The French and the Americans

This is something you might find interesting as it's kind of what we've been doing with our friday guests.
American students sharing their views on Americans and French.
Et tout ceci en Français !

The Italian Man Who went to Malta

A very funny and silly video. Please comment.

James Burchfield plays (invisible) turntables | Video on TED.com

James Burchfield plays (invisible) turntables | Video on TED.com: "James Burchfield plays (invisible) turntables"

here you don't need any subtitles!

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Please go back to this posting on our blog (http://serbian-sculpture.blogspot.com/) and leave a comment.

Funny videos about Americans

Let's see how Bush rules the United States, the most powerful country in the world:

No wonder the world is in a mess.

How could Americans choose such a president? Here is a part of the answer:

I (should not!) blog alone

Recently, I noticed that those were fewer and fewer comments on the blog... So in order to prevent the bloggers of the week to become like the guy in the following video, please let them some comments to thank them for their job ;) (when their post is really awesome, don't hesitate to ask for their paypal account :p)

Sound effects

As incredible as it can sound, sound has a great influence on us in many ways: physiologically, psychologically, cognitively and behaviorally. Here is a video that describes how it works:

TSI Guests

Were they cool?

Did you enjoy the theater improvisation ?

Jon Lajoie

Jon Lajoie is the actor that sung the birthday video. He has a video channel on Youtube on which he puts funny songs and fake commercials.

The League

There's a new tv show on FX which is funny... and stupid. The League is about a group of friends who play Fantasy Football.

While the theme is completely lame, it's really funny to see how this useless game is driving their lives. Fortunately, at some point you almost forget that it is about fantasy football, and you just keep rolling on the floor laughing your ass off.

Here is a sample of the first episode. Sung by Jon Lajoie

Free Audio Books: Download Great Books for Free | Open Culture

Free Audio Books: Download Great Books for Free | Open Culture:

"The best free cultural & educational media on the web"

I thought you might appreciate listening to some books as well as reading them...

let me know what you think.

see you all on Friday

james

Alina suggested we have a look at www.ch131.com

she'll be happy to get your bread and butter letters.... ask james for her email.

Four-chord songs by the Axis of Awesome

G'day mate! Check out this band from a land down under!
What does it take to become a star ? Covering all your favorite bands, the Axis of Awesome will show you that it is easy as abc. All you need is four chords and voila!

"Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie" "Oi Oi Oi"


from the Footy Show

failblog

this is a site dedicated to those who fail everyday, maybe you already know it. some posts are quite funny, some are just lame. just take the best of it ! bye

http://failblog.org/

the goat

hi guys ! for the second video of the week here is an extract from the movie Hookwinked, translated in french by "la veritable histoire du petit chaperon rouge". i've watched the movie and didn't like it very much but then i found this video on youtube and now i want to see it again ! the video just doesn't make any sense !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOJY3ygcAtg&feature=related

Grocery Store Musical -- Improv Everywhere

Grocery Store Musical -- Improv Everywhere:

"Improv Everywhere causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places. Created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, Improv Everywhere has executed over 85 missions involving thousands of undercover agents. The group is based in New York City."

This site is pretty interesting because you also have the background and behind-the-scenes information.

The "Food Court Musical" is also pretty good, as is "Frozen Grand Central"... Have you seen them before? Here is a subtitled version of the Food Court Musical (on the dotsub.com site).



see you on Friday.... where are our bloggers of the week?

I haven't yet received the end of the Butler from all of you. Looking forward to seeing your introductions and pictures you've chosen.



james

guy stuck in class

hey everyone ! now that the holidays are over, maybe you'll recognize yourself in this video...




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7hzcLZ7uRc

CORPORA: 45-400 million words each: free online access

CORPORA: 45-400 million words each: free online access

plump or chubby or pudgy ??? how are they used? have a look.....
this is a tool used by linguists and grammarians to determine what is correct English.

see you later

james

Could be a Telecom student

"The work of engineers is the link between perceived needs of society and commercial applications" (Wikipedia)

Do you like music? Yes, everybody needs music. This engineer-to-be is aware of that and brings you exactly what you need... along with a free dancing lesson.

Beware! You WILL fall off your chair.

the wrong hole

Hi! this is a new tube, very famous in the USA! you will also learn some words, next time lets ask James if you can say them in a polite conversation!!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zHVW7Zy_vg

Saturday Night Live

Homework done !

Jim Carrey - What Is Love
envoyé par SpyKillerxsi. - Cliquez pour voir plus de vidéos marrantes.

Jim Carrey - karate instructor

Hi, for my first post I want to show you a very nice video of Jim Carrey.
(I love the beginning)
Enjoy ;)

YouTube - Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole 'IZ' 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' HQ

Dear Friday students,

This is the song we looked at and listened to on Friday....

"Over the Rainbow" is a famous song, first sung by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz"
(Maybe you hate this kind of music... you can tell me in the comments below!)

Here are the lyrics in a little quiz format....
http://abceda.com/rainbowgar.htm

You could open them in a separate window and fill them in as you listen.

This, of course, is my favorite version of the song.... with Israel Kamakawiwo'ole







Here's the original with Judy Garland, in "The Wizard of Oz"!




Here's a slow, romantic version, sung by Leona:

Joachim de Posada says, Don't eat the marshmallow yet | Video on TED.com

Joachim de Posada says, Don't eat the marshmallow yet | Video on TED.com:

"Joachim de Posada says, Don't eat the marshmallow yet"

This is the TedTalk that we watched at the end of class, with the secret of success!
(You can watch it again with the English subtitles now.)

You might enjoy looking at the lady with 12 legs... or the Ken Robinson talk about "Why schools kill creativity!"

I'm looking forward to the postings of our bloggers of the week: Yoni and Tristan. See you next week.
james

(when someone posts something it's considered good form to comment on it!)

Barney's Blog

Suit up!

Can't have enough of Swarley's jokes ? Check out his hilarious blog (updated weekly) :
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/how_i_met_your_mother/community/barney_blog/index.php

Spoiler alert ! Only read the posts after watching the corresponding episodes.

Just for fun

Here it's a video by mad-tv that mocks the American policy concerning Iraq. It's not very recent but still very funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw2nkoGLhrE

Welcome!

Welcome to the Serbian-Sculpture Friday English Class Blog!


I'm happy to see that almost everyone in the class is now a member...
And I've made you all administrators of the blog! It's yours!

Question:
WTF? Translation: What on earth is a class blog good for?

Answer:

This where the different members of the Friday group can share web sites and YouTube videos that they think are interesting, worthwhile, legen--read-my-lips--dary and not too lame! 

(And maybe good for improving your English!)

For example:  www.rocketboom.com



Remember:
When someone makes the effort to post something it's considered good netiquette to comment on it... interesting? funny? lame?  

(When someone posts something on the blog, we'll all get email from the blog with the link included in the post but also with a link back to the blog. Go back to the blog to leave a comment.)


All the members of the class are admins of the blog, for now it's a public blog but maybe we should limit access to just the class members... what do you think? You have the power to change that in the settings.


Do it! Don't be a lurker.
See you on Friday.



james, the Serbian sculpture