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Mary Cassatt: An American Impressionist

Mary Cassatt was doubly unusual within the school of Impressionism: as a woman and an American. An exhibition in Paris puts the spotlight on this lesser-known member of Degas' school, and class visits are available in English

06 Avril 2018

art

U.S. culture

gender equality

5

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Martin Luther King Slideshow

Civil-rights leader Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, on 4 April 1968. To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of King's death, this B1 sequence will allow pupils to explore his life and legacy.

06 Avril 2018

Martin Luther King

video

civil rights

Neurodidactique de l'anglais oral : mise en pratique

In this second part of Michel Freiss's article about research in neuroscience applied to language learning, the author digs deeper into the practical applications of the research in classes, particularly in that arduous task for the learner – changing their pronunciation habits to pass from French to English.

06 Avril 2018

memorisation

play

role-play

5

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Commonwealth Games

In this A1+ article, your pupils will learn some basic facts about the Commonwealth, the four-yearly Commonwealth Games and Australia, which hosted the 2018 Games. They will compare the Commonwealth Games and the Olympics, and learn the names of some sports like netball, which is played in British schools.

06 Avril 2018

sport

Australia

BRNE Cycle 4

School Integration Webpicks

Brown v. the Board of Education in 1954 is remembered in the U.S. as a landmark moment in the fight for civil rights. The segregated school that seven-year-old Linda Brown attended while the case for desegregation made its way through the courts is now a National Park Service Historic Site. These videos and websites are useful for covering this topic in class.

06 Avril 2018

civil rights

schools

videos

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The World of Winnie the Pooh

Winnie the Pooh is one of those rare children’s classics that seem universally recognisable, whether you think of the books, the illustrations or the Disney cartoons. An exhibition at the Victoria and Albert museum in London does exactly what it says on the tin: Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic.

26 Mars 2018

exhibition

children's books

British culture

Talking about Science Competition

If you know a great science communicator – maybe a teacher doing DNL lessons for classes européennes – let them know about the British Council FameLab competition. Participants need to explain a scientific concept for non-experts in just three minutes! And why not have your pupils do something similar?

25 Mars 2018

video

competition

science

Rendez-vous

False News Travels Faster and Further

A scientific study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows that false news spreads on Twitter much further and faster that true news items. Just like spoken gossip and rumours, people just can't wait to share or retweet something unusual or shocking. The study found that false news stories are 70 percent more likely to be retweeted than true stories.

23 Mars 2018

statistics

education aux medias

EMI

Media Literacy Online Resources

Governments and news organisations around the world are more and more concerned about teaching children to navigate the nebulous world of news and information on the Internet and help them become well-informed citizens. That means there are plenty of resources out there to help teach the topic. Here’s a selection.

23 Mars 2018

video

BBC

statistics

5

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What's in the News?

This article and worksheet will let you work with pupils at levels A2-B1 on media literacy and fake news. It provides lots of preparation for our student journalism competition.

22 Mars 2018

Trump

media

fake news

Journalism Competition for Your Classes

Don't miss the deadline. We're inviting your "Cycle 4" pupils to write their own articles to send us and we'll publish our favourites on Speakeasy-News. Send us their work by 10 May.

21 Mars 2018

media

competition

class project

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Are You Ready to Play?

Two months after his historical movie about the Pentagon Papers affair, starring Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep, Steven Spielberg returns to the science-fiction genre with "Ready Player One".

21 Mars 2018

film

special effects

Ready Player One

Teaching with Trailers: Ready Player One

Ready Player One is set in a universe many pupils recognise – that of video games and virtual reality. The trailer is relatively simple in terms of speech and very rich visually, so it's a great classroom resource from A1+.

21 Mars 2018

video

film

special effects

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Expert Discussion about Fake News

Fake news never seems to be out of the news at the moment, with more and more governments and organisations stressing the importance of making pupils aware of it. The American Library in Paris is hosting a discussion panel about fake news on Tuesday 20 March at 7.30 p.m. Perfect timing for the Semaine de la presse à l'école !

