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Henry VIII's Six Wives

King Henry VIII is such an overwhelming character in British history that his six wives tend to be reduced to a footnote of history. A new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London puts the women in the spotlight.

26 Juillet 2024

biography

exhibition

British history

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Hollywood sur Mer

The Deauville American Film Festival will take place from 6 to 15 September in Normandy, giving us a glimpse of some great films to be released over the next few months. The 50th edition of the festival will pay tribute to actor Michael Douglas and present a selection of 50 American films that have changed the way we look at the world, starting in 1916.

26 Juillet 2024

Deauville

Cannes

film festival

5

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U.S. Election: Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris has transformed rapidly from Vice-President to presidential candidate since Joe Biden withdrew from the race to the White House on 28 July.

24 Juillet 2024

president

Trump

EMC

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U.S Election: J.D. Vance

On 15 July, Donald Trump announced his running mate for the 5 November Presidential election: Senator J.D. Vance. The new Republican candidate for Vice-President is a conservative serving his first term in the Senate and a former critic of Trump.

19 Juillet 2024

elections

president

Trump

Mission prof': L'expression orale au collège

Notre nouvelle collection de guides pratiques Mission Prof' accueillit son deuxième livre : Stimuler l'expression orale. Une mine d'idées pour aider vos élèves à s’exprimer au collège !

18 Juillet 2024

oral expression

collège

cycle 4

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Labour Wins a Landslide in the U.K.

The British Labour Party won a landslide victory in the general election on 4 July. Labour Leader Keir Starmer was named Prime Minister on 5 July, replacing the Conservatives' Rishi Sunak.

05 Juillet 2024

citizenship

politics

Prime Minister

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Lee Miller: Photographing World War II

Lee Miller was one of the rare women war correspondents in World War II, photographing and reporting on D-Day, the liberation of Europe and some of the first images of Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps. An exhibition celebrates her reporting of the siege of Saint-Malo in August 1944, before a biopic arrives on cinema screens, starring Kate Winslet as Miller.

04 Juillet 2024

conflict

war

d-day

Becoming American on the Fourth of July

Independence Day is a celebration for all Americans, but for some it has special significance. It's a traditional day for holding naturalisation ceremonies, welcoming new citizens to the U.S.A.

01 Juillet 2024

citizenship

U.S. history

U.S. traditions

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The UK Goes to the Polls

On 4 July, British citizens will vote in a general election. It is widely expected that the Conservative Party, which has been in power for 14 years, will be defeated.

27 Juin 2024

citizenship

politics

Prime Minister

Let's Dance at the Olympics

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games welcomes a new sport: breaking, or break dancing. Breaking originated in the Bronx in the 1970s. It has its roots in hip-hop culture, but has long been a competitive sport. In Paris, 16 men and 16 women (known as "B-Boys" and "B-Girls") will engage in an epic battle for the first Olympic breaking medals.

27 Juin 2024

Olympics

sport

Paralympics

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Women's Prize Winners 2024

Britain’s Women’s Prizes for 2024 have been awarded. The prize for fiction goes to American author V. V. Ganeshananthan for Brotherless Love, set during the Sri Lankan civil war. And the non-fiction prize, awarded at the same time this year, goes to Canadian author Naomi Klein for Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World, about how being regularly mistaken for another, very different writer taught her about our polarised societies, conspiracy theories and social media.

26 Juin 2024

literature

Canada

fiction

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Biden and Trump Debate

The two main candidates for the 2024 U.S. Presidential election will participate in a TV debate on 27 June, months earlier than in usual campaign years.

25 Juin 2024

elections

president

Trump

Teaching About the UK Electoral System

General elections in the U.K. have a lot in common with French legislative elections. Here are some resources on the British system that can help pupils think about democracy and compare and contrast the British and French systems.

25 Juin 2024

citizenship

politics

UK

Winning Texts: Sports Stories Competition

We challenged your pupils to write stories inspired sport and the Olympic Games. We were stunned by the imagination they showed.

20 Juin 2024

Olympics

sport

creative writing

Sports Stories Winners Lycée B1

We received thousands and thousands of fabulous entries to our sport-themed creative-writing contest. Here are our favourite lycée texts entered as B1. They are incredibly varied, which is an accurate reflection of all the stories we received. They cover sports from Formula One racing to baseball, as well as football, figure skating and wheelchair racing as well as social issues such as body image and “gendered” sports. Dancing features with breaking and ballet plus a dog racing and humans leapfrogging!

20 Juin 2024

Olympics

sport

creative writing

Sports Stories Winners Lycée B2

We received thousands and thousands of fabulous entries to our sport-themed creative-writing contest. Here are our favourite lycée texts entered as B2. There are a couple with an equestrian theme, and others on athletics, figure skating, volleyball, cycling, badminton and Gaelic football. Plus one that is out of this world!

