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L’âne Trotro fait du vélo
I love Bénédicte Guettier and her work (see here how many blogs I have written about her books already!) and this Trotro story is a little gem. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Language of text: French Type of text: picture book Author or source: Bénédicte...
Highlights and tips from the UK Lingua conference in Durham, April 2018
On 21st and 22nd April I was privileged to be at Durham University as co-organiser for this conference for the second time. I have to admit it gets better every year... even if I have to say so myself! I have gathered the highlights and tips shared during the sessions...
Aaaah pas le dentiste!
I discovered this book at my 1st “Salon du Livre et de la Presse Jeunesse” in Montreuil in 2016; it was the 1st time I also met the author Stephanie Blake who kindly signed it for me, as you can see below! Language of text: French Type of text: picture book Author or...
ALL’s Language World 2018 conference – my experience
If you are reading this then am guessing you care about languages… In that case can I suggest you may want to start saving up for Language World next year? It is such an amazing conference, I get so much out of it that I sincerely recommend it… What about this year’s...
Mini Miss Paris and Pablo – how I use my 2 mascots in the classroom
This is not a novel idea, I know, but it works for my pupils and me and I am always looking for creative ways to make it interesting and motivating for them. So I take my 2 mascots, Mini Miss Paris and Pablo, abroad with me and take photos of them. I am lucky because...
Papa poule
I totally fell in love with this story in a bookshop in Lille in January! Language of text: French Type of text: picture book Author or source: Jean Leroy & Giulia Bruel Intended age of students: Key Stage 1/2 Source reference: 9782211231879 Approaches:...
My top stories to use around Father’s Day
As the parent of 2 children who lost their father aged 6 and 9, I do not make much of a fuss around Father’s Day (I do not around Mother's Day either to be honest!). However if you want to look at stories with interesting father figures in them, here are my favourite!...
La Petite Ecole de Newcastle
For 4 years, I was lucky enough to be working at the Petite Ecole de Newcastle upon Tyne where I taught children who have grown up with French, mostly as a second language. Click here to find out more about this wonderful Saturday morning school! If you found this...
UK Lingua 2018: engaging students with authentic stories
What a fantastic weekend we had at UK Lingua again! There were over 100 people who attended this time (our 3rd edition) so Penny Johnson and I would like to thank you very much if you were one of them. Whether you were able to attend or not, you can read a full blog...
