Posted by Speakeasy News > Thursday 19 August 2021 > Celebrate
3 September is Jersey Day in Australia. People wear sports jerseys to work to raise awareness of a good cause: the importance of organ donation. The day was started by the family of a 13-year-old, Nathan Gremmo, who suffered a fatal injury but chose to donate his organs, which saved six other lives. Nathan was … Continue reading “Wear a Sports Jersey, Support Life”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Monday 16 August 2021 > What's On
Fingers crossed, the two major Anglophone film festivals in France are set to go ahead. The Deauville American Film Festival on 3-12 September and the Dinard British Film Festival from 29 September to 3 October. The chances are that there will be fewer Hollywood stars on the boardwalks than usual at Deauville but there will … Continue reading “Deauville and Dinard Film Festivals”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Saturday 14 August 2021 > In the News
On 11 September 2001, the world watched in horror and disbelief as first one plane and then a second crashed into the Twin Towers of the NYC’s World Trade Center. Then news spread of a third hijacked plane heading to the Pentagon and a fourth that crashed en route to Washington, D.C., thanks to the … Continue reading “9/11 20 Years On”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Thursday 12 August 2021 > Pedagogy
If you have a language assistant in your school this year, make sure they know about the handy, downloadable guide for assistants produced by France Éducation International. It’s packed full of information about the school system and French administration with everything from social distancing rules in class to advice about finding accommodation. A first section … Continue reading “A Guide for your Language Assistants”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Thursday 29 July 2021 > In the News Shine Bright Lycée
The Global Partnership for Education has a simple goal: to ensure that all children everywhere have the possibility to go to school. The organisation, founded in 2002 is holding a Global Education Summit co-hosted by the U.K. and Kenya on 28-29 July to persuade donors to finance its goals for 2021-2025. Since the creation of … Continue reading “Education for All”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Tuesday 27 July 2021 > Ready to Use
Mary Anning (1799-1847) was long left out of scientific records of the beginnings of palaeontology in the U.K. The fossil hunter and identifier is finally being recognised, and is in the news as two films are being made about her, and a teenage girl has headed a campaign to have her honoured with a statue … Continue reading “Mary Anning: Dinosaur Discoverer”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Tuesday 27 July 2021 > In the News Shine Bright Lycée
The Residential School system which removed indigenous children from their families and forced them to assimilate, was described by a Canadian government as “cultural genocide”. Indigenous groups searching for information have carried out searches of schools looking for the traces of children who died there. Since May, more than 1,000 sets of remains have been … Continue reading “Terrible Legacy of Canadian Residential Schools”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Monday 26 July 2021 > Pedagogy
One new book has been added to the programme limitatif for LLCER anglais: Carson McCullers’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1940). McCullers is often associated with Southern Gothic, along with authors like Tennessee Williams, William Faulkner and Harper Lee. The author was born Lula Carson Smith in Georgia in 1917. The Heart is a … Continue reading “Carson McCullers on the LLCER Reading List”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Monday 26 July 2021 > In the News
In Shine Bright AMC File 19 A Tale of British Cities, we mentioned that Liverpool had been threatened with losing its UNESCO World Heritage status because of property develop plans in the historic heart of the city. On 21 July 2021, the announcement was made: UNESCO has stripped Liverpool of the status. And on 28th, … Continue reading “Liverpool Loses Unesco World Heritage Status”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 23 July 2021 > Celebrate
Postponed by a year because of COVID, doubtful till the last minute, and with no spectators, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have finally got underway. We look at some of the new sports at the games and particularly skateboarding. The postponed Olympic Games are taking place from 23 July till 8 August, and will be followed … Continue reading “A Unique Olympics”
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