Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 15 November 2019 > What's On
The This is England short films festival is returning to celebrate British films in Rouen. The expanded version runs from 16 to 24 November. Short films are a brilliant way to introduce British culture to language learners, and special schools screenings and teaching packs are provided to spread the message. Many of this year’s films … Continue reading “This is England… in Rouen”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 08 November 2019 > In the News Shine Bright Collège Shine Bright Lycée
South Africa’s rugby captain was born one day before the official end of apartheid in 1991. Yet he is truly part of the “born-free generation”. The first black captain of South Africa’s emblematic rugby team, Siya Kolisi was the third Springboks skipper to lift the Webb Ellis Cup, after his team won the 2019 Rugby … Continue reading “Born Almost Free”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Tuesday 05 November 2019 > Pedagogy
It’s always lovely to see students’ work. Here are some collages created at the end of a sequence from Shine Bright 1e: SnapFile 10 Punk is not dead. In this sequence, in Axe 3 Art et pouvoir, students considered whether the spirit of punk can still shake society. They were asked to create and comment … Continue reading “Your Students Have Talent: Punk is not Dead”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 25 October 2019 > What's On
The 2019 Booker prize has been awarded to two authors: the established star Margaret Atwood for The Testaments and the first ever black woman winner Bernardine Evaristo for Woman, Girl, Other. Atwood’s long-awaited sequel to A Handmaid’s Tale seemed a shoe-in for the prize (although another literary icon, Salman Rushdie was also on the short-list). … Continue reading “Two Books for the Booker”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 25 October 2019 > Pedagogy
Not enough time in class to work on pupils’ language skills: grammar, vocabulary and phonology? Our Pump it up work books allow pupils to work at their own pace and are perfect for blended learning. There are two levels: A2>B1 and B1>B2. Each contains 25 grammar lessons, 10 vocabulary lessons plus phonology activities to work … Continue reading “Pump up Pupils’ Language skills”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 25 October 2019 > Celebrate
The cinema industry has long had a love affair with vampires, most often Dracula, based on Eastern European legends and Bram Stoker’s eponymous book. An exhibition at the Cinémathèque in Paris is a great opportunity to revisit the fascination with the undead across the arts: literature, painting, TV and film. It’s also an opportunity to … Continue reading “Vampires from “Dracula” to “Twilight””
Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 23 October 2019 > What's On
Ken Loach is famous for his socially committed films, and his new film, Sorry We Missed You, is no exception. Loach brings the kitchen-sink drama bang up to date with this indictment of the gig economy in the UK with a family struggling to survive in the modern world of work. The gig economy, or … Continue reading “Ken Loach Takes on the Gig Economy”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Tuesday 22 October 2019 > Shine Bright Lycée What's On
Anyone who has read The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings knows that JRR Tolkien was a past master at creating astonishing worlds and civilisations. A new exhibition in Paris shows that his published work was merely the tip of the iceberg. Detailed maps, chronologies, and dozens of illustrations give a glimpse of the … Continue reading “Tolkien’s World”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 18 October 2019 > In the News
There has been talk of impeaching President Trump practically from the day he took office in 2017, originally over alleged electoral irregularities. But on 24 September, impeachment proceedings were actually launched in the House of Representatives, although they have little chance of being approved by Congress. What exactly is impeachment? “The President, Vice President and … Continue reading “Word of the moment: Impeachment”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Thursday 10 October 2019 > Pedagogy Shine Bright Lycée
We always love to read students’ work. Here are some poems pupils wrote as their final task in a sequence from Shine Bright LLCER: File 5 War Will Not Tear Us Apart. In this sequence for Première LLCER, in the theme Rencontres Axe 1 L’amour et l’amitié, students considered how World War I intensified human … Continue reading “Your Students Have Talent: War Will Not Tear Us Apart”
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