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Bloub bloub bloub
I bought this lovely story from a car boot sale in France a few years back. I seem to be attracted by French translations of Japanese stories! Extra resources on French websites: click here for the "dossier pédagogique" provided by l'école des loisirs, or click here...
Special dates in the French-speaking world
UPDATE 2026: apologies if you are looking for the videos, but they don't exist anymore :-(. However, you can still use the presentations. I apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. I have been sharing a lot of information about French Bank Holidays recently and...
Le huit mai / le 8 mai
If you find the article below helpful, please consider clicking here to sign up and receive similar releases straight in your mail box! After putting a short blog together about "le premier mai" (click here to view it!), I felt I needed to do the same for "le 8 mai",...
Le premier mai / la fête du travail
I was talking about "le Premier Mai / la Fête du Travail" with pupils last Saturday... so I thought I would quickly put these links that I found useful together, in case it helps some of you too! 1er mai - French Traditions - Babylangues - Le 1er mai (1st May)...
UK Lingua Event 2021
Well there's another UK Lingua event (hosted by Durham University) over! I am proud to have been part of its organising committee for 4 years now; what a privilege it is. This year's theme was "Learning gains" - and what an inspiring theme it turned out to be for our...
Language World 2021 – main takeaways
As I write this, the last time I was on a train was in March 2020 to go to Language World, the Association for Language Learning's annual conference, in Manchester. This year, the event was held online, so I attended form the comfort of my own home, between uni...
Poisson d’avril / April Fool in France
We have a really fun tradition for the 1st April in France: we make paper fish and try to stick them on each other's backs! Click here for the fish templates from petitsscouts.com if you want to do this but you are short of time: Poissons d'avril 1 jour 1 question...
Collaborations
Below are charities and/or businesses that I collaborate with and can recommend: The Association for Language Learning https://www.all-languages.org.uk/ I am a member and volunteer for this association - that's how great I think their work is. I am on the ALL North...
La Fête des Mères – Mother’s Day
Below are some ideas to celebrate Mother's Day in French, either in March (UK date) or at the end of May/beginning of June (date in France). Please note that if the children do not have a mother to celebrate, they can dedicate the day to anyone they love - the...
