Course: English - shared resources

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Dear User,
This internet page provides some activities to help teach and learn English.
Please use them as you wish.
Kind regards,
Nicholas Sowels
Email: nicholas.sowels@univ-paris1.fr
- Annonces des enseignants Forum
S1: Generative AI, ChatGPT and education
The PDF files below provide some simple explanations of AI and ChatGPT that can also be used as lessons for language learners. Some files are about "General" issues concerning AI. Others relate to "Education" and to "Learning English".
- General: Possible major impacts of AI, as suggested by GPT-4 File
  
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- General: Key concepts in AI, as suggested by GPT-3.5 File
  
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- General: Information, "fake news" and ChatGPT: fact, theory and conjecture File
  
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- General: Interview with Dr Geoffrey Hinton on the risks of AI File
  
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- General: HAL takes over in Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) File
  
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- General: Yuval Harari - advice to young people about ai and work File
  
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- General: The AI revolution after a year (posted 16 Jan 2024) File
  
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- General: AI - a blessing or a curse (posted 16 Jan 2024) File
  
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- Education: The AI revolution already transforming education File
  
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- Education: Summary of UNESCO guide: Part 1 using ChatGPT File
  
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- Education: Summary of UNESCO guide: Part 2 - ethical considerations File
  
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- Education: Some examples of university codes of conduct for ChatGPT File
  
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- Education: Text and video assessing ChatGPT doing students' work (essays, literature reviews, etc.) File
  
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- Education: Self-regulated learning File
  
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- Education: Academic integrity, ChatGPT and AI File
  
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- Education: Noam Chomsky - On Being Truly Educated File
  
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- Education: learning better on paper not screens File
  
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- Learning English: Chatting with ChatGPT (small talk, interviews, research discussions) File
  
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- Learning "Linguistics: morphology, phonology, phonetics" by Jacqueline Vaissière & Christelle Exare File
  
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- "Une brève introduction à ChatGPT" (PPT présenté au DDL le 22/6/2023 par N. Sowels) File
  
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- "ChatGPT in the classroom" (PPT at SAES meeting 6 October 2023, N. Sowels) File
  
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S2: Daily life with Covid, and now war again
Simple work sheets for listening and learning vocabulary.
- Videoconferencing etiquette File
  
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- Meditation for calm File
  
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- Breathing and Relaxation (from Cathy Roche) File
  
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- 7 habits for a healthy mind in a healthy body (advanced) File
  
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- Covid coping tips File
  
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- Coronavirus and commuting File
  
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- WHO (OMS) recommendations on how to wash hands (video and vocabulary) File
  
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- The psychological consequences of confinement File
  
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- Tips for starting a healthy life style (intermediate) File
  
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- Hockney says confinement is "a Time to Draw" File
  
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- Exercise for Mental Health (advanced) File
  
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S3: Articles and sound tracks
Simple work sheets on songs and other activities.
From Jean Sabiron, excellent listening material here (short radio extracts for repeated listening).
- Recalling Fukuyama's "End of History?" argument (1989) File
  
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- Suzy Eddie Izzard on British Imperialism and the Royals File
  
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- "Alternatives to consumerism", by Kate Soper File
  
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- The Brundtland Report on Sustainable Development, 1987 File
  
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- Having Hell with HAL File
  
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- Watching the World Cup in Qatar File
  
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- Simple facts for DiscoverEU mobility (for 18-year-olds) File
  
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- Jalna Hanmer - "Sexual liberation vs. Women's liberation" File
  
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- Jalna Hanmer - violence and the social control of women File
  
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- Lost in translation - an unusual friendship File
  
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- Information, "fake news", facts, theory, science and beliefs File
  
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- How cities are tackling climate change (21/01/2021) File
  
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- The race between vaccines and variants prepared by Virginie Roiron (18/1/2021) File
  
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- How coronavirus has rocked India's economy, 16/12/2020 File
  
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- Who will receive the vaccine first? 12/12/2020 File
  
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- Is this the end of Trumpism? by Martin Wolf, 7/12/2020 File
  
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- Our addiction to oil File
  
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- How to put a price on nature File
  
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- Rare earths and China's domination of production File
  
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- Conscious capitalism File
  
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- A diet designed to save us File
  
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- Carbon footprint of food File
  
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- "The Tyranny of Merit" by Michael Sandel File
  
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- BBC A History of Ideas - The Golden Rectangle File
  
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- Advice for travel and tourism File
  
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- How far will electric transport take us File
  
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- Covid 19 and shipping routes File
  
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- Los Angeles in Motion by Martine Syms File
  
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- A virtual journey File
  
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- Yuval Harari on possible consequences of Covid-19 File
  
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- Social media addiction text (from Carine Kool) File
  
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- Social media addiction video (from Carine Kool) File
  
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- Why We Fail to Prepare for Disasters File
  
