Posted by Speakeasy News > Tuesday 05 March 2019 > Webpicks
If you’re looking for videos on Pancake Day (AKA Mardi Gras or Shrove Tuesday), or Easter, come this way! There are two A1+-level videos with interactive comprehension activities about Pancake Day in the Banque de ressources anglais cycle 4. To see the resources, register now or log in: Vidéos > A1+ > Rencontres avec d’autres … Continue reading “Pancake Day Digital Resources”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Thursday 06 February 2020 > Pedagogy
New videos, articles and interactive activities at levels A1+-B1 have been added to the Banque de ressources numériques d’anglais Cycle 4. Why not head over and discover them? Fifteen new videos have been added. For A1+ there are five new videos with themed science experiments. Great for the present simple and imperatives. Find out all … Continue reading “New Free Resources A1+-B1”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 26 June 2019 > Ready to Use
“The Mouse Mansion” is a sequence for 6e pupils based on the children’s book of the same name by Karina Schaapman, and on the DIY video tutorials on her website. Author and artist Schaapman spent years building and furnishing the Mouse Mansion, an elaborate doll’s house, out of cardboard boxes and papier-mâché, and writes books … Continue reading “The Mouse Mansion”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 28 October 2016 > Celebrate
Any image of people in the UK, Canada and Australia in November is likely to include some who are wearing a red paper poppy in their lapel. The Poppy Appeal for war veterans in the run-up to Remembrance Day began in the aftermath of World War I. Today, as the British and Commonwealth armies commemorate … Continue reading “Poppy Day”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Tuesday 04 June 2019 > Ready to Use
The eighth edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup will be held in France from 7 June to 7 July. Women’s football is becoming higher and higher profile, and with the tournament taking place in France, it’s a great opportunity to work on women’s sport with your pupils. The worksheet provides activities based on A1+ … Continue reading “The 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 17 November 2017 > Webpicks
As Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, it’s a good time to introduce, or remind pupils about this major event in the U.S. calendar, and give them a little refresher about the foundation of the United States. These video and audio resources are just what you need. You can find these videos and audio recordings with interactive comprehension … Continue reading “Audio and Video Resources for Thanksgiving”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 17 March 2017 > Ready to Use
This A1+-level article will introduce your pupils to an important and fun British charity event that involves many children across the United Kingdom: Red Nose Day. This fundraising event takes place every second year. In 2019, it is on 15 March. Vocabulary and Structures Numbers: important amounts and dates Vocabulary: lexical field around the word … Continue reading “Red Nose Day”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 03 February 2017 > Ready to Use
This A1+-level article will shed perhaps a different light on what your pupils think of Valentine’s Day in the U.S.A and in the U.K. The audio activity distinguishing kind and mean messages in Valentine’s poems fits into the media education and citizenship curriculum. Vocabulary and structures friendship, love simple present simple past: irregular verbs rhymes … Continue reading “Valentine’s Day”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Thursday 06 December 2018 > Pedagogy
Back at the beginning of the school year, we launched three pupil competitions. The A1+ level competition was to write a 50-word text about a special image, like “The People’s Portrait” we featured in September. We were absolutely inundated with replies for the three competitions, which we are slowly working through. Please apologise to your … Continue reading “Pupils’ Portrait Winners”
Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 21 December 2018 > Ready to Use
This A1+ resource about this British Christmas tradition uses a “how to” video downloadable free from the Banque de ressources numériques éducatives anglais cycle 4 to work on language and finish up with a practical, arts and crafts activity making actual crackers. Vocabulary and structures understanding instructions Christmas vocabulary crafts vocabulary: scissors, sellotape, wrapping paper, … Continue reading “How to Make Christmas Crackers”
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