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Buy your languages books in the UK from Little Linguist!
When am at home in the UK, this is where I get most of my picture books (and more!) from! Little Linguist are a small business (and who does not like to support small homegrown businesses?) whose prices are most competitive and whose selection of books is amazing! You...
Books written and illustrated by Stephanie Blake
Which is YOUR favourite story by Stephanie Blake? Please make your recommendation(s) in the comments below! https://nattalingo.co.uk/caca-boudin/ https://nattalingo.co.uk/poux/ https://nattalingo.co.uk/aaaah-pas-le-dentiste/ https://nattalingo.co.uk/au-loup/...
Je veux pas aller à l’école
This is the perfect story to use in your first lesson back in September! You can watch the vlog I recorded about it here, as an introduction to the story. https://youtu.be/quw_4kgQoDg Language of text: French Type of text: picture book Author or source: Stephanie...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6mLt0DDxLo&t=6s In this episode I talk about: how we constantly learn from teaching children I give you ideas of where you can turn to for support when teaching languages (4'55) Useful links: Languages in Primary Schools Secondary...
My top 5 stories for the summer term
Now that the summer is here, I thought I would get together some books which I think are great to use when the weather is nice... but can be used all year too! In no particular order... 1) "La bonne douche", by Pascal Teulade & Michel Backès, Éditions Lito Is...
Gribouillis gribouillons
I asked my 17-year old last night if he remembered this book from when he was little... and he did! This surely is a sign of a great book! You can watch a short vlog about it here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-78IeMW8Srs Language of text: French Type of...
June 2018 newsletter
Welcome to June's round up! How is the last half-term of the year already?! It is a very busy one of course for all of us... when isn't it busy?? I have spent a lot of time on my new website in the past month and it is nearly where I want it to be; WHAT I want it to...
La famille Ohé – C’EST LUI!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mKBrRe0lm8 If you know me, you wil be aware that I am always on the look out for authentic stories, orginally written in French. However when I occasionally see a very good translation of a story in another language, I cannot resist it...
French food vs British food
My idea with this presentation is that the pictures of typical French and British food are cut up and mixed up, then the children have to sort them into 2 piles whilst discussing what they are/might be. Finally the teacher can go through the pictures on the board and...
