Why is it called "Black Friday"?

Drought, famine and water scarcity in Ethiopia

Listening Comprehension mal anders ;)

R.i.P Robert Enke

Keep improving your listening skills!

Something new, just as funny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlMUfn2gZfI&annotation_id=annotation_52404&feature=iv

And another one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiNJ4ZKziNY&feature=player_embedded

Another lesson with Jim

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krHycEcSBYQ&feature=related

Do not forget to watch CNN Student News regularly

You can find the transcript here:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/studentnews/11/15/transcript.mon/index.html

The One Gallon Fuel Crisis Race - Top Gear - BBC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmxUsGiGp3w&feature=player_embedded

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The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall

http://www.newsy.com/videos/reminiscing_the_fall_of_berlin_wall
Here is the transcript:
Twenty years have passed since the Iron Curtain has fallen in Germany, along with the Berlin Wall.

While people in Germany celebrate the 20th anniversary of the wall’s collapse with a “Festival of Freedom” on Nov. 9, media outlets across the world are revisiting the historic event and re-telling the stories.

Jim Stroud is worth it!!!

He has made lots of other videos. They are fun!! Try this one.

Improve your listening skills

Here is another very interesting website that you should visit regularly to improve your listening comprehension skills.
Here is one example.



For more listening comprehension exercises go to:
http://www.listen-to-english.com/index.php?cat=podcasts

Do you like Fairy Tales?

If you like to listen to German fairy tales in English, try this website: http://storynory.com/ Listen to the Golden Goose in English.

Describing Cartoons

Hi,

auf den folgenden Internetseiten findet Ihr etliche Cartoons zum üben...

http://www.cartoonstock.com/default.asp
http://cartoonbox.slate.com/index/


Um ein Cartoon zu beschreiben kann man ergänzend zu unserer Liste auch die "Redewendungen" auf dieser Internetseite verwenden.

http://www.jochenenglish.de/vocab/cartoons.pdf

Halloween Cartoons

http://www.cagle.msnbc.com/news/Halloween09/1.asp

















http://www.andertoons.com/search/halloween/

The English phrase of the year

Read the full story about Merkel's US visit

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/03/merkel.congress/index.html

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Why Are The French So Bad At English? (by Jeffrey Hill)

Full story: http://jeffreyhill.typepad.com/english/


J. Hill's opinion:
"It's always seemed to me that (generalisation alert) French students are reluctant to take responsibility for their own learning. They're far too dependent on the teacher, and unless they receive a mark for work, it tends not to get done. The flip side is that they're quick to blame the teacher when they fail to make progress. In an age where there have never been so many language-learning resources (podcasts, blogs, video, DVDs, online press, etc., etc.), the teacher should be just another resource not the focal point for learning."

Ms Schill's opinion: I agree with Jeffrey Hill. It is vital to take responsibility for one's own learning, otherwise you will not make any progress.

How to ace a job interview on Skype

http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1930838,00.html

Lösung Women in India

Although women played an important role in the struggle for independence, and Gandhi and Nehru laid the foundation for complete equality of the sexes in the Indian Constitution, the traditionally subordinate role of women is still the norm for the mass of the people in India, especially for the 75% who live in rural areas. Women now have the vote, more possibilities in education and employment in the cities, but the literacy rate for women only rose from 29.7% (1981) to 39.4% (1990).

Sudentnews with transcripts

Welcome and some useful links

Hello everybody,
Welcome to the new BKFH blog.
Here you will find links, interesting videos, cartoons, and exercises.

The following two websites are very good and you should visit them every day:
http://jeffreyhill.typepad.com/english/
http://edition.cnn.com/studentnews/