Time for the Euros

Posted by Speakeasy News > Monday 30 June 2025 > In the News

Sixteen teams are lining up in Switzerland for the UEFA Women’s Euros from 2 to 27 July.  UEFA European Women’s Championship in 1991 grew out of competitions in women’s football that had started in 1982. The tournament adopted its current 16-team format in 1997. The first round has four groups who play “round robin”: the … Continue reading “Time for the Euros”

Meet the Author: Personnaliser les apprentissages

Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 20 June 2025 > Pedagogy Shine Bright Collège

Comment organiser ses pratiques pédagogiques pour faire en sorte que le collège profite à tous les profils d’élèves et que chacun puisse progresser et développer ses compétences en anglais ? Notre nouveau guide pratique Mission Prof’ : Personnaliser les apprentissages propose des explications et des activités clé-en-main. Son autrice partagera ses expériences lors d’un webinaire le 25 … Continue reading “Meet the Author: Personnaliser les apprentissages”

Meet the Authors: Shine Brighter Seconde Replay

Posted by Speakeasy News > Thursday 19 June 2025 > Pedagogy Shine Bright Lycée

Comment appliquer les nouveaux programmes en seconde en septembre ? Shine Brighter 2e vous a convie à un webinaire le 11 juin pour échanger avec deux des autrices du manuel sur le thème “Comment construire les repères culturels en développant les compétences langagières des élèves ?” Le nouveau programme d’anglais applicable en septembre 2025 propose un renforcement des entrées culturelles ainsi … Continue reading “Meet the Authors: Shine Brighter Seconde Replay”

The Sound of Summer Fades Away

Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 13 June 2025 > Celebrate

Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ songwriter, died on 12 June. The band symbolised a California dream of sun, surf and sand and rivalled the Beatles for the coolest band of the 1960s. Three of the band were brothers, with Brian, the eldest, born in 1942. They grew up in Hawthorn, California. Both parents were amateur … Continue reading “The Sound of Summer Fades Away”

“Huckleberry Finn” from Another Point of View

Posted by Speakeasy News > Thursday 12 June 2025 > What's On

Percival Everett received the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction for his reworking of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn. James, as the title implies, looks at the events of the book through the eyes of Jim, the enslaved man who accompanies Huck on his raft ride when he runs away. … Continue reading ““Huckleberry Finn” from Another Point of View”

In the American West

Posted by Speakeasy News > Thursday 12 June 2025 > Shine Bright Lycée What's On

Richard Avedon was a famous fashion photographer, producing many Vogue covers. But between 1979 and 1984, he took a road trip through the Reagan-era American West to produce a series of portraits of the people he found there. Far from the stereotypes, Avedon photographed workers, some very young, and all sorts of interesting characters. The … Continue reading “In the American West”