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Shine Bright 6e: New Curriculum

There’s a new curriculum for English in 6e from September. Our authors have been busy coming up with themes and documents to correspond to the curriculum and appeal to teachers and pupils alike. Have a look at the introductory video!

30 Avril 2025

London

U.S. culture

British culture

New for Lycée: Shine Brighter Seconde

Shine Bright 2e is back in an all-new edition, Shine Brighter, to accompany you putting in place the new curriculum for seconde from September. It’s packed full of themes designed with students’ interests in mind. Watch the introductory video to find out more:

30 Avril 2025

civil rights

London

New Zealand

Sélection culturelle

David Hockney: A Life in Pop Art

David Hockney's new exhibition in Paris is entitled David Hockney, 25. Not a reference to the artist's age – he will be 88 this year – but the focus he has put on the most recent 25 years of his work. Because he is still creating and still innovating, from iPad paintings to monumental landscapes of Yorkshire and Normandy as well as an immersive plunge into the world of opera.

30 Avril 2025

art

exhibition

paris

Easter Traditions

Easter traditions are fairly similar from one English-speaking country to another, but it's nice for pupils to discover them and compare them with their own traditions. Although originally a religious festival, many of the popular traditions such as chocolate eggs and the Easter bunny have more to do with secular celebrations.

16 Avril 2025

video

UK

New York

The Great Gatsby Turns 100

F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is considered the quintessential depiction of the Roaring Twenties and a definite contender for the title of great American novel. On the 100th anniversary of its publication, readers return to the classic, and writers imagine new stories for its characters.

11 Avril 2025

mythes et héros

U.S. history

gangster

Keep Calm and Carry On!

This slogan from 1939 symbolises British identity in 2025 . You can find it on T-shirts, mugs, postcards and posters.

08 Avril 2025

war

history

soldier

Orangutan Eco-Warrior

Ozi: Voice of the Forest is an animated film with an ecological message. Its protagonist, Ozi, is a young orangutan who is separated from her parents during a forest fire. She finds refuge in a sanctuary where she learns sign language. But when she hears her parents are alive, she sets off to find them. Orangutans are humans' closest relatives in the animal world. They are a critically endangered species and live only in the Pacific, principally on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. There are fewer than 120,000 orangutans left in the wild and their habitat is threatened by human activity: the rainforests they live in are being cut down to create palm oil plantations to feed our desire for shampoo, chocolate spreads and cosmetics. That is the situation in the film, which is co-produced by actor Leo DiCaprio, well-known for his commitment to the environment. The film trailer will allow pupils to piece together the story. We see wildfires, Ozi explaining her life in the sanctuary she calls an orphanage, and her realisation she can and must try to save her parents and habitat. It introduces her friends, a monkey called Chance and a rhinoceros called Honkys. Pupils can make hypotheses about the place her parents are being kept and what the company GreenZar is doing taht is "destroying our island". https://youtu.be/URWqCWhyJRc This very short introductory scene narrated by Hugh Bonneville would be great for anticipation: how could this tiny ape "change the world"? https://youtu.be/Td1kDxvKJfI This short clip entitled "Home Sweet Home" shows the paradisical life Ozi had as baby with her parents in the rainforest. It's good for revising family vocabulary. https://youtu.be/rgdCEYSmBXs This clip shows Ozi rediscovering the forest with Chance after living in the human world. (She has a tablet to take photos because she has become an influencer, helping the charity that helped her teach the world about he species.) [embed]https://youtu.be/8HihAJjnJyc[/embed] Going Further For more about orangutans, check out this article on the Greenpeace site, "10 Amazing Facts About Orangutans". And this article from the WWF site explains what products contain palm oil and how to find responsibly-produced palm-oil products. This film would make a great complement to Shine Bright 5e SnapFile 8 Save Rang-Tan, a beautiful animated poem about saving orangutan habitat created by Greenpeace and narrated by Emma Thompson. Ozi: Voice of the Forest On general release 2 April 2025

02 Avril 2025

animals

ecology

conservation

Sélection culturelle

Quais du Polar Lyon 2025

Lyon's Quais du Polar festival is celebrating its 21st edition from 4 to 6 April. This year the festival will welcome 160 authors from 17 countries, including several English-speaking ones.

