Jane Austen 250

Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 12 December 2025 > Ready to Use Shine Bright Lycée

Jane Austen was born on 16 December, 1775. In honour of the 250th anniversary of her birth, why not explore her life with your pupils? You can use our B1 biobox quiz and B2 resource about the the TV series Miss Austen together or independently. The series focuses on Jane’s beloved sister Cassandra, and tries … Continue reading “Jane Austen 250”

Your Students Have Talent! Gangsta Granny on Stage

Posted by Speakeasy News > Thursday 11 December 2025 > Pedagogy Shine Bright Collège

Dans notre série “Your Students Have Talent”, découvrez le travail d’élèves qui ont écrit et joué une pièce comique inspirée par Gangsta Granny de David Walliams. Une classe de 4e option “Européenne” a lu avec joie le Reading Guide Gangsta Granny : enthousiasmées par l’histoire, les élèves ont écrit leur propre mini pièce de théâtre en … Continue reading “Your Students Have Talent! Gangsta Granny on Stage”

Your Students Have Talent! Dear Diary

Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 26 November 2025 > Pedagogy Shine Bright Collège

In our series “Your Students Have Talent”, check out these amazing diary entries created as an intermediate task by pupils using our Reading Guide Gangsta Granny. The 4e students were studying David Walliams’ humorous novel. After reading the extracts of the first part, where they learned some details about the main protagonist Ben’s life, his … Continue reading “Your Students Have Talent! Dear Diary”

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”

Bridget Jones is Back

Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 14 February 2025 > What's On

Bridget Jones has accompanied a generation of readers and filmgoers in a series of romantic comedies about trying to find happiness in the modern world of love. Now, she’s back in a new film, widowed, a single mother, and ready to try to find love again. Helen Fielding originally wrote Bridget Jones’ Diary as a … Continue reading “Bridget Jones is Back”

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”

New Reading Guide: Pride and Prejudice

Posted by Speakeasy News > Thursday 14 November 2024 > Pedagogy Shine Bright Lycée

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”

The Other Bennet Sister

Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 30 October 2024 > What's On

If you are working on Pride or Prejudice with your LLCER pupils, or if you’re just a Jane Austen fan, look out for a new BBC series about the middle Bennet sister, Mary, coming next year. And coming much sooner, our Reading Guide to accompany your students will be available on 21 November. Of the … Continue reading “The Other Bennet Sister”