19 Mars 2018

U.S. culture

paris

U.S. politics

Stepping Up

From 17 to 23 March, Britain is breaking out the running shoes and swimming costumes for Sport Relief, Red Nose Day's sporting cousin. A whole lot of comics, celebrities, schools and the great British public will take on sporting challenges to raise money for those in need in Britain and some of the poorest communities in the world.

16 Mars 2018

sport

citizenship

charity

Sport Relief Webpicks

From schools playing Harry Potter-inspired quidditch matches, to mass runs and cycles, Sport Relief (17-23 March) provides plenty of themes for language learning: charities and solidarity, sport, exercise and health.

16 Mars 2018

sport

citizenship

video

Media Literacy Week

Every year the "Semaine de la presse à l'école" encourages teachers to work on media literacy with their pupils, by examining the press and having pupils turn their hands to reporting themselves. It's a wonderfully realistic activity for language learners. There is a really excellent teaching pack with so many ideas in that you can carry on a media literacy theme not just for a week but a month or a whole year!

16 Mars 2018

statistics

EMI

media

Rendez-vous

Stephen Hawking: Death of A Scientist

Professor Stephen Hawking, possibly the most famous modern scientist, has died at the age of 76, after beating enormous odds to survive and work for 55 years with the debilitating motor neurone disease.

14 Mars 2018

disability

biography

space

5

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Stephen Hawking: a Unique Scientist

On the occasion of the death of Professor Stephen Hawking, we've updated this B1-level article, which we published for his 75th birthday in 2017. Students will learn about Hawking, one of Britain’s most famous scientists, who had a brilliant career in spite of a terrible neurological disease. The film The Theory of Everything , released in 2014, paid tribute to this exceptional man.

14 Mars 2018

disability

biography

space

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Peter Brook Production in Paris, Thonon and Clermont-Ferrand

Veteran British playwright and director Peter Brook’s new production is "The Prisoner". It has opened in Paris before moving on to Thonon les Bains and Clermont-Ferrand.

13 Mars 2018

théâtre

paris

fable

5

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Arctic Mystery

This B1 article will allow pupils to discover the mysterious disappearance of the 1845 Franklin Expedition to find the North-West passage, and the subsequent search expeditions and forensic archaeology which has begun to provide answers

12 Mars 2018

video

UK

history

5

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Polar Adventurer

This A1+ document is about teenage Australian adventurer Jade Hameister, whose dream came true in January 2018 when she completed the third challenge in the polar hat-trick, becoming the youngest person to ski to both Poles and Greenland. Interestingly, although we can expect her to be considered a superhero by A1+ students, she insists on the importance of trying rather aiming at perfection. Just the kind of advice a foreign language teacher encourages pupils to follow!

12 Mars 2018

Australia

Arctic

challenge

ULIS Begins with You

Although pupils with cognitive disabilities, who are based in ULIS classes, are more and more standardly integrated into mainstream lessons, language teaching is often overlooked. Yet it is vital for their job prospects, and simple, innovative methods can make the experience enriching for all the pupils in the class, as well as their teacher.

12 Mars 2018

TICE

inclusion

ULIS

Frederick Douglass: Civil Rights Pioneer

2018 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of one of the most important figures in the fight for the abolition of slavery in the U.S.A: Frederick Douglass. Yet he is often unknown outside of America.

12 Mars 2018

literature

civil rights

U.S. history

Rendez-vous

Sandwiches, Skis and Self-Esteem

Sixteen-year-old Melbourne schoolgirl Jade Hameister loves a challenge, and she isn't going to let sexist Internet trolls affect her ambitions. She recently set a polar record: she is the youngest person to achieve the "polar hat-trick" of skiing to both poles and across Greenland. When she reached the South Pole, she sent a feminist message to the trolls who had targeted her onli

12 Mars 2018

Australia

bullying

Arctic

Polar Adventurer Video Resources

Sixteen-year old Jade Hameister from Melbourne, Australia, has undertaken a series of physical challenges from climbing to the base camp on Mount Everest to skiing to the North and South Poles. She is also an inspiring speaker and wants to encourage other young people, and particularly girls, to have the courage to test themselves, even if they risk failing. These two videos can be used with our A1+ ready-to-Resource, or to introduce Jade's story to higher-level classes.

