THRIVE, not grow

We are what we do!

How very true. And also the name of a very good website. Or better say a great movement.


http://www.wearewhatwedo.org/

It has also some lovely web tools, worth checking.

Pros & Cons of EU

Click on the link below and complete the

Questionnaire about the advantages/disadvantages of the EU

INSECTS

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/marcel_dicke_why_not_eat_insects.html

Sustainable World, Will big brands help?

Jason CLAY's the Vice President of the WWF (World Wide Fund of Nature.
His lecture on TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) is about sustainable development and how WWF is coping with the largest brands in order to achieve this.

Before watching the lecture, make sure you know the Key  Vocabulary.

Click here to see the  interactive transript of this lecture. Very useful to improve your Listening/Reading Comprehension, but also to collect interesting ideas, or even to practice Translation.

To make it easier to understand, you can click on the subtitles. 

On TED website you can find hundreds of more amazing lectures, with subtitles and interactive transcripts.
Quite a few of them have been translated into Hungarian as well.




 

ESP online revision

BLOGS:

English4U http://www.english--4u.blogspot.com/
ESP2010 http://esp2010-hr.blogspot.com/

PRESENTATION:
The seemingly impossible is possible
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/hans_rosling_reveals_new_insights_on_poverty.html

GRAPHS:
Gapminder http://www.gapminder.org/ - Interactive graphs
Human development ppp
http://www.gapminder.org/downloads/human-development-trends-2005/


TOPICS: – on a Voicethread- collaboration
http://esp2010-hr.blogspot.com/

WORDS: – Quizlet: online practice & testing
Topic words

FUNCTION WORDS – collaboration
II.PÜ https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=t9qklgtexztw7nsPRyONA0A&hl=en#gid=11
II.GM https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=tkk344EYCzRQa9sEd5WKluA#gid=0

ESP TOPICS

This is called a Voicethread. You can write or record your comments related to the topics. Have fun!

http://voicethread.com/share/1532460/