Flowers over the Inferno, by Ilaria Tuti in an interesting story that takes place in Travenì (Italy). This moving book is about an Italian superintendent, Teresa Battaglia, who starts investigating a savage murder in the woods. While battling with her own problems, Teresa tries to solve this and the following mysterious attacks happening in a small village with the help of a new agent called Massimo.
Continue readingI recently saw this comic strip and immediately thought it would be a great resource to debate the topic of racism in the classroom.
When it comes to bringing real materials to the classroom, I initially think it takes some precious time you may not even have. However, these examples are always loved by my students. For that reason, I decided to share the ones I find in case it could be of any help. This time Meta and Instagram webs are the precious sources that can generate an interesting debate regarding translation.
Continue readingI recommend to watch this video simply because of its beauty. On my quest for some quality videos I found this great creation by 3 talented filmakers (Vincent Urban, Max Neumeier and Tim David Höddinghaus). It is a short film on Russia its culture and its people. There is plenty of ways to make the most of video resources:
Continue readingFor those with not much to do, some free recommendations:
Audiobooks:
Audible has shared a site with a curated selection of books in different languages you can listen for free.
Spanish election ballots by CHP
What a night for democracy! The Spanish people decided to participate massively this time. My highlights:
GCSE Revision collage by CHP
If you ever had to teach this part of the exam you may have spent endless hours trying to find a picture with good enough content related to the topics so it can be described by the students. Furthermore, at some point, you might have even felt so frustrated that you even considered becoming a photographer and staging the whole thing but it can be way more simple than that.
MFL & BEYOND 