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Meet the Authors: History 1re DNL Webinar

Posted by Speakeasy News > Thursday 02 June 2022 > Pedagogy

If you teach in a European Section and your pupils have history as their DNL subject, your history teacher colleagues will want to know about our new digital text book for DNL History in première. It will be available for the new school year but they can find out all about it by watching the … Continue reading “Meet the Authors: History 1re DNL Webinar”

The Queen’s Birthdays

Posted by Speakeasy News > Thursday 02 June 2022 > Celebrate

Why does the British monarch have two birthdays? Queen Elizabeth II’s real birthday is 21 April (she was 96 in 2022). But since 1748, the monarch’s official birthday is celebrated in June, because the weather is better. This year, it’s on 2 June. The official birthday is marked by the Trooping the Colour ceremony near … Continue reading “The Queen’s Birthdays”

Everything You Wanted to Know about Northern Ireland

Posted by Speakeasy News > Thursday 26 May 2022 > What's On

An evening at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris will provide lots of insights on Northern Ireland, a nation with a still fluctuating identity and status 101 years after its creation. Activist art, thought and song will all combine on 8 June. The Government of Ireland Act that came into force on 3 May 1921, … Continue reading “Everything You Wanted to Know about Northern Ireland”

Talk in English: Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 25 May 2022 > What's On

Everything you need to know about Queen Elizabeth II’s seventy years on the throne in the last of the British Council Paris’s “Talks in English” for this school year: 2 June at 7 p.m. Just in time to kick off the Diamond Jubilee bank holiday weekend, Amy Brightling will discuss the Queen’s long and eventful … Continue reading “Talk in English: Queen’s Platinum Jubilee”

Cannes 2022: A festival on the Rocks!

Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 25 May 2022 > What's On

Anglophone music and musicians from the early and more recent days of rock music are being highlighted at the Cannes Festival this year. Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and David Bowie, are all featured in films playing at the festival. Elvis Elvis is a film about the rise of the “King” directed by Baz Luhrmann … Continue reading “Cannes 2022: A festival on the Rocks!”

Meet the Authors: Shine Bright 3e Webinar

Posted by Speakeasy News > Monday 23 May 2022 > Pedagogy Shine Bright Collège

If you teach 3e classes, you should be receiving your specimen copy of Shine Bright 3e right around now. And to find out more, many of you joined us online on 25 May for a webinar where two of the authors presented the textbook, the first in our new collection for collège. Corinne Escales and … Continue reading “Meet the Authors: Shine Bright 3e Webinar”

Cannes 2022 : The Palmes before the Palme

Posted by Speakeasy News > Monday 23 May 2022 > What's On

After two years of COVID-19, the Cannes Film Festival is back on track and takes place from 17 to 28 May 2022 for its 75th edition. This year, the jury is led by French actor Vincent Lindon and 21 films* are competing for the prestigious Palme d’or. In 2021, the honour went to the French … Continue reading “Cannes 2022 : The Palmes before the Palme”

Australia Goes to the Polls

Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 13 May 2022 > In the News Shine Bright Lycée

Australia’s Prime Minister, Liberal Scott Morrison, has called a federal election for 21 May. “ScoMo” and the Liberals were the surprise winners of the 2019 election and currently have a single seat majority in the 151-seat parliament. Opinion polls are favouring Labor and its leader Anthony Albanese over Morrison, who has been accused of bullying … Continue reading “Australia Goes to the Polls”

Queen Elizabeth II: 70 Years on the Throne

Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 13 May 2022 > Celebrate

In the U.K., the weekend of 2-5 June 2022 will be given over to celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee: the monarch has reigned for a record seventy years. Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was born on 21 April 1926, the daughter of the Duke of York, who was second in line to the throne. He, … Continue reading “Queen Elizabeth II: 70 Years on the Throne”

Your Students Have Talent: Chicago Swing

Posted by Speakeasy News > Thursday 12 May 2022 > Pedagogy Shine Bright Lycée

And in our series Your Students Have Talent, here are three excellent song lyrics written for Shine Bright Terminale Short File 20 Chicago Swing, considering how the city of Chicago uses music as a means of inclusion in a very multicultural urban space. Thank you to Lounès, Flavie and Rosalie for their excellent lyrics. Lounès: … Continue reading “Your Students Have Talent: Chicago Swing”