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. Vous avez été nombreux à suivre notre webinaire, où Julie … Continue reading “Regarder le replay: Personnaliser les apprentissages”
William Lafleur, auteur et scénariste de la collection Bubble Up!, des BDs pour l’apprentissage de la langue anglaise, nous parle du deuxième tome: Panic in U.S. History. Le premier tome, Panic in London, a eu beaucoup de succès au-delà des collégiens auxquels il était destiné, touchant un public de 7 à 77 ans qui souhaite … Continue reading “Panic in U.S. History!: the Interview”
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”
If Juneteenth (19 June) became a federal holiday in the U.S.A., it was partly in thanks to a remarkable retired schoolteacher and activist, Opal Lee, who is now 98. She petitioned Congress and the White House for five years to achieve her goal. Juneteenth marks the day when the most distant part of the United … Continue reading “The Grandmother of Juneteenth”
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”
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”
The master of political thrillers has passed away at age 86. A former pilot, war correspondent, and MI6 informant, the British author of The Day of the Jackal blended fiction and reality in chilling yet precise stories, redefining the spy novel. His books have sold over 75 million copies in more than 30 languages. He … Continue reading “Frederick Forsyth, Cold-Blooded Novelist”
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”
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”
Let’s go to Berk and learn how to train your dragon (and your students!) The latest film adaptation of the world-famous novel and this set of A1 activities offer you a chance to train your students in various listening, writing and speaking activities. This resource can either be used as a complement to the opening chapter … Continue reading “How to Train Your Dragon”