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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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complémentaires

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

Rendez-vous

The Queen Goes Green

Britain's Prince Charles has long been recognised for his involvement in ecology. Now the Queen is turning to conservation, protecting forests all over the Commonwealth, from a tiny 2.5 hectare site in Antigua and Barbuda to the 6.4 million hectares of the Great Bear Rainforest in Canada.

24 Avril 2018

Queen

Royal

ecology

Free Ecology Poster

The theme for this year’s Earth Day is “End Plastic Pollution”. This poster from the U.S. Department of State puts the focus on ecological problems caused by plastic waste in our oceans, and the dangers it presents for marine creatures.

20 Avril 2018

video

ecology

environment

Sélection culturelle

The Western Re-invented

Two films present a modern take on the Western, through the eyes of a British and a Chinese director, and centring on the relationships between horses, a 15-year-old boy and a Native American cowboy.

20 Avril 2018

film

Cinéma

South Dakota

Rendez-vous

School Integration Pioneer Dies

Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 is remembered in the U.S. as a landmark moment in the fight for civil rights. But behind the title were real children. The one whose name was forever associated with the case, Linda Brown, has died, aged 76.

06 Avril 2018

civil rights

schools

U.S. history

Sélection culturelle

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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complémentaires

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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complémentaires

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

Sélection culturelle

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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complémentaires

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

Sélection culturelle

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

Sélection culturelle

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

Professeurs documentalistes Lycée

What About Windrush?

Changing Ireland

The Week of Languages 2018

May the Fourth Be With You

Suffragist Honoured

Free Online Course on Digital Language Teaching

Drama Activities in English Class

Royal Wedding

The Queen Goes Green

Free Ecology Poster

The Western Re-invented

School Integration Pioneer Dies

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