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- "To be or not to be" and "Do be do be do" (with apologies to Shakespeare specialists) File
  
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- How to draw a funny cartoon File
  
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- History of Britain (6 lectures by John Mullen) File
  
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- Brief Introduction to E. Said's "Orientalism" File
  
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S4 - Music
- Remembering Quincy Jones with "We Are the World" File
  
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- "Here Comes the Sun" by the Beatles File
  
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- "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC File
  
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- "Get up, stand up" by Bob Marley File
  
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- "Peace Train" by Yusuf / Cat Stevens File
  
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- "Imagine" by Yoko Ono and John Lennon File
  
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- "I can see clearly now the rain has gone" by Jimmy Cliff File
  
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- "Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen File
  
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- The Who and "Who Are You" File
  
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- "This is America" by Childish Gambino (2018) File
  
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- Tom Lehrer, "So long Mom...I'm off to drop the bomb" File
  
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- Elvis and the "Colonel" File
  
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- Mary J. Blige "Family Affair" File
  
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- "The Christmas song" by Nat King Cole File
  
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- "Let it snow", sung by Dean Martin File
  
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- "White Christmas" sung by Bing Crosby File
  
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- "Boheminan Rhapsody" by Queen and Freddie Mercury File
  
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- "Tutti frutti" in memory of Little Richard, and "Here comes the sun" by the Beatles File
  
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- "Starry, starry, starry night" for Vincent by Don McLean File
  
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- "A change is gonna come" by Sam Cooke File
  
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- "Say a little pray for you" by Aretha Franklin File
  
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- "Over the Rainbow - Wonderful World medley" by Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole File
  
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- "Bridge over troubled water" by Simon and Garfunkel File
  
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- "What's going on" by Marvin Gaye File
  
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- "When I get to heaven" by John Prine File
  
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S5: English with movies and games
Amazing material to learn English on #LearnEnglishWithMovies on Youtube, including:
" / / and many, many others...
From Joséphine Remon : interactive games / listening-speaking-reading-writing / generators and other activities.
- NEW - Remembering Sidney Poitier File
  
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S6: Grammar
Grammar on line seems pretty good. The general grammar section is here.
Many good exercises (gap filling, crosswords), and the website of Englisch-hilfen.
Many, many excellent exercises for elementary, intermediate and advanced level grammar at English Grammar.
The British Council grammar website is a refe rence.
From Carine Kool, see examples of connectors below (and, because, however, etc.).
- Explaining connectors (and, because, etc.) File
  
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- Connectors - exercises File
  
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- Connectors - answers File
  
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S7: Pronunciation material on Internet
Youglish is an excellent site that allows you to listen to words in context (it accesses videos with British, American and Australian pronunciation) (Suggested by Oualid).
These links were posted by Guillaume Coatalen on the SAES message list in March 2020:
and
Ecoutez la prononciation des 3 formes
BBC English: Tim's Pronunciation Workshop
Play Phrase me gives expressions as used in films. It is available on Youtube, but can also be downloaded on smartphones. It seems excellent.
S8: Vocabulary, proverbs, phrasal verbs, irregular verbs
Proverbs on Anglais facile, suggested by Cathy Roche-Liger.
Phrasal verbs: i) a list by EnglishClub.com, and ii) exercises by MyEnglishPages.com and PDF worksheets here with English Grammar.
Irregular verbs: great list and exercises with englishpage.com.
S9: Tips to avoid common mistakes when writing in English
This is a webpage I created to help French speakers avoid key common mistakes.
S10: Work and Job Search
Here are some tips and advice about finding a job.
Great videos by Linda Spencer from the Harvard Extension School.
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- General tips for job applications File
  
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- Application letters File
  
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- CVs File
  
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S11: English terminology for economics
Work sheets of vocabulary and exercises on several areas in economics.
- Unit 1: Pre-industrial society File
  
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- Unit 2: Classical economics File
  
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- Unit 3: Microeconomics File
  
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- Unit 4: Macroeconomics File
  
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- Unit 5: Money and its functions File
  
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- Unit 6: Finance and financial markets File
  
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- Unit 7: Foreign trade File
  
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- Unit 8: European economic integration File
  
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- Unit 9: Environmental economics File
  
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- Unit 10: Development economics File
  
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- Unit 11: Poverty and inequality File
  
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- Unit 12: Welfare economics and labour markets File
  
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- Unit 13: Numbers and statistics File
  
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- Answer key File
  
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English - shared resources

Topic outline

General

S1: Generative AI, ChatGPT and education

S2: Daily life with Covid, and now war again

S3: Articles and sound tracks

S4 - Music

S5: English with movies and games

S6: Grammar

S7: Pronunciation material on Internet

S8: Vocabulary, proverbs, phrasal verbs, irregular verbs

S9: Tips to avoid common mistakes when writing in English

S10: Work and Job Search

S11: English terminology for economics