by Wendy Newman | Oct 10, 2013 | French reviews, French Zone
The following titles are reviewed in issue 48 of Francophonie, autumn 2013. Isabelle Vanderschelden, Studying French Cinema. Horace Greasley, Do the birds still sing in hell? Mike Thacker and Casimir D’Angelo, Essential French Grammar. The rest of this post can only...
by Wendy Newman | Oct 10, 2013 | French reviews, French Zone
Editor’s Note We have a rather short Reviews section this time. We are currently looking for a new Reviews Editor for Francophonie. If you’d be interested in sourcing new publications, finding reviewers (who get to keep the books they review) and editing this column...
by Wendy Newman | Oct 10, 2013 | Russian Practice, Russian updates, Russian Zone
Mark Payne (University of Sheffield) With the new School Direct initiative in teacher training launched this year, the intention in future is that more student teachers will be trained in schools than in universities (Department for Education, 2013). In brief, the...
by Wendy Newman | Oct 10, 2013 | Russian Culture, Russian Practice, Russian updates, Russian Zone
Elena Bolton (Solihull) INTRODUCTION When I decided to try my hand at teaching Russian I thought I was well prepared for the task. After all, I had experience of teaching English in Russia. I had also spent several years working as a technical translator, a job which...
by Wendy Newman | Oct 10, 2013 | Russian Practice, Russian updates, Russian Zone
Victoria Rolfe and Mark Payne (University of Sheffield) Я читаю – I read Ты читаешь – You read Он/она читает – He/she reads Мы читаем – We read Вы читаете – You read Они читают – They read INTRODUCTION In our experience of teaching and learning in secondary schools in...
