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Audio Interview with the Director of Mary Shelley

A film about Frankenstein author Mary Shelley is being released on 8 August. This B1-B1+ resource allows pupils to explore an interview with Haifaa-Al-Mansour, its director, about Shelley, filmmaking and being the first female Saudi Arabian director.

27 Juillet 2018

literature

women

Cinéma

Rendez-vous

You've Got Ice-Cream Mail

As we bask in the summer heat, our thoughts turn to ice-cream. To eat... or to stick on a postcard! This summer the U.S. Postal Service has launched its first ever "scratch and sniff" stamps to add an olfactory treat to your correspondence. "Scratch and sniff" stickers are popular, so why not transfer the technology to stamps? The recipient can scratch the stamp and get a whiff of watermelon, strawberry or kiwi ice pops. Nothing says summer holidays more than a beach scene postcard and the smell of a vanilla ice. Americans are fond of ice-cream, getting through 8.3 litres per person per year. Not quite the level of the world's ice-cream eating champions, Norway (wh would have guessed), with 9.8 litres, according to research organisation Mintel. There is even a National Ice Cream Day on 15 July. The perfect occasion for the traditional summer-camp refrain: “You scream! I scream! We all scream for ice cream!” Check out some a incredible ice-cream facts from the National Dairy Council.

26 Juillet 2018

U.S. culture

technology

ice cream

Bristol: The Painting is on the Walls

For a weekend in late July, the southern English city of Bristol hosts Europe's biggest street-art festival. The Urban Paint Festival (Upfest) is celebrating its 10th anniversary from 28 to 30 July with a "Simpsons" theme.

19 Juillet 2018

art

British culture

street art

Teaching With Film: Murder on the Orient Express

If you are using our Murder on the Orient Express Resource with your students, this introductory scene from the film is a great way to introduce the characters.

09 Juillet 2018

video

film

Agatha Christie

Sélection culturelle

Winter is Coming... for the Summer

You've watched all seven seasons, and read the books. There's a whole year to wait till the concluding season eight. Never fear, you can check out the Game of Thrones touring exhibition all summer in Paris.

04 Juillet 2018

exhibition

paris

Series

Rendez-vous

Back in Black… Hole

On Friday June 15th, after a memorial service which saw Stephen Hawking’s ashes interred at Westminster Abbey, his “message of peace and hope” was sent to the stars.

04 Juillet 2018

disability

biography

space

Westminster Abbey: Britain's Pantheon

Being buried in Westminster Abbey is the highest honour a British person can be given. And yet, like so many British traditions, it has developed in an organic way, with no real rules or system.

04 Juillet 2018

WWI

London

British history

Emily Brontë 200

Emily Brontë was born 200 years ago on 30 July. She is the most mysterious of the famous Brontë family and little is known about her. What's more, the manuscript of her only novel, Wuthering Heights, has never been found. A bicentenary project invited 12,000 visitors to the Brontë Museum to recreate the manuscript, line by line.

04 Juillet 2018

anniversary

Brontë

Jane Eyre

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Protesting for Change

Get ahead for the new school year! This A2+-level article can be used in parallel with the warm-up activities implemented at the beginning of the school year, as it deals with the Pledge of Allegiance in every school in the U.S.A, as a daily patriotic ritual, as well as recent protests against the national anthem at American football games, in the NFL, schools and universities.

04 Juillet 2018

civil rights

U.S. culture

U.S. politics

Help Us Help You Avoid Student Errors

Nous serions ravis de recevoir des exemples d’erreurs génériques que vos élèves font tout le temps afin de vous proposer en retour des méthodes efficaces pour aider les élèves à éviter ces erreurs. Par exemple, confondre les noms dénombrables et indénombrables : “I read much books.” Ou se tromper dans l’ordre des mots: "I speak very well English."

04 Juillet 2018

stratégie

erreur

correction

Brontë Family Webpicks

The three Brontë sisters lived short, isolated lives in early nineteenth century England, but they produced some outstanding novels, in particular Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights. The bicentenaries of their births are being celebrated from 2016 to 2020.

04 Juillet 2018

literature

biography

Victorian

Sélection culturelle

Votes for Women: Helen Pankhurst Lecture in Paris

In 2018, Britain is celebrating the centenary of a major milestone in the suffragette movement's fight to obtain votes for women, which was led by Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters Sylvia and Christabel. Emmeline Pankhurst's great-granddaughter, Dr Helen Pankhurst, is giving two talks in Paris: "From 'Votes for Women' to 'Time's Up', Reflections on feminism in Britain, past, present and future".

03 Juillet 2018

votes for women

gender equality

British Council

Sélection culturelle

Celebrating Author Jean Rhys

Jean Rhys (1890-1979) lived and wrote about her extraordinary life in the West Indies, London and Paris before producing her masterpiece, The Wide Sargasso Sea, a prequel to Jane Eyre, telling the story of Bertha Mason, the Creole wife Mr Rochester married for her fortune, and who in Jane Eyre is portrayed as the madwoman in the attic.

