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(Liens vérifiés le 26/07/2009)


Cards
- Vocabulary - Listening -
Interactive activities - Lesson plans -
Interactive games - Games to print -
Songs - Films - Videos - Cartoons

 


Pages complémentaires :

Mauvaises manières - Politesse

 



Cards :

 

Vocabulary :

 

  • Don't be 404, know the tech slang
    "A study of new slang terms entering English finds that technology is driving and perpetuating them."
    (BBC)

  • A lolcat
    "is an image combining a photograph, most frequently a cat, with a humorous and idiosyncratic caption in (often) broken English—a dialect which is known as "lolspeak", or "kitteh" and parodies the poor grammar typically attributed to Internet slang. The name "lolcat" is a compound word of the phrase "LOL" and "cat". A synonym for "lolcat" is cat macro, since the images are a type of image macro. Lolcats are designed for photo sharing imageboards and other internet forums..."

    (Wikipedia)

 

  • Lipstick on a pig (urbandictionary.com)

    = "slang for when someone tries to dress something up, but is still that something. usually used on ugly broads, when they put on a skirt and some lipstick and well, they still look like the same digusting pig."
    "You put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig"

 

 

  • POLICE/LEGAL & CRIMINAL VOCABULARY
    - Words concerned with Court/Legal/Police Procedure (French-English)
    - Some phrases related to Court/Legal/Police Procedure (French-English)
    - Slang vocabulary describing the police in French
    - Slang vocabulary describing the police in English

    (french.bham.ac.uk)

 

 

 

  • Gang Slang (gangsorus.com)
    Interviews - Understanding Gang Slang
    The Rap Dictionary
    Numbers and Symbols...
    Gang Initials

 

  • SlangSite.com is a dictionary of slang, webspeak, made up words, and colloquialisms. (slangsite.com)


  • Slang List - A list of common English slang expressions with examples and definitions. (eslcafe.com)
  • L'Argot en V.O.
    ou "Comment apprendre les expressions idiomatiques de la langue de Shakespeare, Walt Whitman et U2" :
    Mots - Films - Chansons - Phonétique
    (perso.orange.fr/argot)

 

 

  • Learn the language of the street - what people say and the topics they like to talk about :
    Music - Health - Sport - Relationships - Food - Going out - Moods - Work - Texting - Money (BBC)
  • Informal Contractions : gimme - gonna - lemme - wanna - whatcha - ya... (englishclub.com) - Lien modifié
  • Dictionary of Slang - English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom. (dictionaryofslang.co.uk)

 

  • Online Slang Dictionaries and Language Links (peevish.co.uk)
    British slang and dialect
    General English slang and comparative English/American language
    U.S. slang
    Australian slang
    New Zealand slang
    South African slang
    Foreign slang and languages
    Drug related slang
    'Black' slang and rap
    Gay/lesbian slang
    Crime and prison slang
    Other specialist slang sites
    Miscellaneous dictionaries and other language related resources
    Other links
    A Dictionary of Slang promotional banners


  • COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG (traditions-uk)
  • Everyday English and Slang in Ireland (at.artslink.co.za)

  • Slang City -
    "Check out this cool guide to American slang, including popular songs and movies, bad words, body parts, and a fortune teller."
    (usingenglish.com)

  • On-line Dictionary of Street Drug Slang - (avec moteur de recherche)
    "The Indiana Prevention Resource Center on-line dictionary contains more than 3,800 street drug slang terms from the Indiana Prevention Resource Center files, with more than 1,200 additions from the National Drug and Crime Clearinghouse slang term list." (drugs.indiana.edu)

  • Food words and phrases (BBC)
    "Learn the language of the street - what people say and the topics they like to talk about."
  • Offensive to females :
    "There are many names in the English language that exclude or are offensive to females.
    Take a look at this list of
    exclusionary words and their alternatives."
    (kids.infoplease.com)

 

Listening :

  • PM backs 'bloody' tourism ad campaign
    "Prime Minister John Howard has praised the new advertising campaign by Tourism Australia,
    which features a cheeky tag-line."

    - Watch the Related Video
    (abc.net.au)

  • British TV bans Australian tourism ad - a lesson plan with
    "a news article, listening (MP3 file), podcast, communication activities, pair work,
    discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises."
    (breakingnewsenglish.com)

  • UK lifts Australian advert ban
    "An advert aimed at luring tourists to Australia is to be aired in full on British TV
    after regulators lifted a ban on the use of the word 'bloody'."
    (BBC)

  • American Accent Training - (americanaccent.com)

 

  • American Slang - I. Pre-Listening Exercises II. Listening Exercises III. Post-Listening Exercises.
    (esl-lab.com)
  • Idem (long conversation)
    (esl-lab.com)

 

INTERACTIVE activities :

  • The Dialectizer - (rinkworks.com)
    "Convert English text to any of several comic dialects." :
    Redneck, Jive, Cockney, Elmer Fudd, Swedish Chef, Moron, Pig Latin, or Hacker




 

Lesson plans :

  • PM backs 'bloody' tourism ad campaign
    "Prime Minister John Howard has praised the new advertising campaign by Tourism Australia,
    which features a cheeky tag-line."

    - Watch the Related Video
    (abc.net.au)
    - British TV bans Australian tourism ad - a lesson plan with
    "a news article, listening (MP3 file), podcast, communication activities, pair work,
    discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises."
    (breakingnewsenglish.com)

 

 

INTERACTIVE games :

  • Slang-o-lator - interactive game with idioms
    Site indiqué par Renée Maufroid.
    (grafx.dli.com)

 

 

Games TO PRINT :

 

 

Songs :

  • Slang City -
    "Check out this cool guide to American slang, including popular songs and movies, bad words, body parts, and a fortune teller."
    (usingenglish.com)
  • L'Argot en V.O.
    ou "Comment apprendre les expressions idiomatiques de la langue de Shakespeare, Walt Whitman et U2" :
    Mots - Films - Chansons - Phonétique
    (perso.orange.fr/argot)

 

Films :

  • Slang City -
    "Check out this cool guide to American slang, including popular songs and movies, bad words, body parts, and a fortune teller."
    (usingenglish.com)
  • L'Argot en V.O.
    ou "Comment apprendre les expressions idiomatiques de la langue de Shakespeare, Walt Whitman et U2" :
    Mots - Films - Chansons - Phonétique
    (perso.orange.fr/argot)

 

Videos :

 

Symphony in Slang
"It tells the story of a man John Brown (voice) who finds himself at the Pearly Gates explaining his life story to a bewildered Saint Peter
and Noah Webster using contemporary slang..."

(Wikipedia)

Symphony In Slang - an analysis
(wardomatic.blogspot.com)

 

 

 

Cartoons :

 

Sheet!
(cagle.com)

 

Daddy's on the box
(cartoonstock.com)


I said "Christmas".
(mcadams.posc.mu.edu)