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When is it legal to sell your wife?

angloXchange — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:36:43 +0000

Constance, from the Lycée Ampère, Lyon, invites you to 18th century Britain to discover the phenomenon of "wife selling" or "wife auctions" as documented in Thomas Hardy's "The Mayor of Casterbridge".

A simple tool for in-depth critical analysis.

angloXchange — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 20:52:04 +0000

Dell Hymes' S-P-E-A-K-I-N-G model offers students seven simple tools for the analysis of any discourse, document or cultural phenomenon. Where does it come from? What is it for? What are the codes and norms involved?

Fashion : a means to rebel? Or to conform?

angloXchange — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:16:53 +0000

Marylou Jonvaux & Marine Descamps-Bonnefoy of the Lycée Ampére, Lyon, ask where current hipster fashion trends come from and whether they are an invitation to rebel or to conform.

Hollywood in the seventies and eighties: the Spielberg era

angloXchange — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:20:24 +0000

In order to understand Hollywood's late twentieth century history, two students set out to look at Hollywood's second Golden Age: the 1970s and 1980s, otherwise put, the age of Spielberg and the blockbuster.

‘You’ve got to find what you love’.

angloXchange — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:49:51 +0000

Louis Champavier and Lou Dubreuil present their homage to the late Steve Jobs With French subtitles Source: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL93J3ojc3M) ————————————————– ———————————————— Steve Jobs was a young student at a time when new techniques and technologies were allowing young inventors and innovators to come up with interesting new uses for [...]

Feedback from students about AngloXchange.com

angloXchange — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 09:47:33 +0000

Below you will find a few comments from students at Lyon's Lycée Ampère regarding their use of AngloXchange in the classroom and at home.

When the Brits rock the world

angloXchange — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:48:07 +0000

This 2009 Germano-British film is called ‘The Boat that Rocked’ in the UK. It was released as ’Good morning England’ in France and as ‘Pirate Radio’ in the USA. (Une radio pirate est une station émettant sans autorisation). In 1966, rock was all the rage in the world, especially in Britain. Despite this, [...]

What makes an image “iconic”?

angloXchange — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:22:32 +0000

Dr. Martin Kemp sets out to explain what makes an image 'iconic'.

[VIDEO] England? UK? Great Britain? Commonwealth? What’s what?

angloXchange — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:47:46 +0000

The United Kingdom, England, Great Britain? Are these three the same place? Different places? Do British people secretly laugh those who use the terms wrongly? Who knows the answers to these questions? I do and I’m going to tell you right now.

British tales, myths and legends

angloXchange — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 15:31:18 +0000

Rome Servet and Myriam Bahaffou from the Lycée Ampère, Lyon, France, offer you a potted history of the tales, myths and legends that have been handed down from generation to generation among the peoples of Great Britain.