Biopics are quite popular and so are Lego films. What about a Lego biopic then? Pharrell Williams only agreed to a biopic being made about his life if it was a Lego animation. Piece by Piece is the perfect creative way to tell this creative and original artist’s life. Many music stars such as Jay-Z, … Continue reading “Pharrell Williams Lego Biopic”
As promised, our latest Reading Guide for Terminale LLCER, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, is at the printers and will be available in the middle of November. The six novels Jane Austen published between 1811 and 1817 (Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma and the posthumously published Persuasion and Northanger Abbey) have never … Continue reading “New Reading Guide: Pride and Prejudice”
This short video is a great way to have pupils study how actors express emotions when they speak a text on stage, even something as short as Hamlet’s classic line “To be or not to be”. In this performance for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death in 2016, Paapa Essiedu, who was playing Hamlet at … Continue reading “Staging Emotions: Hamlet”
At 94, Clint Eastwood returns with Juror No. 2, a legal thriller that could mark the end of his prolific career. This 40th film explores the moral dilemmas of a juror who discovers his possible involvement in a crime. The limited release of the film in the United States (about fifty theaters and minimal promotion) … Continue reading “Clint Eastwood’s ‘Juror No. 2’: A Final Dilemma”
Zombies have been a favourite of films and TV for a century but a new exhibition asks us to forget The Night of the Living Dead and examine a phenomenon born from the unique mix of cultures in Haiti. Zombies. Death is Not the End? is at the Musée du quai Branly till 16 February … Continue reading “Zombies Exhibition”
An exhibition at the Petit Palais in Paris would be a great way to get pupils thinking about art. And it’s proved so popular, it’s been extended to 19 January 2025. Works by street artists from around the world are on display amongst the museum’s more traditional collection. The artists include, from the U.S., Shepard … Continue reading “We Are Here: Urban Art “
Comment permettre à tous les élèves à s’exprimer et à progresser à l’orale en anglais ? Un défi difficile que les enseignants de langue relèvent tous les jours. Notre nouveau guide pratique Mission Prof’ : Stimuler l’expression orale propose des activités clé-en-main. Ses auteurs ont partagé leurs expériences et répondu à vos questions lors d’un webinaire le … Continue reading “Meet the Authors: L’expression orale au collège webinaire replay”
Notre nouvelle collection de guides pratiques Mission Prof’ accueille son deuxième livre : Stimuler l’expression orale. Une mine d’idées pour aider vos élèves à s’exprimer au collège ! Comme bon nombre d’enseignants enthousiastes et joueurs, Catherine Baudry et Patrick Moore ont toujours cherché à rendre leurs cours d’anglais les plus vivants possibles en favorisant la communication entre … Continue reading “Mission prof’: L’expression orale au collège”
Vous êtes déjà nombreux à plébisciter notre première BD d’apprentissage, Panic in London. Le 22 juin, l’auteur William Lafleur (Monsieur l’ex Prof) fera une séance de dédicaces à la librairie Gibert de Toulouse. Panic in London! est le premier titre de la collection Bubble up: des BDs pour l’apprentissage de la langue anglaise. Il met … Continue reading “Meet the Author in Toulouse: William Lafleur”
Our new collection, Reading Guides anglais, lets you introduce collège and seconde learners to reading fiction in English. Each one contains extensive extracts of a popular work of fiction and lots of teaching tools to help pupils understand. On 12 June, two guide authors discussed how to use fiction in the classroom in a short, … Continue reading “Meet the Authors: Introducing Fiction to Younger Learners Replay”