Category Archives: Internet

Expose yourself to English on the Internet

Captcha talks back

Posted on September 2, 2011 by drben

A really nice little video from Scott Blaszak of Slate V. Enjoy!  

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Good blog for learners

Posted on July 6, 2011 by drben

Just discovered Der Englisch Blog.  Its stated aim is to give you a few minutes of English practice every day. My first impression is that it looks like fun and pretty decently organized. If I have more impressions, I’ll post … Continue reading →

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Story of Stuff

Posted on May 9, 2011 by drben

I just discovered the Story of Stuff. Now I’ll leave it up to you to decide about the environmental message. Why I’m posting this here is the presentation. I like this way of illustrating a talk. The graphics change rapidly, … Continue reading →

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Dieter Rams 1

Posted on April 12, 2011 by drben

Ein interessantes YouTube-Video mit Dieter Rams … sachlich und sprachlich … Continue reading →

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Poncin’ off to Barnsley

Posted on April 12, 2011 by drben

I think this is my favourite Monty Python sketch of all. The young son of an honest, hard-working Hampstead playwright has drifted into bad company … his »coal-mining friends« …

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Words

Posted on August 12, 2010 by drben

Now here’s a little English exercise for you: can you guess the word each scene in this film stands for? Thanks to Mark Liberman of LanguageLog for the tip.

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Fix that toilet!

Posted on November 27, 2009 by drben

This link is particularly good for anyone wanting to improve their technical English What is often relatively weak in general English courses is enough practice in describing practical handling of physical things, (machines, instruments) in ordinary language. Especially when the … Continue reading →

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Get Fuzzy

Posted on November 27, 2009 by drben

Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley on comics.com  I first came across this strip on LanguageLog. Why post a comic here? Well, because it’s a very language-dependent strip and reading it will gradually, but inexorably improve your understanding of English conversation … Continue reading →

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Grubology

Posted on October 16, 2009 by drben

Heute entdeckt: der sehr lesenswerte Blog Language of Food von Dan Jurafsky. Sehr gründlich recherchierte Artikel über die Geschichte diverser kulinarischer Dinge, und der dazugehörigen Terminologie. Fein. Sofortaufnahme in den Blogroll.

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A Lyttony of Shame

Posted on July 1, 2009 by drben

…well not really. The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest is about who can write the worst opening sentence for an imaginary novel. Here’s the review of this year’s contest in the Guardian’s book blog. Actually, they’re kind of intriguing.

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