them to double check that you have undertood it all.

Type one of these hashtag into the research bar of the page to land on the chosen topic :

**Vocabulary help**
(1) peu importe
(2) ci-dessous
(3) enregistrer
(4) une cabine
(5) étinceler / ici > déclencher de la connexion

📽LINK TO THE VIDEO : https://youtu.be/okF5UGpivR8?t

Read more : https://storycorps.org/about/

08/06/2022

[ ⚜️ Note on "L'anglais dans la poche", 8th June 22]

(Eng) As I'm back on posting, I mean to remind that this learning page is not to add extra layers of bad news or condemn the outrageous and unfair (in such a place where the purpose remains assimilating a language) but simply to raise awareness on certain topics -close to my heart or interest, to plant a seed and it is up to you to feed it further or not. Beside, I put great importance on positive and thoughtful contents as well as substances for personal growth, inspiration and connection to our pairs.

Thank you to the new English and positivity enthusiasts ! Seeing this wave of new followers of my content left to die has motivated me to keep this page updated 🙏
My multiples activities beside keep me quite busy but if you keep on showing interest on the posts, I will do my best to pursue more regular posts.

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(Fr) Étant de nouveau active, je tenais à rappeler que cette page d'apprentissage n’a pas lieu d’ajouter des couches supplémentaires de mauvaises nouvelles ou de condamner l’outrageux et l’injuste (dont un tel format où le but reste d’assimiler une langue) mais simplement de sensibiliser sur certains sujets -chers à mon cœur ou mon intérêt, d’y planter une graine et libre à vous de la nourrir davantage ou pas. Parallèlement, j’accorde une importance particulière à des contenus positifs et réfléchis autant que de la matière pour le développement de soi, l’inspiration et la connection à l’autre.

Merci aux nouveaux apprenants et consommateurs de positivité ! Voir cette vague de nouveaux abonnés à mon contenu laissé pour mort m’a motivée à mettre de nouveau à jour cette page 🙏
Mes extra-activités me tiennent plutôt occupée mais si je vois de l’intérêt sur les publications, je ferai de mon mieux pour continuer avec des mises à jour plus régulières.

08/06/2022

Two years have gone by since the Covid-19 (1) outbreak (2) has shaken our lives and its consequences have only (3) enhanced the fragility of our modern societies, if not putting those in difficulty in even (4) worse conditions.

You may have heard of a new disease lately : the Monkeypox.
Let's see briefly what it's about in this excerpt :

"Monkeypox virus, a virus in the same family as smallpox, was first identified in 1958 in laboratory monkeys in Denmark. The natural animal reservoir for the virus is actually in rodents. The first cases in humans were found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 1970. Since then, there have been several outbreaks, including one in 2003 in the United States traced to an Illinois pet store that imported rodents from Ghana.

Symptoms begin with fever, headache, muscle pains, swollen lymph nodes, and fatigue. This is followed by a rash that forms blisters and crusts over. The time from exposure to onset of symptoms is usually 7 to 14 days. The duration of symptoms is typically two to four weeks."

[ACTIVITY] In two steps :
1. Picked from the text above, translate the following words :
rash - from - cases - pains - fever - including - rodents - smallpox - duration - pet - monkeys - outbreaks - onset - headache - crusts
2. Now, fill in the blanks without referring to the text.

"Monkeypox virus, a virus in the same family as ____, was first identified in 1958 in laboratory ____ in Denmark. The natural animal reservoir for the virus is actually in ____. The first ____ in humans were found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 1970. Since then, there have been several ____, ____ one in 2003 in the United States traced to an Illinois ____ store that imported rodents ____ Ghana.

Symptoms begin with ____, ____, muscle ____, swollen lymph nodes, and fatigue. This is followed by a ____ that forms blisters and ____ over. The time from exposure to ____ of symptoms is usually 7 to 14 days. The ____ of symptoms is typically two to four weeks."

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**Vocabulary help**
(1) épidémie
(2) a secoué / to shake : secouer
(3) renforcé, accru
(4) pires

Source (and read more) :

As of May 25, there are 226 confirmed cases of monkeypox in 21 countries—the largest monkeypox outbreak to date and the first instance of widespread community transmission outside of Africa. Among these are several confirmed cases in the United States. Monkeypox virus, a virus in the same family a...

23/09/2021

📺 "THE SOCIAL DILEMMA" documentary is at the moment in free access on Youtube until 30th September !

Follow the link (1) below.

Save one hour and a half of your time to sit and (2) intently watch this documentary about the effects and impacts that this whole (3) ever-evolving technology has on us as individuals, and how it morphs the society we know and live in in the most (4) disturbing way.

And this video is just an introduction to its reality.

Turn the subtitles on.
Are you ready for some "disruption" ? 🌪

[ACTIVITY] 1. Look online for definition and example of the word "Disruption" used right above.
2. Once you've finished to watch the video, find some more information about the "Center For Humane Technology" founded by Tristan Harris who used to work for one of the big tech company whose values (5) drifted away from his ones.
(6) Draft a few lines about his career and how he came to quit and (7) found this non profit organization alongside with other ex-employees of the Silicon Valley.

Type one of these hashtag into the research bar of the page to land on the chosen topic :

**Vocabulary help**
(1) en-dessous
(2) regarder avec intention
(3) technologie qui ne cesse d'évoluer
(4) manière dérangeante
(5) to drift away from : dévier de
(6) esquisse
(7) fonder

is free for a limited time. Watch now & hear from tech insiders about the hidden harms of social media. Join the ~100,000,000 people who have seen the Webby Award-winning film.

11/11/2020

In times of uncertainty as we are all going through this year, may we be focused on the things that can help us (1) overcome new problems and (2) mental distress from such an (3) unusual situation.

Here's is a (4) 20 minutes-ish podcast that will reveal a characteristic of yours that you might have not thought of. Or if you have, well maybe this is a kind hint on where to work on.

Excerpt from the podcast :
[21:34] « Resilience isn't a simple characteristic. It's not solitary, it's one of those things which improves with the involvement of others. Which is why it's not silent or "suffering in silence" as the phrase goes.

Resilient people are mentally flexible and can accept a situation herein no matter how bad it is. Hence the Japanese proverb, the bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.

However, when we detect resilience in our friends, our families, our heroes, it's important to recognize that they will still suffer.

So it's not a free pass to ignore what they've been through especially in the case of children. »

[ACTIVITY] 1. Listen to the podcast (possible to download it for free).
Words are pronounced clearly. Make the most of it by enriching your vocabulary and get to practice your pronunciation while (5) scratching the surface of a much interesting topic.
2. Try your best to translate the except into French

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**Vocabulary help**
(1) surmonter
(2) angoisses
(3) insolite, inhabituelle
(4) -ish désigne l'approximation, ici temporelle
(5) gratter

Source :

Why are we resilient?