01 Avril 2025

literature

festival

Lyon

Australian Election Called

Australia's Prime Minister, Labor's Anthony Albanese, has called a federal election for 5 May. Labor currently has a slim majority in parliament. Opinion polls put Labor neck and neck with the Liberal-National coalition led by Peter Dutton.

31 Mars 2025

citizenship

elections

Australia

World Autism Awareness Month

April is World Autism Awareness Month. It aims to raise awareness about the condition. This short video by a British schoolboy with autism is a great introduction for pupils to see how he experiences life and school, and the benefits of help he has received.

27 Mars 2025

disabilities

videos

bullying

Down the Mississippi

The Mississippi is in the spotlight in April at the Institut Franco-Américain in Rennes. A talk and a documentary film explore the river. On 1 April, Hervé Nicolas, recently retired researcher from l’Institut Agro Rennes-Angers, will give a talk about the effects of climate change on the fourth longest river in the world. On 3 April, there will be a screening of River to the Heart, a documentary following novelist Eddy L. Harris in 2019 as he repeated his own epic journey from thirty years before, kayaking the 2,500 mile length of the Mississippi from northern Minnesota to New Orleans. Harris wrote about the original journey in his first book, Mississippi Solo, and has continued to travel and explore the African-American experience of the country, in the South and in Harlem for example. In May, there will be three screenings of films about the environment and environmental activism. And while you're at the IFA, don't miss the exhibition about Susan B. Anthony , the suffragist campaigner, till the end of April. Mississippi and the Climate talk 1 April 6.30 p.m. Reservations (free) River to the Heart documentary 3 April from 6 p.m., film at 7 p.m. Reservations (free) This would like well with the documents about the rivier in F File 27 Colours of Louisiana in Shine Bright LLCER AMC.

26 Mars 2025

documentary

Rennes

climate change

Rendez-vous

Threats to the U.S. Department of Education

On March 20, headlines around the world announced that President Donald Trump had dismantled the U.S. Department of Education. What does the Department of Education do, and has it really been closed?

26 Mars 2025

U.S.A.

U.S. culture

U.S. politics

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Civil Rights Map

What about a Civil Rights Trail Map to commemorate and remember this decade-long fight to reach equality? The map and website studied here offer a geographical exploration of the period rather than a more common and historical one, a good means for your B1-B2 students to see the Civil Rights movement from a different perspective.

21 Mars 2025

Martin Luther King

civil rights

protest

Rendez-vous

Canada on the Brink of an Election

When Justin Trudeau resigned as Canadian Prime Minister on 6 January, he was hoping to give the Liberal Party a chance of winning the election that had to be held by 20 October. But since Donald Trump's inauguration, the Liberal Party has leapt up in opinion polls. Now the newly chosen Prime Minster Mark Carney is expected to hold a snap election to try to benefit from that new popularity.

21 Mars 2025

politics

elections

Trump

Rendez-vous

Kids Take Over Parliament

On 28 February, the average age in the House of Commons debating chamber was a lot younger than normal. Instead of the usual MPs, the chamber hosted the annual sitting of the UK Youth Parliament: more than 300 11-18-year-olds elected by their peers.

21 Mars 2025

politics

U.K.

EMC

Red Nose Day is Celebrating a Big Birthday

Red Nose Day is back on Friday 21 March in the UK. And this is incredibly the charity Comic Relief's 40th birthday. They've been encouraging people to don a clown's red nose and "do something funny for money" since 1988.

19 Mars 2025

video

charity

download

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Article de presse

Well-targeted responses to Trump’s tariff measures

As Trump imposes tariffs on foreign imports, other countries are retaliating with their own tariffs designed to hurt his voter base.

