Enseigner à distance est déjà un défi. Enseigner à des élèves aux besoins éducatifs particuliers peut sembler d’autant plus difficile. Heureusement les enseignants dans ce domaine utilisent déjà avec leurs élèves de nombreux outils qui peuvent s’avérer utiles pendant le confinement. En faisant le tour des sites académiques, nous avons trouvé plusieurs pistes différentes : L’équipe … Continue reading “Outils pour le confinement : élèves aux besoins éducatifs particuliers”
An artist in Yorkshire, England, has been painting murals to pay tribute to National Health Service workers and other helping and supporting them during the Covid-19 pandemic. Rachel List was asked by a Pontefract pub to paint a mural in support of the NHS. It was so successful, she’s been asked by others to make … Continue reading “Saying Thanks”
One of the nice results of the current lockdown, from an audience point of view, is that the UK’s National Theatre is going to be making selected shows available for a week at a time on YouTube. The National Theatre has announced a show a week for the month of April. They are filmed shows … Continue reading “Watch UK’s National Theatre Productions at Home!”
The lycée lessons in English on France 4 which started on 25 March have been such a success that there are now programmes every week for the different collège levels. The collège-level lessons are 30 minutes long. You can find the detailed schedule here. The subjects for the first two lessons for 6e-5e are … Continue reading “Classes on TV for your Collège Students”
Judy Garland was a child singing star and a global star of stage and screen. Her starring role in The Wizard of Oz at 17 made her a household name. A new film stars Renée Zellweger playing Garland in the final year in her short life, when stardom and the Hollywood studio system had taken … Continue reading “Judy Garland”
The Education Ministry has commissioned a series of filmed lessons for pupils, to be shown on France 4. There are classes in English for lycée level, every Wednesday, starting on 25 March. The first lesson is on written comprehension, for 1ère and Terminale, around a letter to Judy Garland, an extract from Love Letters to … Continue reading “Classes on TV for your lycée students”
Traditionally, on April Fools Day, the media in the English-speaking world love to run hoax stories. But in these days of fake news, how easy will it be to tell the April Fools from the usual run of internet rumours on 1 April? Luckily, April Fools Day is followed by International Fact-checking Day. Which of … Continue reading “April Fools”
You can always count on the Canadians to find the positive in anything. In this case, the coronavirus, social distancing, quarantine and everything else involved in the current situation. Canadians decided to combat the scaremongering about the virus by forming groups to help each other under the title “caremongering”. The trend started in Toronto, where … Continue reading “Word of the Moment: Caremongering”
Du jour au lendemain, on a demandé à tous les enseignants de France de se transformer en professeur « virtuel ». Défi difficile mais relevé grâce à la créativité individuelle et collective des enseignants qui trouvent des solutions astucieuses adaptées à leur environnement et à leurs élèves. Pour vous aider, voici quelques suggestions d’ordre pratique. … Continue reading “Assurer la continuité pédagogique”
A famous poet is celebrating an important anniversary. Find out who by watching the quiz below.