21 Juin 2018

literature

British culture

Jane Eyre

Rendez-vous

How to Be a Modern Prime Minister

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gave birth to her first child, a girl, on 21 June, then shared the news with a photo on social media. The PM will now take six weeks maternity leave while her deputy steps in. At 37, Ardern is New Zealand's youngest Prime Minister in 150 years, and she is only the second elected country leader in modern history to give birth in office. (Benazir Bhutto also gave birth to a girl in 1990, while Prime Minister of Pakistan.) She joined New Zealand's Labour Party while a teenager, and became an MP in 2008. She turned down the leadership of the party seven times before finally accepting in 2017. Three months later, in October, she became PM at the head of a coalition government. Quite a Year If that wasn't enough, in January Ardern then announced – on social media of course – that she was pregnant. Her partner, TV presenter Clarke Gayford, will take time out to be a stay-at-home dad, explaining, "We weighed it up between us and decided her job was possibly slightly more important!" A declared feminist, Ardern has pushed for equal numbers of male and female candidates in her party. Despite her initial reluctance to accept the party leader role, Ardern seems to have taken to modern leadership like a duck to water. And the Labour Party is trying to keep up with the 21 st century image. Soon after the birth, they offered supporters the possibility to send good wishes to the new parents, by signing an online congratulations card .

21 Juin 2018

politics

Prime Minister

New Zealand

Sélection culturelle

War Dance

Montpellier will see the French première of an extraordinary new dance and theatre piece about the experience of Indian soldiers in World War I on 26 and 27 June.

20 Juin 2018

war

WWI

trenches

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To Find a Dragon

Dragons loom large in a lot of children's literature, from Lord of the Rings to Harry Potter, as well as How To Train Your Dragon and Eragon. The theme of dragons sparked the imagination of thousands of British children, who created designs for giant dragon sculptures on view in London's Kew Gardens this summer.

18 Juin 2018

art

fairytale

Thumbs Up 6e

Oral Participation in Class: Ideas from Britain

Aurélie Watts, a French teacher working in the UK, explains some of the techniques commonly used to facilitate oral participation for all pupils in all classes. Techniques that, once put in place, can free up teachers from organisational tasks and multiply learning possibilities in class.

18 Juin 2018

Britain

collaborative work

oral expression

Introducing Thumbs Up! 5e

La collection de manuels Thumbs up! s'agrandit avec l'arrivée dans vos casiers de Thumbs up! 5e. Voici la bande annonce !

18 Juin 2018

Thumbs Up 5e

pédagogie différenciée

manuel

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The Incredibles 2

The Incredibles, super-hero family, are back on cinema screens on 4 July. This A1+ downloadable resource gives plenty of opportunities to work on modals, and vocabulary around family members and family life.

15 Juin 2018

film

animation

family

Prime Canadian

As Canada Day approaches on 1 July, the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been in international headlines, though not for the reasons the golden boy of Canadian politics has attracted publicity for in his three years in office. This time it was for crossing swords with Donald Trump over trade tariffs at the G7 summit in Quebec. We look at Trudeau's career so far.

15 Juin 2018

politics

Canada

Canada Day

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Cape Town: The Day the Water Stops

South Africa’s second largest city came very close to running out of water in April. Only a massive effort by its citizens has delayed "Day Zero" for now. More and more urban areas face water shortages as a result of climate change.

13 Juin 2018

ecology

environment

climate change

Fight Plastic Pollution

The theme of World Oceans Day, 9 June, is the problems caused in the oceans by plastic pollution, a subject which is very much in the news at the moment. There are some great videos and teaching resources on this topic. And more to do in Plastic-Free July.

07 Juin 2018

video

ecology

environment

Mandela Day Digital Resources

Mandela Day, 18 July, is a United Nations International Day in honour of Nelson Mandela. The date is his birthday, and 2018 marks the centenary of his birth. As well as our Ready to Use Resource and BioBox quiz, here are some online resources for classroom use about Mandela Day.

04 Juin 2018

video

biography

teaching resources

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Nelson Mandela

This year marks the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth, on 18 July 1918. Our Biobox video quiz will allow you to familiarise your students with Mandela's life from A2 level. And in this B1 article your students will learn about Mandela and his part in the abolition of apartheid and the building of a democratic South Africa until his death in 2013. The current situation in the country is not mentioned here, but your more able students could read short articles from broadsheet papers as a follow-up activity.

04 Juin 2018

video

biography

Nobel prize

New for Sections européennes

If you teach in a European section, have you seen the latest addition to the Speakeasy family? Speakeasy Files 3e is designed for sections européennes with six thematic files giving an original angle on the culture of the English-speaking world. Have a look at our trailer!

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New Zealand, Where Are You?

It is one of the greatest mysteries of our time — why is New Zealand always being left off world maps? A new video tackles the issue.

04 Juin 2018

Prime Minister

New Zealand

map

World Day Against Child Labour

The United Nations has declared June 12 the World Day Against Child Labour. It is estimated that 152 million children have to work for a living, and lose out on education and well-being as a result. Many of them work to produce food or consumer items that we find on our high streets.

04 Juin 2018

citizenship

human rights

campaign

Sélection culturelle

Guernsey, a Book Club and German Occupation

It was a surprise bestseller about a forgotten piece of World War Two history with an improbable title. Now The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is coming to a screen near you.

04 Juin 2018

film

literature

British culture

Nelson Mandela Centenary

Nelson Mandela was born a hundred years ago, on 18 July 1918. In 2009, the United Nations declared his birthday International Mandela Day, when people around the world are encouraged to give service to their communities, as he gave service to the people of South Africa.

04 Juin 2018

civil rights

biography

prison

Juneteenth Webpicks

Juneteenth is an American celebration marking the end of slavery, when news of the Emancipation Proclamation finally reached the last U.S. state, Texa

01 Juin 2018

video

civil rights

U.S. history