15 Mars 2025

SES

pouvoir économique

Wes Anderson Exhibition at the Cinémathèque

Wes Anderson is one of those film directors who has such a personal style that you can instantly recognise one of his films, whether it's live action or animation. An exhibition at the Cinémathèque recreates the singular vision of the director of Moonrise Kingdom, Fantastic Mr Fox and The Grand Budapest Hotel. Wes Anderson was born in Texas in 1969 and started making Super 8 films when he was a teenager. He met actor Owen Wilson while he was at college and together they made a short film, Bottle Rocket, that was a success at the Sundance festival and they made into a feature film. Anderson co-wrote his next couple of films with Wilson, Rushmore (1998) and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001). The themes of eccentric teenagers and dysfunctional families recur in The Darjeeling Limited (2004), The Life Aquatic (2007) and Moonrise Kingdom (2012). Meantime, Anderson turned to stop-motion animation with his adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's book Fantastic Mr Fox (2009) (image at the top of the page). His love affair with Dahl would bring him his first personal Oscar after many nominations, in 2024 for The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar , the first of his short-to-medium film adaptations of Dahl's short stories for adults for Netflix. He would return to stop-motion with Isle of Dogs (2018). 2014's The Grand Budapest Hotel is probably Anderson's best-known film, and it garnered him three more Oscar nominations as well as 4 wins in different categories. Anderson credits Austrian novelist Stephan Zweig for inspiring the film, set in a a fictional Eastern European city. The miscellaneous staff and guests of a luxury hotel face a time of conflict and tyranny with humour and resilience. The film stars Ralph Fiennes and Saoirse Ronan as well as Anderson regulars Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe and Tilda Swinton. https://youtu.be/KVyf-fzv-mA Anderson continued his love for visiting a perhaps more stylish past with The French Dispatch (2021), set in 1960s France, and Asteroid City, and the height of Hollywood glamour with Asteroid City (2023), complete with a Marilyn-Monroe starlet played by Scarlett Johansson. Look out later in the year for Anderson's latest film, a spy thriller called The Phoenician Scheme starring many of the stable of actors who recur in his films, such as Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson and Benedict Cumberbatch. Wes Anderson Cinémathèque Paris 19 March-27 July 2025 The exhibition will then move to London's Design Museum before going on a world tour. It is possible to book guided visits for classes 4e level and up (in French). They will last 90 minutes and cost 145 € per class, up to 30 pupils et 6.50 € for each extra pupil up to a maximum of 34). Check out the teachers' page for contact details.

14 Mars 2025

film

Cinéma

exhibition

Your Students Have Talent! Matilda

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.

13 Mars 2025

Roald Dahl

Matilda

humour

Time for the Semaine des Langues

What are you planning for la Semaine des langues? This year’s edition is from 18 to 23 March and is on the theme of « L’important, c’est de communiquer ! », which we would happily adopt as our motto here at Speakeasy News. The event makes special reference to the Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer in France: a multi-lingual, cross-cultural event like no other! Lots of schools have events planned. Here’s a selection of initiatives and ideas.

