Jonathan Tyrens (Editor of Francophonie) The Académie Française, protector of the French language since the 17th century, has elected the British poet Michael Edwards to the seat formerly occupied by Jean Dutourd. The Immortels of the Académie hold an influential...
John C. McIntyre (Glasgow) INTRODUCTION Though the trawl below takes a lot of preparation (around 40 hours per month of reading and editing), there are bonuses. From day to day and week to week a developing major issue allows constant reinforcement of the core...
Mike Zollo (Totnes) ¡BIENVENIDOS AL NOTICIARIO! For this edition of Noticiario I had been amassing potential material for many months, having had little response in the past to my appeals for contributions from readers. As my father (also a teacher) used to say, ‘If...
Jane Harvey (Royal Forest of Dean Campus of Gloucestershire College) In summer 2011 La cucina d’inferno, a language project led by the Royal Forest of Dean College won the Mary Glasgow Prize for curriculum innovation, as well as a European Language Label Award. It was...
Domenica Elisa Cicala (Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt) PERCHÉ USARE LA CANZONE NELLA DIDATTICA DELL’ITALIANO LS? L’ascolto alla radio di una canzone italiana, la memorizzazione della melodia di un ritornello orecchiabile o la comprensione di un sintagma noto...