20 Juin 2024

Olympics

sport

athletics

Sports Stories Winners Outsize

We received thousands and thousands of fabulous entries to our sport-themed creative-writing contest. There were a few that were much longer than our suggested word count but that we couldn't resist including. They all take a fairly fantastical look at the sports theme.

20 Juin 2024

Olympics

sport

creative writing

Sports Stories Winners Lycée B1 Plus

We received thousands and thousands of fabulous entries to our sport-themed creative-writing contest. Here are our favourite lycée texts entered as B1 plus. Here are stories about parasports, basketball, football and the American variety. Combat sports taekwondo and MMA feature, as does athletics and a story told from the point of view of sports equipment.

19 Juin 2024

Olympics

sport

athletics

Sports Stories Winners A2

We challenged your pupils to write stories inspired sport and the Olympic Games. We were stunned by the imagination they showed.

18 Juin 2024

Olympics

sport

creative writing

Sports Stories Winners Collège B1

We received thousands and thousands of fabulous entries to our sport-themed creative-writing contest. Here are our favourite collège texts entered as B1. They are incredibly varied, which is an accurate reflection of all the stories we received. They cover existing sports from two forms of swimming to basketball and rugby. There is one about climbing and two about invented sports. Plus a non-human competitor!

18 Juin 2024

Olympics

sport

creative writing

Meet the Authors: Introducing Fiction to Younger Learners Replay

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, free webinar. Now you can watch the replay!

14 Juin 2024

Roald Dahl

children's books

reading

Meet the Author in Toulouse: William Lafleur

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.

14 Juin 2024

comic book

reading

fiction

Operation Overlord: the Turning Point of World War II

On June 6, 1944 at dawn, Operation Overlord, the largest airborne and naval offensive in history, was launched by the Allied forces to open a second front in Western Europe against Nazi Germany.

06 Juin 2024

war

history

d-day

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Cannes 2024: Americans' Rush for Awards

The 77th Cannes Film Festival, held from May 16 to 27, 2024, was marked by a strong presence of American cinema, both in the official selection and in the awards given. Despite the disruptions caused by the actors' strike in 2023, independent and established American filmmakers managed to distinguish themselves on the Croisette.

29 Mai 2024

film

Cinéma

American cinema

Panic in London!: A Comic Strip for English Teaching

Un professeur d’anglais propose une BD pour l’apprentissage de la langue. Le premier titre de la collection Bubble up met en scène un voyage scolaire un peu particulier, où un groupe d’élèves doit relever des défis en anglais pour libérer leur professeur de la Tour de Londres.

27 Mai 2024

comic book

London

British culture

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The Rosalind Franklin Affair on Stage

Rosalind Franklin is one of the invisible women scientists that litter history. Her work was integral to the discovery of the structure of DNA but only the two male scientists James Watson and Francis Crick are remembered for the achievement. A play in Paris looks at Franklin's career.

27 Mai 2024

théâtre

gender equality

Nobel prize

3

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Olympic Spirit

We felt this video showed a great example of resilience and Olympic spirit. It shows Sifan Hassan, a Dutch athlete who came to the Netherlands as a refugee from Ethiopia when she was fifteen and here we see the final lap of the 1,500m qualifying heat, in which she fell over, stood up and finally won the race. The stress is on determination, courage, will power, the pleasure of running, which are said to be more important than gold medals. This video will be studied here at A2 / A2+ level for reading comprehension. There is no voiceover, just onscreen text in English.

27 Mai 2024

Olympics

video

history

3

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Ireland: 100 years of the Olympics

It’s the final countdown! The Olympics in Paris are about to start and to gather the whole world – and Ireland! – for a few weeks. For this occasion, the Centre culturel irlandais in Paris has prepared an online exhibition reflecting how the Games mirror societal issues and the history of Ireland. The exhibition is entitled 100 Years of the Games, because 1924, the last games hosted by Paris, was the first time that Ireland had its own team, two years after winning independence. Thanks to the following activities, your B1-B2 students will not only learn more about the Olympics and Ireland but also train for their Bac exams

26 Mai 2024

Olympics

history

Ireland

Andres Serrano: Portraits of America Teachers' Days

The latest photography exhibition at the Musée Maillol in Paris is Andres Serrano: Portraits of America, and the museum is organising three teachers' days, when you can visit for free. Serrano has tackled some tough subjects, like the Ku Klux Klan, so a pre-visit can let you prepare what you would like pupils to concentrate on. In this electoral period, you may want to work on the sections about Donald Trump.

16 Mai 2024

New York

exhibition

documentary

4

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Commemorating D-Day

2024 marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Landings in Normandy. More than 150,000 troops, from more than 13 different countries landed in Normandy on 6 June 1944, helped by thousands of civilians in order to free Europe from the Nazi occupation and thus end WWII. These B1 +/ B2 activities, based on articles and videos taken from the Royal British Legion will help your students better understand how the landings took place and why it’s important to remember and celebrate those who risked – and gave – their lives 80 years ago. These activities could also be used in DNL classes.

15 Mai 2024

war

d-day

landings