12 Mars 2025

europe

celebrations

creative writing

Around the World in 80 Photos in Aix

Magnum photographer Steve McCurry may not be a household name but his photos are instantly recognisable, especially one of a young Afghan girl taken in Pakistan where her family had taken refuge in 1984. An exhibition at the Caumont Centre d'Art in Aix-en-Provence takes visitors around the world in his footsteps, to India, Afghanistan, Namibia and Burma. Often travelling in war zones, McCurry captures human suffering but especially human resilience. Early in McCurry’s career, he started indulging his passion for travelling and just letting fate decide where he was going. After finishing film and theatre school in Philadelphia, he set off to travel in India. He moved on to Pakistan, and met some Afghan refugees, who smuggled him into Afghanistan just as its borders were closing because of the Soviet invasion in 1979. He spent months masquerading as a member of the Mujahadeen opposition, taking photos. Then he clandestinely recrossed the border, with his films sewn into his clothes. This is a rare McCurry photo from a conflict zone focussing on fighters, though not regular army. Most of his images focus on the effects of conflict on civilians and the region itself. His images were some of the first showing the tragic reality of what was going on in the country. The 1984 image of young Sharbat Gula which featured on the cover of National Geographic, came to symbolise the Afghan conflict and the plight of refugees around the world. Joining the Magnum agency in 1986, McCurry has travelled the world covering news events but also everyday life for people in many different countries. The Aix exhibition includes a panorama of his photos, including recent ones never before shown in France. Ritual McCurry is fascinated by rituals and religious faith, such as the Holi celebrations in Jaipur, India, in the image at the top of the page, or these Buddhist nuns in Burma or suspended Shaolin monks. Rural scenes and particularly the affect of climate on rural life, are another theme. Of his beautiful photos of Indian railways, like this steam train in front of the Taj Mahal, McCurry says, "Trying to tell India's story in pictures, I spent time in its stations, watching the swirl of life each time a train pulls in. People endlessly wait, they camp out in the stations, goods and services are exchanged. Chai-wallahs ply the carriages with their wares. Cows and monkeys forage for food. The entrance halls reverberate as passengers compete for tickets-the clamor of crowds is a constant assault on the senses. I was working an magazine assignment on a train journey across South Asia and by chance was walking down the track from Agra Fort Station. India's stations are a microcosm of the country beyond. Here in the commotion of travel, you can feel the continuity between past and present." You can see a selection of Steve McCurry's photos organised by theme on his website. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0plNvaR0bg Steve McCurry: Regards Caumont Centre Art, Aix-en-Provence Till 23 March 2025

26 Février 2025

refugees

conflict

war

Dennis Morris: Music and Life

Dennis Morris arrived in London from Jamaica as a child, part of the Windrush generation. He fell in love with photography at age eight and became famous for his photos of Bob Marley and other reggae bands, as well as early punk such as the Sex Pistols. A retrospective exhibition in Paris features his music photos but also documentary photographs of the London of the 1970s.

26 Février 2025

London

Bob Marley

Jamaica

Captain America: Brave New World Trailer

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Captain America: Brave New World

Captain America is back! These activities based on the poster and the trailer will help your students discover the latest Marvel film while learning new words related to the world of superheroes and learning how to express contrast for example. This worksheet can also be used as follow up activities to the Shine Bright 3e Snapfile 9.

14 Février 2025

superhero

U.S. culture

movies

Rendez-vous

Stars Raise Millions After California Wildfires

Dozens of music and Hollywood stars played two shows in Los Angeles that have raised more than $100 million to help those whose lives have been turned upside down by the recent wildfires.

14 Février 2025

California

fundraising

environment

Sélection culturelle

Bridget Jones is Back

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.

14 Février 2025

film

Bridget Jones

British literature

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Bob Dylan Biopic

"A Complete Unknown" is a biopic about the early years of Bob Dylan's musical career. Timothée Chalamet plays the singer-songwriter when he arrives in New York City in 1961 from Minnesota with a guitar, some songs and not much else. This B2 resource will familiarise students with Dylan's music, the folk and protest scene he and Joan Baez were instrumental in, as well as the social and historical context through a clip set during the Cuban missile crisis.

13 Février 2025

video

U.S. culture

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan: A Complete Unknown Teaser

Watch the trailer and fill in your worksheet.

13 Février 2025

Bob Dylan

biopic

Valentine's Day: Talking about Feelings

Talking about emotions can be hard when you are a teenager — even more so when the feelings are about love and romance, and you have to talk about it in another language! This video of American teenagers talking about crushes is an excellent conversation starter for A2-A2+ classes. Why not use it for Valentine's Day?

03 Février 2025

video

audio

love

Paddington Goes Home

Although a well-loved character from British children's literature, Paddington Bear is from Peru in South America, and in the third film in the series about him, he returns to his home country to visit his Aunt Lucy. His adoptive family, the Browns, join him on his journey. This trailer for Paddington in Peru would be great to work on with pupils from A1+.

03 Février 2025

video

children's books

British culture