Steve Smith
spsmith45.bsky.social
Steve Smith
@spsmith45.bsky.social
French teacher 33 years, now writing materials frenchteacher.net, blogs and books about language teaching.
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Do take a look. There us a LOT of material in my new book. Thanks to those who have bought a copy. amzn.eu/d/bFDHCqT
Thinking about Language Teaching Volume 1: Amazon.co.uk: Smith, Steve: 9798296131423: Books
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Ce projet est à l’étude depuis plusieurs mois, dans un contexte de sécurité mondiale «fait d’incertitudes» et «d’une montée des tensions», a affirmé l'exécutif en marge du G20. →https://l.lefigaro.fr/wKNL
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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ChatGPT for teachers has launched. A landing page has a series of suggested tasks such as curriculum planning, reviewing work with a rubric. I'd like to see a robust study on the the following:

chatgpt.com/use-cases/hi...
ChatGPT for high school teachers
Teachers from across the U.S. shared chats they use for lesson planning, research, and administrative tasks. Tap a chat to get started.
chatgpt.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Shared by Gianfranco on FB. A super table on behaviour management issues.
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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New from me. Practical, principled pedagogy - low prep, high surrender value. frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2025/11/expl...
Exploiting some simple past tense questions
Suppose you have been teaching and practising using the perfect tense with 'avoir' verbs in French — or the equivalent in your language. The...
frenchteachernet.blogspot.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Have you ever wondered why emulating a farting sound is called "blowing raspberries"?

Raspberry/-ies is a clipping of "raspberry tart" which was originally Cockney rhyming slang for "fart"
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
New from me. Practical, principled pedagogy - low prep, high surrender value. frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2025/11/expl...
Exploiting some simple past tense questions
Suppose you have been teaching and practising using the perfect tense with 'avoir' verbs in French — or the equivalent in your language. The...
frenchteachernet.blogspot.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Macron - buy French and fight protectionism. youtu.be/gr0XG-XeHs8?...
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YouTube video by Emmanuel Macron
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November 18, 2025 at 9:48 AM
aischoolgenius.com?gad_source=1... This AI tool looks good and is not too expensive. Better than just using free Chat GPT, Gemini or Deepseek?
AI tools for teachers
AI tools for teachers to create lessons, quizzes and worksheets faster. AI School Genius helps save time, personalize learning and boost classroom impact.
aischoolgenius.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Simple recommendation for advanced students. Download the free Copilot app and chat in any language it offers.
November 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Important points expressed without jargon. youtu.be/WWQljbst7_0?...
Kitchen Pedagogy: Five Key Barriers to Learning
YouTube video by Tom Sherrington
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November 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
And a Y7 board game on pets added today.
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM