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UK Lingua 2017: switching from one language to another during our lessons and how we manage those transitions
I am very proud to say that I helped to organise the UK Lingua conference this year and it was a great success: the atmosphere was friendly as well as supportive and we all learned so much! OK, we ran out of drinks on the Saturday lunchtime and we will learn from...
Portraits de maîtres
I nearly didn't even open this book given to me by my mum because I thought it was about art, not realising it was a play on words... When I did open it, it immediately became my favourite book by Antonin Louchard... and I own a few: Monsieur Buvard, la promenade de...
Being a linguist in a country where you don’t speak the language: a trip to Rome
In April 2017 I was lucky enough to go and visit Rome with family and friends; in preparation for the trip I started learning Italian with Duolingo on 1st January; I had daily lessons on there until we went away and I also used a BBC course book "Buongiorno...
l’uccellino Ugo ; la nuvola Olga e la bambina
These 3 are the only books I brought back from my 1st trip to Italy ever; I did really well considering there were lots of familiar books there! Do you recognise any?? Yes, I even resisted buying an Italian version of Loup!! Below was the actually selection...
The Language Show Live 2017 in Glasgow
In October 2015 I went to the Language Show Live in London for the 1st time and loved every minute of it. I couldn't go back in 2016 so I decided to try the Language Show Live in Glasgow in March 2017. You will find below the highlights of the show for me; I went on...
L’âne Trotro : Zaza et les oeufs de Pâques
Are you looking for an authentic Easter story which will make your children smile? This is it! Bonus: I have met its author and she is adorable! Click it to start by watching on my YouTube channel a short video of me introducing the story. Language of text: French...
Language World 2017: how languages support literacy
I thoroughly enjoyed presenting this on 24th March 2017 at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham as part of the ALL's Language World 2017. I hope you find it useful too! Feel free to use to discourage the withdrawal of children from languages lessons! You...
Chapeau rond rouge
Here is another book by someone I got the privilege to meet in Paris in December 2016; you can see Geoffroy de Pennart with Mini Miss Paris below! I am a big fan of both his illustrations and his sense of humour; not all his stories are accessible to learners of...
Au Loup!
I fell in love with Simon, Stephanie Blake's main character, in "Caca boudin" when my son (now 17) was a toddler. Now my pupils cannot get enough of him and I am glad of it!! This is Stephanie Blake's unique version of "The boy who cried wolf"! Language of...
