Australian Election Called

Posted by Speakeasy News > Monday 31 March 2025 > In the News Shine Bright Lycée

Australia’s Prime Minister, Labor’s Anthony Albanese, has called a federal election for 5 May. Labor currently has a slim majority in parliament. Opinion polls put Labor neck and neck with the Liberal-National coalition led by Peter Dutton. Federal elections have to be held every three years, and the latest possible date for this election was … Continue reading “Australian Election Called”

Down the Mississippi

Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 26 March 2025 > What's On

The Mississippi is in the spotlight in April at the Institut Franco-Américain in Rennes. A talk and a documentary film explore the river. On 1 April, Hervé Nicolas, recently retired researcher from  l’Institut Agro Rennes-Angers, will give a talk about the effects of climate change on the fourth longest river in the world. On 3 … Continue reading “Down the Mississippi”

Civil Rights Map

Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 21 March 2025 > Ready to Use Shine Bright Collège Shine Bright Lycée

What about a Civil Rights Trail Map to commemorate and remember this decade-long fight to reach equality? The map and website studied here offer a geographical exploration of the period rather than a more common and historical one, a good means for your B1-B2 students to see the Civil Rights movement from a different perspective. Vocabulary … Continue reading “Civil Rights Map”

Your Students Have Talent! Matilda

Posted by Speakeasy News > Thursday 13 March 2025 > Pedagogy Shine Bright Collège

In our series “Your Students Have Talent”, check out these sketchnote pages created as a cross-curricular task by pupils using our Reading Guide Matilda. The 4e students were studying Roald Dahl’s touching and humorous novel and were asked to create a sketchnote summary of the story of a highly intelligent young girl who is neglected … Continue reading “Your Students Have Talent! Matilda”

Around the World in 80 Photos in Aix

Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 26 February 2025 > Shine Bright Lycée What's On

Magnum photographer Steve McCurry may not be a household name but his photos are instantly recognisable, especially one of a young Afghan girl taken in Pakistan where her family had taken refuge in 1984. An exhibition at the Caumont Centre d’Art in Aix-en-Provence takes visitors around the world in his footsteps, to India, Afghanistan, Namibia … Continue reading “Around the World in 80 Photos in Aix”

Bob Dylan Biopic

Posted by Speakeasy News > Thursday 13 February 2025 > Ready to Use Shine Bright Lycée

A Complete Unknown is a biopic about the early years of Bob Dylan’s musical career. Timothée Chalamet plays the singer-songwriter when he arrives in New York City in 1961 from Minnesota with a guitar, some songs and not much else. This B2 resource will familiarise students with Dylan’s music, the folk and protest scene he … Continue reading “Bob Dylan Biopic”

Teaching with Trailers: The Importance of Being Earnest

Posted by Speakeasy News > Tuesday 21 January 2025 > Shine Bright Lycée Webpicks

The National Theatre’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest, starring the current Doctor Who, Ncuti Gatwa, recently wowed audiences in London’s West End. If your students are studying the play for LLCER, the trailer for the production would be a great addition to their portfolios. The trailer has no dialogue apart from Lady Bracknell’s … Continue reading “Teaching with Trailers: The Importance of Being Earnest”