Thursday, August 11, 2011

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Punctuation

Here you can find a document on use the use of punctuation.  Some of the rules, e.g., the use of the colon,  they present do not agree with the rules in the Interinstitutional guide.

This is a topic we did not deal with comprehensively during the course, as it is to be covered in more detail in advanced writing courses.

Conversation Exchange

Here you can have access to the Conversation Exchange website.

Cambridge Dictionary

Here you can have access to the online Cambridge Dictionary, in which you can listen to the British and American pronunciation of words.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Eve's presentation

Here you can find the slides of Eve's presentation.

Arkadiusz's presentation

Here you can find the webpage Arek referred to in his presentation.

Four sources for audio and video streams

Here you can have access to the NPR of the NYC region.  It could be useful if you want to improve your listening comprehension of American English.  You can listen to the live FM broadcast or go their show archives.  I personally like Radiolab, Selected Shorts and Fresh Air among the shows they air.

Here you can have access to the BBC website, which also airs on the WNYC in the mornings Brussels time.  It could be useful to improve your listening comprehension of British English.  They also have links under "Learning English", where you can find numerous tools for learners of English as a second language.

Here you can have access to the audio and video streams on The Economist website.  This again is a good source for improving British English listening comprehension.

Here you can have access to TED which is a good source for numerous talks on a very wide range of topics.  Most talks are given by Americans and Canadians, but there are also other speakers of different nationalities, including some British.

Sandra's presentation

Here you can find the slides of Sandra's PowerPoint presentation.

Interinstitutional style guide

Here you can find the Interinstitutional style guide Elizabeth referred to during her presentation.

Subjunctive and unreal uses of the past form

A webpage on the use of subjunctive is hereby made available.

This topic as well as the unreal uses of he past form is dealt with in Unit 11 of your text.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

American fiscal unity

Here is an article form this week's issue of The Economist in response to Gianni's question.

The power of the Internet

Here you can find the stream Svetla showed us during her presentation.