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@spsmith45

French teacher 33 years, now writing materials frenchteacher.net, blogs and books about language teaching.

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Btw, these are extremely quick and easy to design using AI - roughly 20 minutes once you have your template. I've done another one at A2 level (Higher GCSE) on volunteering in France. frenchteacher.net

07.03.2026 12:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A text discovery pairwork task Always remember how good information gap tasks are! This one generates listening, reading, speaking and factual, cultiral knowledge for the...

The latest on my blog. frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-te...

07.03.2026 08:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A text discovery pairwork task Always remember how good information gap tasks are! This one generates listening, reading, speaking and factual, cultiral knowledge for the...

New from me. A paired 'text discovery' task. Based on the information gap principle. Adaptable to various levels. frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-te...

06.03.2026 12:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Archives: Updates | frenchteacher.net Description.

The latest from my site. www.frenchteacher.net/latest/

04.03.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A text discovery pairwork task Always remember how good information gap tasks are! This one generates listening, reading, speaking and factual, cultiral knowledge for the...

New from me. A paired 'text discovery' task. Based on the information gap principle. Adaptable to various levels. frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-te...

06.03.2026 12:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
An enjoyable teaching experience A few weeks ago I was in Brussels visiting an old friend, Jonathan, who is retired but does voluntary work including teaching English to te...

An enjoyable teaching experience. I'm sure many of you will identify with this. frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2026/03/an-e...

05.03.2026 14:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
An enjoyable teaching experience A few weeks ago I was in Brussels visiting an old friend, Jonathan, who is retired but does voluntary work including teaching English to te...

An enjoyable teaching experience. I'm sure many of you will identify with this. frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2026/03/an-e...

05.03.2026 14:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Archives: Updates | frenchteacher.net Description.

The latest from my site. www.frenchteacher.net/latest/

04.03.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

coincidence

04.03.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My last blog post was about implicit learning. By coincidene, this came into my inbox about 'learning without awareness'. www.oasis-database.org/details/2dcb...

04.03.2026 14:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Lumo (Proton) and Mistral AI seem like good European options for many usages.

04.03.2026 12:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks.

04.03.2026 11:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

This made me think. I’m often using Deepseek at the moment, but need to research the most ethical AI. Any ideas? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

04.03.2026 10:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
What is implicit learning in the languages classroom? In this post I'm returning to a subject which is so important for language teachers, and one I have written about before in a historical con...

My latest post about a key issue for language teachers. frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2026/02/what...

02.03.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cheating machine or powerful assistant? The AI anxieties of a trainee teacher The long read: I was a newcomer, negotiating all of usual classroom difficulties for the first time. Throwing AI into the mix felt like downing a coffee in the middle of a panic attack

A good longer read. www.theguardian.com/education/ng...

03.03.2026 10:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
What is implicit learning in the languages classroom? In this post I'm returning to a subject which is so important for language teachers, and one I have written about before in a historical con...

My latest post about a key issue for language teachers. frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2026/02/what...

02.03.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why the worst idea in linguistics won’t die The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is mostly wrong

Why the worst idea in linguistics won’t die: Why the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is mostly wrong (mostly)

open.substack.com/pub/colingor...

02.03.2026 20:35 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

The changed headline is now a better reflection of the article.

02.03.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Mon collège de demain - La rentrée de Clélia au collège Jacques Chirac à Limas
Mon collège de demain - La rentrée de Clélia au collège Jacques Chirac à Limas YouTube video by Département du Rhône

Nice little captioned video for Y8/9 French. I uploaded a worksheet on a very similar video from the same source. www.youtube.com/watch?v=otwa...

02.03.2026 12:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
An invigilator and three students sitting digital exams in an exam hall.

An invigilator and three students sitting digital exams in an exam hall.

πŸ“’ Digital exams are more secure, better for the environment and good for students with special needs - but we need to go bigger to build evidence about what works.

Read our response to the Ofqual consultation.

www.aqa.org.uk/news/safer-g...

02.03.2026 08:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A misleading headline given the content of the article which is about advisors trying to pull Starmer away from net zero?? Disappointing.

01.03.2026 13:53 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Easy mute.

01.03.2026 11:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, Zack calls himself a populist. You can then argue about what constitutes β€˜left wing’.

01.03.2026 11:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Why?

01.03.2026 11:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Not sure how useful that is.

01.03.2026 11:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

But how do you address it?

01.03.2026 11:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

We have yet to see how much depth Polanski has. He was rather exposed on The Rest is Politics. To me he seems a good guy, left wing populist.

01.03.2026 10:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed. But it also makes a difference when you have a serious chance of governing.

01.03.2026 10:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Easy for him to say? Governing is more complex. That would be my issue with the Greens in general.

01.03.2026 09:50 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 2
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Thinking About Language Teaching Volume 2 Buy Thinking About Language Teaching Volume 2 by Smith, Steve (ISBN: 9798298261630) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

A little reminder! amzn.eu/d/0cKWcvwL

01.03.2026 09:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0