It was a night of lots of superlatives. The first socially distanced Oscars ceremony, held in the vast halls of LA’s Union Station two months after the original date. The first woman of colour to win best director, and only the second woman at all. The oldest best actor, and a Korean-speaking best supporting actress, … Continue reading “Oscars 2021”
If you’re teaching LLCER AMC, or will be next year, let us introduce the latest addition to the Shine Bright collection: Anglais, monde contemporain Cycle Terminal. It includes 28 chapters of varying lengths covering all the themes of the curriculum in 1e and Terminale, ranging across the English-speaking world. A group of authors teaching in … Continue reading “Coming Very Soon: Shine Bright AMC”
News of the World has many features of a Western but its hero has much more psychological depth than Western heroes of old. The film takes its title from the main character’s job. Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd is a Civil War veteran who now makes his living by travelling from one small frontier town to … Continue reading “Searching for Answers in the West”
As well the 28 Files, the Shine Bright AMC contains 34 pages of Landmarks: timelines and key information about the history and culture of English-speaking countries with an AMC angle. They were written by Juliette Hanrot, who teaches history and geography in DNL. These reference pages can be used to give pupils essential background when … Continue reading “Shine Bright AMC Landmarks”
In our series of author videos presenting different chapters of Shine Bright AMC, here is SnapFile 24 Five Eyes, one power, about a little-known espionage alliance between English-speaking countries, presented by its author Sophie Robin-Boudjenane. This file fits into the Terminale theme Relation au monde Axe 1 : Puissance et influence. You can browse this file … Continue reading “Shine Bright AMC SnapFile 24 Five eyes, one power”
In our series of author videos presenting different chapters of Shine Bright AMC, here is SnapFile 26 The world’s drugstore, about the Indian pharmaceutical industry, one of the biggest global producers of vaccines, presented by its author Eve Grandin. This file fits into the Terminale theme Relation au monde Axe 2 Rivalités et intredépendences. You … Continue reading “Shine Bright AMC SnapFile 26 The world’s drugstore”
In our series of author videos presenting different chapters of Shine Bright AMC, here is SnapFile 6 The Crown and the Houses, about Britons’ feelings towards their parliamentary monarchy, presented by its author Lynda Itouchène. This file fits into the Première theme Représentations Axe 1 Faire entendre sa voix : Représentation et participation. You can browse … Continue reading “Shine Bright AMC SnapFile 6 The Crown and the Houses”
In our series of author videos presenting different chapters of Shine Bright AMC, here is File 12 Standard English, about the status of English alongside other languages in the world today, presented by its author Cyril Dowling. This file fits into the Terminale theme Faire société Axe 1 Unité et pluralité. You can browse this … Continue reading “Shine Bright AMC File 12 Standard English”
It’s la semaine des langues vivantes from 17 to 21 May. Whether you’re in or out of school at that point, there are lots of ideas to mix and match languages and take them out of the classroom. Last year’s preparations took place during lockdown, and teachers had lots of creative ideas to celebrate. Check … Continue reading “La semaine des langues vivantes”
This Earth Day, 22 April, President Biden is hosting an online Leaders’ Summit on Climate ahead of the UN’s COP 26 Climate Change Conference that is supposed to take place in Glasgow in November. And he made the surprise pledge to cut the U.S.’s carbon emissions by half in the next decade, double the previous … Continue reading “A Free Poster for Earth Day”