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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

5

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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

Rendez-vous

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

6

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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!

Rendez-vous

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

Rendez-vous

Novelist Philip Roth Dies

Philip Roth, one of the most admired American novelists, has died at the age of 85. In more than 30 novels, Roth fascinated and scandalised his home country.

23 Mai 2018

U.S. culture

Nobel prize

American literature

Join the Fairtrade Movement

It’s Fairtrade Fortnight, la quinzaine du commerce équitable, in France from 12 to 27 May.

17 Mai 2018

sustainable development

economics

ecology

Tout doit venir des élèves… ou pas…

We often hear that with active teaching methods, everything must come from the pupils rather than being provided by the teacher. But what do the terms mean? What is "everything", and how does it "come from the pupils"? We have some practical suggestions.

17 Mai 2018

pédagogie active

stratégie

pupil-centred approach

Frankenstein Online

There are lots of interesting online resources on Mary Shelley and Frankenstein to help you celebrate the 200th anniversary of the publication of her iconic novel. Here's a selection.

17 Mai 2018

literature

L.E.L.E.

biography

Frankenstein at 200

"Frankenstein" was published in 1818, written by a very unconventional young woman. Its genesis is as intriguing as its lasting influence.

17 Mai 2018

literature

L.E.L.E.

biography

6

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Mother of Frankenstein

2018 marks the two hundredth anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein, a novel which has gone on to occupy a unique place in the collective imagination. In this A2+ article, your pupils will discover Mary Shelley, the teenage author who lived an exceptional life.

17 Mai 2018

literature

biography

British culture

Sélection culturelle

One Man and His Shoes

A one-man theatre piece at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris is a gentle meander through Irish life.

17 Mai 2018

théâtre

Irish culture

one-man show

Journalism Competition Winning Articles

Our favourite entries in our recent journalism competition took too different approaches to reporting the news. Thank you for your excellent work!

17 Mai 2018

media

competition

class project

Sélection culturelle

My Name is Solo

Star Wars fans face a two-year gap between 2017’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi and the still-untitled Episode IX. But five months after The Last Jedi, the next standalone Star Wars movie: Solo: A Star Wars Story had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival before opening in France on May 23 and in the United States two days later.

17 Mai 2018

Walt Disney

Star Wars

George Lucas

What About Windrush?

There were various celebrations and exhibitions planned to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the beginning of West Indian mass immigration to the U.K., with the arrival of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks in London on 22 June 1948. Instead, a scandal has grown up about the treatment of the “Windrush Generation” that led to the resignation of the Home Secretary.

14 Mai 2018

immigration

UK culture

UK history

Rendez-vous

Changing Ireland

Ireland has long been one of the most socially conservative countries in the European Union. But things have been changing and the country's current Prime Minister is a sign of the times.

14 Mai 2018

Ireland

referendum

social issues

The Week of Languages 2018

La troisième édition de la Semaine de langues vivantes se déroulera dans des établissements scolaires du 14 au 19 mai 2018 autour du thématique "Partageons les langues". C'est l'occasion de sortir les langues des salles de classe, ou d'y faire rentrer des langues ou des locuteurs différents.

03 Mai 2018

celebrations

cross-curricular

DNL

May the Fourth Be With You

May 4 is international “Star Wars” Day in honour of the pun on this date: “May the fourth be with you.” 

03 Mai 2018

celebrations

Walt Disney

Star Wars

Rendez-vous

Suffragist Honoured

A hundred years after some British women got the right to vote, there is finally a woman among the statues of political and democratic heroes on Parliament Square outside the Palace of Westminster. London Mayor Sadiq Khan unveiled the statue of Dame Millicent Fawcett on 24 April.

26 Avril 2018

votes for women

gender equality

UK politics

Free Online Course on Digital Language Teaching

Grenoble University is offering a free online MOOC on using digital technology to aid language teaching and learning.

26 Avril 2018

TICE

MOOC

digital resources

Drama Activities in English Class

Comment utiliser la pratique théâtrale pour favoriser l'expression en cours d'anglais ? Témoignage d'un projet mené avec une troupe de théâtre au collège.

24 Avril 2018

théâtre

play

drama

6

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Royal Wedding

In this A2 article your students will learn about Prince Harry and his future wife in relation to their jobs as members of the Royal Family, as well as about their wedding, which will be celebrated on 19 May. The second part of the article introduces charities, always a source of interest for students.

24 Avril 2018

U.S.A.

charity

British culture