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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuXg6PteZHY&list=PL1CqiffG2_bzL06xDZEVMhIZShPBvxWV1&index=14 In this episode, I talk about: the importance of recapping the use of the target language in the classroom (2'27) BONUS: a track to listen to with your children...
Où est mon chat ?
I was recently asked if I had used this book in the past and how... I had not, even though I owned it, so I thought it would be a good idea to write a blog on it before the summer term when we may want to talk about Paris! Click here to watch a 2-minute video of me...
Trognon et Pépin
When I first set up the bus (in 2015), my mum asked friends and relatives in France if they had any books they could donate, and I brought back a car load in the May. This book was one of them. My mum kindly backed it with green film ha ha! Click here to watch over on...
Language World (the ALL's annual conference) is one of my favourite event of the whole year: professionally and personally! Below are some notes on what I experienced and learnt this year. I actually spent 2 days walking round people armed with my Zoom H5 microphone...
Irène la graine !
I already owned Nénègle sur la montagne by the same author (click here to find out why it is a favourite of mine with little ones) so was attracted by this story in a bookshop in Laon in April 2018; I then had to buy it, and here is why! Language of text: French Type...
The role of L1 in the language classroom
The presentation below was delivered by Penny Johnson and me at the Spanish Day at Durham University on 16th March 2019. It was also the inspiration behind episode 13 of my podcast, Nattalingo's natter, which you can listen to he The Role of L1 in the language...
Books by Ramadier & Bourgeau
https://nattalingo.co.uk/book-blogs/le-livre-qui-dort/ https://nattalingo.co.uk/book-blogs/le-livre-amoureux/ https://nattalingo.co.uk/book-blogs/demain-je-te-mangerai/
Maman !
This is a story which funnily enough my children were not exposed to when they were little, but I discovered it when I really started to buy more and more picture books. It is definitely one I could not do without now! I also own it in Spanish. You can buy either here...
Petit Ours Brun veut une histoire
I have had this book since my son, now nearly 19, was little. When I contacted Bayard Jeunesse about writing a blog on it, they kindly pointed out to me that this was an old edition and offered to send me some more up-to-date Petit Ours Brun books... for free! How...




