The history of the BBC 1922 -95 ( agrégation anglais civilisation britannique) post 53 : Adult literacy

 You remember the BBC slogan “inform, educate, entertain?” When thinking of the BBC and education, one might think first of documentaries, but there was so much more. Here is an extract from “On the Move” from the 1970s, a programme for adults who could not read or write. Defenders of the BBC would certainly underline the fact that commercial television would not produce such programmes.

https://youtu.be/ufVe521quok

Vacances

 J espère que les vacances se passent bien et que tout le monde va profiter d’un peu de temps libre …pour se faire vacciner!

Football

 You may have heard about the football. In this Guardian cartoon, Johnson is criticized for ( allegedly) pretending to care about football, for opportunistic reasons. The cartoonist suggests he knows nothing about it.

A little Australian history

 This podcast, in French, speaks of the terrible racist campaign against Australian aboriginals some decades ago: the story of the stolen generations:

https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/les-hommes-aux-semelles-de-vent/australie-22-stolen-generations-l-enlevement-des-enfants?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0E8TngYG6Z1uMgYf2LtPBVRp-JPagvZlwf-wQOMxjR8KMek5peL5WvSMQ#Echobox=1625757647 

Rebuilding Britain after WW2

 Fabulous 1946 documentary by film maker Jill Craigie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA8V-Zcd5bU

Is New Zealand a multicultural society?

 This discussion is very thought-provoking, and often entertaining. (In English after the first couple of minutes).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUbd7EGu36I 

Vaccins

 Un grand merci aux étudiants qui se font vacciner. Même si on ne voit plus les milliers de morts par semaine, la vaccination casse les chaînes et sauve des vies, en France, et aussi très loin d’ici.

Changement de lieu Réunion information agrégation

 Chers toutes et tous,

afin d'éviter les problèmes techniques, nous préférons organiser la réunion d'information sur l'agrégation du mercredi 30 juin à 17h30 dans une salle Zoom, accessible en suivant le lien ci-dessous. 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83212403402?pwd=QTlyUk5RRXYyVjJVQk9ScVdEanE0dz09

Meeting ID: 832 1240 3402

Passcode: N2qaBR

News today

 If you like scandal news today is a good day to look at the UK

papers.

Story here https://www.lci.fr/international/royaume-uni-le-ministre-de-la-sante-matt-hancock-s-excuse-apres-des-accusations-d-infidelite-2189837.html

British TV is popular in Europe

 https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jun/25/the-thought-is-unbearable-europeans-react-as-eu-plans-to-cut-british-tv 

New zealand politics can be fun

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/23/jacinda-ardern-puppet-game-of-thrones-new-zealand-pm-chloe-swarbrick-judith-collins 

UK cinema after Brexit

 Discussed  here

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/21/eu-prepares-cut-amount-british-tv-film-shown-brexit 

Corn Laws

 A left wing view of a key moment in British history .

https://socialistworker.co.uk/art/51982/How+the+Corn+Laws+split+the+ruling+class 

Il y a longtemps en Angleterre

 ARTE regarde ce que des archéologues ont récemment découvert près de Cambridge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4G-c0bzY1Q 

Statues, racism and politics

 The BBC has put out a video concerning the events where the statue of a slave owner, in Bristol, was taken down by demonstrators and thrown into the river. How much progress has been made against racism in the UK? What are the different attitudes towards celebrating historical figures? Although this documentary is far from perfect, it opens up important questions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fDx6_u60NI&t=27s

Préparation de l'agrégation d'anglais 2022: réunion d'information

 

Mercredi 30 juin à 17h30

Réunion d’information sur la préparation de l’agrégation externe et interne d’anglais à l’Université de Rouen

Réunion virtuelle à ce lien:

 

https://webconf.univ-rouen.fr/greenlight/tis-ijm-xqg-poe

Des recommandations y seront données pour chaque matière ainsi que des conseils d'ordre plus général.

 

Anne- Laure Tissut anne-laure.tissut@univ-rouen.fr

John Mullen john.mullen@univ-rouen.fr