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LLCER Update and Two Upcoming Reading Guides

Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 23 June 2023 > Pedagogy Shine Bright Lycée

There are a few changes in the LLCER 1ère set texts list for 2023-2026 and lots of you have been asking if we are going to publish a Reading Guide for Fahrenheit 451. The answer is yes, and we’re also going to publish our first Film Guide for 1ère: West Side Story. The updated list … Continue reading “LLCER Update and Two Upcoming Reading Guides”

What is the NBA Draft?

Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 23 June 2023 > In the News Shine Bright Collège

There has been a lot of news about the NBA draft recently. But what is the draft in the NBA and other U.S. sports? A draft system is used in the NBA but also the National Football League, Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League and Major League Soccer. It’s a system for allowing all … Continue reading “What is the NBA Draft?”

Reading Time

Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 23 June 2023 > Pedagogy Shine Bright Collège Shine Bright Lycée

Many of you have told us you would like to introduce your younger pupils to reading fiction in English, in collège and seconde. So, we put our heads together with some teachers who already do reading projects in English. The result is our new Reading Guides anglais. Two first titles are in shops now! Getting … Continue reading “Reading Time”

Meet the Authors: Enseigner l’anglais par le jeu Webinar Replay

Posted by Speakeasy News > Thursday 22 June 2023 > Pedagogy

Notre nouvelle collection de guides pratiques Mission Prof’ a désormais son premier livre: Enseigner l’anglais par le jeu. Vous y trouverez 60 jeux clés en main pour enseigner l’anglais, ainsi que des conseils pour créer vos propres jeux. Les auteurs, Cindy Mathieu et Charlie Rollo, utilisent les jeux en classe au quotidien. Charlie Rollo a partagé … Continue reading “Meet the Authors: Enseigner l’anglais par le jeu Webinar Replay”

Asteroid City: Seeing Stars

Posted by Speakeasy News > Thursday 22 June 2023 > What's On

Wes Anderson’s new film is about a 1950s space cadet convention in a tiny desert town famous for its asteroid crater. After an alien sighting, the government puts the town into lockdown with a media blackout. But the ingenious cadets want to get out. Or… it’s about some Actor’s Studio actors on the East Coast … Continue reading “Asteroid City: Seeing Stars”

A Summer of Romanticism and Costume Drama on ARTE

Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 16 June 2023 > Shine Bright Lycée What's On

As we swelter in unseasonable heat, what better prospect than a summer spent watching rainy British costume dramas? ARTE has a great season lined up called “English Passions” with lots of Jane Austen, Jane Eyre and the reboot of the series that inspired Downton Abbey. Settle back with a cup of tea and enjoy! You … Continue reading “A Summer of Romanticism and Costume Drama on ARTE”

King Charles Trooping the Colour

Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 16 June 2023 > Celebrate

The British monarch has two birthdays every year: the real one on 14 November (he was 74) and an official one on the second Saturday in June. That is marked by one of the great moments of British pageantry: the Trooping the Colour ceremony, on 17 June this year. Since 1748, the monarch’s official birthday … Continue reading “King Charles Trooping the Colour”

What the Dickens? 2023 Women’s Prize Winner

Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 16 June 2023 > What's On

The UK’s 2023 Women’s Prize has been awarded to Barbara Kingsolver for Demon Copperhead, her retelling of Dickens’ David Copperfield set in modern-day Appalachia. She is the first author to win the prize twice, after winning in 2010 for The Lacuna. Kingsolver also received the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for Demon Copperhead. She was … Continue reading “What the Dickens? 2023 Women’s Prize Winner”

Cormac McCarthy : the Road Ends

Posted by Speakeasy News > Thursday 15 June 2023 > In the News

The American novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner Cormac McCarthy, passed away on Tuesday 13 June, in Santa Fe, New Mexico (U.S.A.) at the age of 89. Known for his dark and gripping narratives, McCarthy left an indelible mark on the literary world with his most famous masterpieces, The Road and No Country for Old Men. … Continue reading “Cormac McCarthy : the Road Ends”

Banksy in Brest

Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 09 June 2023 > Shine Bright Collège Shine Bright Lycée What's On

If you are in or near Brest in the next couple of weeks, don’t miss this free exhibition of 280 works by mysterious street artist Banksy! It’s at the Ateliers des Capucins from 10 to 25 June. The works are from the personal collection of François Bérardino, a French actor who met a graffiti artist … Continue reading “Banksy in Brest”