Showing posts with label resources. Show all posts
Showing posts with label resources. Show all posts

Wednesday, 17 December 2014

Various economics resources

Various economics resources

Observatory of Economic Complexity (MIT edu)
http://atlas.media.mit.edu/explore/tree_map/hs/import/rus/show/all/2012/

Piera - Bringing together experts from industry and academia to discuss some of the biggest issues facing our economy today.
http://www.pieria.co.uk/

Simon Wren-Lewis Professor of Economics - University of Oxford
http://www.pieria.co.uk/experts/Simon_Wren-Lewis

Manchester - Prof Diane Coyle Professor of Economics - University of Manchester, OBE
Personal Details, Research, Publications, Teaching
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/Diane.coyle/personaldetails

Repec - Daria Taglioni - World Bank, Econimist
https://ideas.repec.org/e/pta176.html




Thursday, 13 November 2014

French for beginners, resources

--09/01/2016
found some answers to a phrase i couldnt translate with a dictionary here on Reddit, i am not even sure what that does but one discussion was quite useful for me 
https://m.reddit.com/r/French

Also started to use a dictionary, i saw it had a few copies in the local library - Collins Robert Dictionary French, complete and unabridged 2200+ pages, also got a copy for home of its smaller edition  1300+ pages

---17/11/2015 I got an update about Pascale Eyre, she also teaches at Warwick University Language Center, which is a good reference for her skills and she has a regular practice. I am taking a class that she teaches, Lower Intermediate French class, once a week for 9 weeks a 2 hours. I didn't get to do her 1:1 private classes or the group which she runs once a week at her home, also intermediate level.

I wanted to share this resource;
it looks amazing!

I also started using the Conjugator! on the LeFigaro website, has a lot of useful things to do with verbs and their forms.
Similar resource is at
I need to do more writing and indepedant work outside class, doing my writing excercises and looking up words and concepts and figuring out stuff. I am lacking some verbs and basic structures to help me put thoughts into words.


---Today 29/09/2015 i enquired about French practice and modes of teaching with Pascale Eyre. His home in Royal Leamington Spa had a poster advertising classes and i visited his website http://www.peyre.co.uk. It looks like the domain has expired as it takes me here http://66.147.244.109/~mathsapp/PascaleEyre/index.html


Let'see when the reply comes!

I also had a look at the pages of Languages Cafe, World@Warwick
They offer free language classes here
https://www.warwicksu.com/worldatwarwick/language/groups/

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The French section in this page is significant, i used it several times and the quality of materials is comparatively high
http://french.about.com/od/verb_conjugations/a/aider.htm

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Today 9/Feb/2015 I found this video shared on the Languages@Warwick Wesbite -
Comprehensible Input | Stephen Krashen  (3mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjAHPl1ACmQ 
How to learn languages


I am 6 weeks into my 2h-a-week french course, and I came across this guy online
searching on ebookee.org - i found this 
French For Beginners Podcast
Louis | 1.01 GB | MP3 | 2008
Read more at http://ebookee.org/French-For-Beginners-Podcast_285882.html#P7TDQk1i6oUs6YSj.99
The link however is broken, but that looks like a serious collection by one website, which intrigued me. http://www.learnfrenchbypodcast.com/beginner.php is the original address and this guy Louis is the author.

Also i find the Alexa french lessons very good: her profile and background make these very high quality material. https://www.youtube.com/user/learnfrenchwithalexa 

I also found a great author on about.com - Laura Lawless. Her profile is here: http://french.about.com/bio/Laura-K-Lawless-3906.htm and apparently she is a French fanatic and author of three books for french. Her French virtual lessons are here http://www.lawlessfrench.com/