12 Mars 2018

video

feminism

Australia

Frederick Douglass on the Web

On the occasion of Frederick Douglass's Bicentennial, there are lots of online resources to help you introduce this major figure of the abolition movement to your pupils. This section on Frederick Douglass from the Library of Congress children’s site is suitable from A2 . It’s not a very detailed biography but has an excellent quote from Douglass which is understandable: "What was possible for me is possible for you. Do not think because you are colored you cannot accomplish anything. Strive earnestly to add to your knowledge. So long as you remain in ignorance, so long will you fail to command the respect of your fellow men." The part about his writing and speaking on abolition can be used at the same level. There are segments on his escape from slavery and work during the Civil War in two further sections but they assume a certain pre-knowledge of his story, or at least how slaves escaped to the North and the dangers they faced. This National Endowment for the Humanities mini-site has several interesting documentaries on slavery and the movement for civil rights. The one on the Abolitionists starts with a short segment on Frederick Douglass. The voiceover is clear and fairly slow, but some of the vocabulary is difficult. It could be tackled from B1 . Frederick Douglass’s house in Washington, D.C. in is a National Park Service property preserved for historical reasons. Extracts of the NPS biography of Douglass can be used from A2+. This video shows reconstructions of Douglass’s speeches, and African-Americans young and old saying what he means to them. From A2+. A Powerful Voice The power of Douglass's words is undiminished, and although the language is sophisticated it is well worth investigating Douglass's own words with advanced students. The Teaching American History site has a number of extracts, along with audio readings of them for download . It is easy to understand why people in his lifetime struggled to believe that such eloquence could come from a man who had been treated like a beast. Give me five! 4e Unit 5 "Journey to Freedom" focuses on Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. It would fit well with a sequence on Douglass. Download a sample page here . The 2019 Pulitzer Prize for history was awarded to historian David W. Blight for Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom . Professor Blight is Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University. In these two videos, he discusses Douglass. The first one is very short, just 35 seconds. Professor Blight briefly describes the important of Douglass's work, without mentioning his slave past. It's clear and fairly slow. Usable from A2 . https://youtu.be/_B8o4AMUDts The second one is more complex, and longer. It covers five aspects of his life, from slavery until his involvement in the Civil War. Usable from B1 . The third point is the most difficult in terms of language. https://youtu.be/mcC0-Rvd2-0

12 Mars 2018

video

literature

civil rights

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American Theater in Angers, Nancy and Paris

San-Francisco-based theater company Word for Word has announced its annual tour in France. Once again the company will bring prose (five short stories) to life on stage using their original technique.

12 Mars 2018

théâtre

U.S. culture

paris

Funding for Exchanges with the U.K.

A scheme administered by the British Council offers funding for school exchange projects for 17-to-19-year-olds: up to £10,000 per project. The deadline for applications for the next awards of funds is 14 May 2018.

06 Mars 2018

Britain

France

finance

Rendez-vous

Students Demand Gun Control

After yet another school shooting in the U.S.A., surviving students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Texas, are calling for gun control. Their calls have already sparked plans for action such as a national march and two planned school walkouts.

28 Février 2018

school

U.S. politics

protest

Professeurs documentalistes Collège

Mary Cassatt: An American Impressionist

Martin Luther King Slideshow

Neurodidactique de l'anglais oral : mise en pratique

Commonwealth Games

School Integration Webpicks

The World of Winnie the Pooh

Talking about Science Competition

False News Travels Faster and Further

Media Literacy Online Resources

What's in the News?

Journalism Competition for Your Classes

Are You Ready to Play?

Teaching with Trailers: Ready Player One

Expert Discussion about Fake News

Stepping Up

Sport Relief Webpicks

Media Literacy Week

Stephen Hawking: Death of A Scientist

Stephen Hawking: a Unique Scientist

Peter Brook Production in Paris, Thonon and Clermont-Ferrand

Arctic Mystery

Polar Adventurer

ULIS Begins with You

Frederick Douglass: Civil Rights Pioneer

Sandwiches, Skis and Self-Esteem

Polar Adventurer Video Resources

Frederick Douglass on the Web

American Theater in Angers, Nancy and Paris

Funding for Exchanges with the U.K.

Students Demand Gun Control