Hello everybody,
Welcome back to Sassenage English Friendship for the 2025 edition!
Mary-Christia (MC)
************************************* HOMEWORK
Cornwall - Monday 9am
Optional preparation for November 24th
Prepare your contribution to the "tour de table" 😊
Unit 15 "At the bank" in PDF (from p125) here- Banking vocabulary definitions video 1 video 2
- quiz about money here
Many ways to give your opinion: vocab list
************************************* HOMEWORK
Cornwall - Monday 9am
Optional preparation for November 24th
Unit 15 "At the bank" in PDF (from p125) here
- Banking vocabulary definitions video 1 video 2
- quiz about money here
Many ways to give your opinion: vocab list
Dorset - Monday 10.30am
Optional preparation for November 24th
Conversation theme: humans and robots
- "Japan's sushi legend Jiro Ono turns 100 and is not ready for retirement" article video
- "China has more robots working for it than the rest of the world combined article
- "Ai-Da: Robot artist and celebrity influencer on threat posed by AI" video
Grammar: should here
Dorset - Monday 10.30am
Optional preparation for November 24th
Conversation theme: humans and robots
- "Japan's sushi legend Jiro Ono turns 100 and is not ready for retirement" article video
- "Ai-Da: Robot artist and celebrity influencer on threat posed by AI" video
Cumbria - Monday 3.30 pm
Optional preparation for November 24th
Prepare your contribution to the "tour de table" 😊
Unit 2 "At the airport" in PDF (from p17 onwards) here- Air travel vocabulary here
Hampshire - Monday 6.30pm
The German museum's grumpy guide - article from the Guardian here
Why is this experience successful?
Find reasons why this would be a success or a disaster in France
What is your opinion on shouting and being shouted at?
Give a list of strategies to cope with other people's mood.
Giving your opinion - vocab list
Kent - Wednesday 4.30pm
Grammar games - Past simple with regular verbs: 1 2 3
Yorkshire - Wednesday 6pm
The German museum's grumpy guide - article from the Guardian here video
Why is this experience successful?
Find reasons why this would be a success or a disaster in France
What is your opinion on shouting and being shouted at?
Give a list of strategies to cope with other people's mood.
Giving your opinion - vocab list
************************************* CORE LINKS
- Grammar: English Grammar in Use (PDF)
- Vocabulary: lists by theme here. Join our Memrise group here.
- Pronunciation: Natural Readers is a free text-to-speech tool.
************************************* EVENTS IN THE AREA
Cumbria - Monday 3.30 pm
Optional preparation for November 24th
Unit 2 "At the airport" in PDF (from p17 onwards) here
- Air travel vocabulary here
Hampshire - Monday 6.30pm
Why is this experience successful?
Find reasons why this would be a success or a disaster in France
What is your opinion on shouting and being shouted at?
Give a list of strategies to cope with other people's mood.
Kent - Wednesday 4.30pm
Grammar games - Past simple with regular verbs: 1 2 3
Yorkshire - Wednesday 6pm
The German museum's grumpy guide - article from the Guardian here video
Why is this experience successful?
Find reasons why this would be a success or a disaster in France
What is your opinion on shouting and being shouted at?
Give a list of strategies to cope with other people's mood.
************************************* CORE LINKS
- Grammar: English Grammar in Use (PDF)
- Vocabulary: lists by theme here. Join our Memrise group here.
- Pronunciation: Natural Readers is a free text-to-speech tool.
************************************* EVENTS IN THE AREA
🎵 "Yesterday... The Beatles"
📆 Saturday 15th November 2025 / 8pm-11pm / Venue in Champagnier / €20
For more details or to buy tickets, click here.
************************************* Archives
- John Constable complete works biography
- Vocabulary landscape - countryside - art verbs
- Geography of the UK - Wales video - Wales text - Northern Ireland video - Northern Ireland text
- Matilda, Roald Dahl book vocab list
- Louvre heistvideo from ABC News here
- audio from the BBC Historic jewels stolen from Louvre
- Irregular verbs list: here - games 1 2 3
- Grammar games - was or were: 1 2 3 4
- On human hibernation article TedEd video - good night's sleep
Grammar practice - modals in the past: here.
The German grumpy guide - article from the Guardian here
Why is this experience successful? - Find reasons why this would be a success or a disaster in France. - What is your opinion on shouting and being shouted at? - Give a list of strategies to cope with other people's mood.- Giving your opinion - vocab list
- Conversation theme: Gen Z
- main article from the Guardian article
- second article about Gen Z's recent protests hereBonus: BBC's 6-minute English podcast: What is Generation Z audio - transcript
************************************* Resources from Karine Here are some links to short stories with varying levels of difficulty : - Selected short stories - The Little Prince by Antoine de St-Exupéry in English - Lamb to the slaughter by Roald Dahl - The pedestrian by Ray Bradbury - The lottery by Shirley Jackson
You can also try this audio book (with the text): Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
🎵 "Yesterday... The Beatles"
📆 Saturday 15th November 2025 / 8pm-11pm / Venue in Champagnier / €20
For more details or to buy tickets, click here.
************************************* Archives
- John Constable complete works biography
- Vocabulary landscape - countryside - art verbs
- Geography of the UK - Wales video - Wales text - Northern Ireland video - Northern Ireland text
- Matilda, Roald Dahl book vocab list
- Louvre heistvideo from ABC News here
- audio from the BBC Historic jewels stolen from Louvre
- Irregular verbs list: here - games 1 2 3
- Grammar games - was or were: 1 2 3 4
- On human hibernation article TedEd video - good night's sleep
Grammar practice - modals in the past: here.
The German grumpy guide - article from the Guardian here
Why is this experience successful? - Find reasons why this would be a success or a disaster in France. - What is your opinion on shouting and being shouted at? - Give a list of strategies to cope with other people's mood.- Giving your opinion - vocab list
- Conversation theme: Gen Z
- main article from the Guardian article- second article about Gen Z's recent protests hereBonus: BBC's 6-minute English podcast: What is Generation Z audio - transcript
Here are some links to short stories with varying levels of difficulty : - Selected short stories - The Little Prince by Antoine de St-Exupéry in English - Lamb to the slaughter by Roald Dahl - The pedestrian by Ray Bradbury - The lottery by Shirley Jackson
You can also try this audio book (with the text): Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë