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Game On Down Under

The Invictus Games, initiated by Prince Harry for injured service people, is in Sydney, Australia for its fourth edition from 20 to 27 October. It is especially poignant in the weeks before the commemoration of the end of the First World War.

14 Octobre 2018

sport

disability

remembrance

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Basquiat by Vuitton

Jean-Michel Basquiat, one of the most remarkable American painters of his generation is the subject of an exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, from October 3, 2018 to January 14, 2019.

12 Octobre 2018

art

exhibition

U.S. culture

Teaching With Trailers: Johnny English

The Johnny English films are a great way to get pupils to think about the clichés of the James-Bond-type spy film. English, created and played by Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean) is the perfect parody of 007.

10 Octobre 2018

film

humour

Cinéma

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Brothers Out-laws…

Well known for slow-burn, humanistic character study films, who would have thought that for his English-language debut, Jacques Audiard would have chosen one of the most characteristically American of genres, the Western?

08 Octobre 2018

Cinéma

movie

U.S. culture

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Shakespeare on a Table

Shakespeare may be known for his soliloquies, but it's quite a challenge to present each of the Bard's plays with one single actor plus a selection of household objects. Table Top Shakespeare is being performed as part of Paris's Festival d'automne.

05 Octobre 2018

Shakespeare

théâtre

paris

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Born Again

“A Star is Born” stars Bradley Cooper and music superstar Lady Gaga, in her first leading role in a major film. Cooper makes his directorial debut with this third remake of a classic Tinseltown story

05 Octobre 2018

Cinéma

movie

U.S. culture

Interactive Calendar

Rituals for beginning a class like giving the date or the day's weather are reassuring, especially for younger learners, but can become repetitive and mechanical. One teacher explains how she created an interactive online calendar to bring more meaning to the date ritual, and open pupils' cultural horizons.

05 Octobre 2018

video

culture

listening comprehension

Teaching with Trailers: A Star is Born

"A Star Is Born" is so popular with Hollywood that the new version with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper is the fourth feature film based on the "rags to riches" fame story. We thought it would be interesting to compare the trailers for the four versions.

05 Octobre 2018

Cinéma

movie

U.S. culture

Sélection culturelle

Science-Fiction in Nantes

The Utopiales festival in Nantes is dedicated to science-fiction in all its forms. You can sign up your classes for the special schools day.

05 Octobre 2018

literature

Cinéma

festival

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The House with a Clock in its Walls

The House with a Clock in its Walls is a new film adapted from a classic of American children's literature. This sequence uses one of the film's trailers to work on Halloween vocabulary and revise clothes vocabulary with A1+ students.

28 Septembre 2018

film

literature

U.S. culture

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Haunted House for Halloween

The House with a Clock in its Walls is the new film adaptation of a well-loved American children's book. With witches, warlocks, ghosts and a haunted house, it's perfectly themed for Halloween.

28 Septembre 2018

film

literature

U.S. culture

Sélection culturelle

The 2018 Man Booker Prize Shortlist

The shortlist for this year’s Man Booker Prize, Britain’s most prestigious prize for fiction, honours three Brits, two Americans and a Canadian. The winner will be announced on 16 October. It will be a hard task for the five judges to choose between six very different books.

24 Septembre 2018

literature

Man Booker

British culture

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Dinard Celebrates British Films

The Dinard Festival will once again be presenting the cream of British film production from 26 to 30 September, both films in competition and a plethora of first-look screenings at films that won't been on general release till later in the year.

21 Septembre 2018

video

film

Dinard

Who Am I? Competition

Have your A2-level pupils create a "Who Am I?" quiz about a famous English-speaker to enter our competition.

20 Septembre 2018

biography

competition

writing

Dorothea Lange Competition

We've drawn inspiration from Dorothea Lange's evocative photographs, soon to be on show in Paris, to invent a creative-writing competition for your B1-B2-level pupils.

20 Septembre 2018

exhibition

documentary

creative writing

8

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Dorothea Lange: Politics of Seeing

The “Dorothea Lange: Politics of Seeing” photographic exhibition at the Jeu de Paume museum encompasses Lange’s major works including (of course) the iconic “Migrant Mother” and well known documentary photographs taken during the Great Depression. In this B1-B2 sequence pupils will discover Lange and her photographs.

20 Septembre 2018

exhibition

documentary

U.S. history

Group Work: Jigsaw Method

Group work can be a valuable technique in language classes. But how can we ensure that all the students are engaged? The Jigsaw method both reassures and encourages pupils, even those who tend to take a back seat in group work exchanges.

20 Septembre 2018

group work

L.E.L.E.

collaborative work

Rendez-vous

Cleaning Plastic From the Oceans

Plastic pollution, particularly in the oceans, has been in the news a lot recently, with governments, institutions and big business calling and pledging to reduce the use of disposable, single-use plastics. But a young Dutchman has been fighting for eight years to tackle the other end of the problem: removing existing plastic from the sea. And his mission has just taken an enormous step towards becoming reality.

20 Septembre 2018

ecology

environment

pollution

Ocean Cleanup Webpicks

The Ocean Cleanup non-profit organisation is hoping to remove vast quantities of plastic pollution from the oceans. Here are some articles and videos you could use to introduce your pupils to this topic.

20 Septembre 2018

videos

ecology

environment

Rendez-vous

Brexit Confusion

As the Brexit negotiations between Britain and the EU race towards the March 29 deadline, what is the state of play?

19 Septembre 2018

Brexit

politics

UK

Pupils' Portrait Competition

The People's Portrait is in fact two portraits of Queen Elizabeth II made up of a collage of images sent in by the general public. People were asked to send in a photo and short description or anecdote. We have an A1+-level Ready-to-Use Resource about the portraits for you to introduce the topic to your classes and help them participate in a writing competition.

19 Septembre 2018

art

Queen

creative writing

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Meet an Author: Sebastian Faulks

Bestselling British author Sebastian Faulks will be giving two talks in Paris on 25 and 26 September around his latest novel Paris Echo.

18 Septembre 2018

war

literature

World War I

Rendez-vous

The Soul of Civil Rights

Aretha Franklin, dubbed “the Queen of Soul”, was one of the most influential musicians in the U.S. charts. She won 18 Grammy awards but also made a massive contribution to the civil rights movement: her songs would become their anthems.

17 Septembre 2018

civil rights

biography

U.S. culture

Sélection culturelle

Happy Birthday Mickey!

Mickey Mouse is going to turn 90 in November 2018 and for his age he still looks pretty active!

12 Septembre 2018

movie

birthday

Mickey

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2018 Deauville American Film Festival winners

For this 44th edition the Grand Prize goes to THUNDER ROAD and two Jury Prizes have been awarded to AMERICAN ANIMALS and NIGHT COMES ON.

11 Septembre 2018

film

Cinéma

festival

Rendez-vous

Portrait of Britain

How can you portray a nation of 60 million people? The 100 winning "portraits of Britain" gazing down at passers by in streets, shopping centres, stations and airports across the country are as diverse as the population: different ages, colours, activities, locations, culture and clothing combine to mirror the observers.

11 Septembre 2018

art

British culture

portrait

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Festival America

Festival America, the bi-annual event that celebrates the literature of North America, is back for its 9th edition in Vincennes from 20 to 23 September. It offers a weekend where booklovers will be hard-pushed to choose between all the delights on offer. This year, the focus is on Canada , both Anglophone and Francophone. The U.S.A. is well represented of course, as well as authors from Mexico, Haiti and Cuba. There is a special celebration of John Irving, on the fortieth anniversary of the publication of The World According to Garp and homages to two greats: Philip Roth and James Baldwin. There are a whole series of events where two or three of the invited authors have a conversation on a theme. The Canada events consider bilingualism, First Nations, the landscape and environment, politics and myths among others. There is also an alphabet-themed series of more than 60 debates such as A for Adolescence, D for Dystopia or N for New Orleans… The Festival takes over the town of Vincennes with open-air photo and art exhibitions about the Tree Planter movement and the First Nations protests at Standing Rock against the Dakota Access Pipeline. With 75 invited authors , there is something for everyone. There are no less than four Pulitzer Prize winners, including Jeffrey Eugenides (Middlesex) and Colson Whitehead, who won the 2016 Pulitzer as well as the National Book Award for his wonderful mix of history and whimsy The Underground Railroad , recently translated into French. In it he examines the history of slaves escaping to the non-slave states and Canada with the help of the Underground Railroad. In reality, it was a network of abolitionists and former slaves who helped slaves escape. Whitehead imagines it as a real underground railway line. The Handmaid's Tale author Margaret Atwood, who has long been a supporter of the festival, won't be physically present, but will join a discussion on Saturday by videolink.

07 Septembre 2018

U.S. culture

Canada

Margaret Atwood

5

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Brexit

This B1-level article will introduce your students to the British political system. They will most probably have heard about Brexit, but will need to understand why the referendum was decided by David Cameron, how British Prime Ministers come to power and what the exit process involves as the negotiations enter their last 6 months.

06 Septembre 2018

Brexit

David Cameron

europe

Brexit Referendum Webpicks

If you would like to work on Britain's referendum on leaving Europe, the following article is a good resource.

02 Septembre 2018

video

Brexit

politics

5

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The People’s Portrait

This A1 plus-level article deals with a special piece of art in Greater London, linked to the iconic Queen Elizabeth II. The theme will enable pupils to review personal descriptions as well as the preterite and participate to a fun writing contest, coming very soon.

31 Août 2018

art

Queen

British culture