Mr E
@theniceman.bsky.social
French and Spanish teacher. I like to play football in the park with my brother. Last weekend I went shopping. Next weekend if it is sunny I would like to swim.
https://whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/
https://whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/
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Wait -- does Elon Musk **really** think cooling won't be a problem for data centres in space?
February 3, 2026 at 8:24 AM
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These 17 short videos tell stories from across Puerto Rican history, from the lineage of the Puerto Rican flag and early "Americanization" of the archipelago to the roots of reggaetón and more: www.latimes.com/delos/story/...
Bad Bunny's 'Debí Tirar Más Fotos' is a love letter to Puerto Rico. This professor helped him tell the island's history
Released Jan. 5, the record pays homage to the island’s rich rhythms like plena and salsa, and delves into it’s seldom taught history.
www.latimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:42 PM
These 17 short videos tell stories from across Puerto Rican history, from the lineage of the Puerto Rican flag and early "Americanization" of the archipelago to the roots of reggaetón and more: www.latimes.com/delos/story/...
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You don’t learn a language overnight.
You don’t learn Spanish overnight.
You don’t learn Hebrew overnight.
You don’t learn mathematics overnight.
You don’t learn the language of resistance overnight.
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You don’t learn a language overnight.
You don’t learn Spanish overnight.
You don’t learn Hebrew overnight.
You don’t learn mathematics overnight.
You don’t learn the language of resistance overnight.
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Language, Learning, & Politics
You Don’t Learn a Language Overnight
open.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM
open.substack.com/pub/halingog...
You don’t learn a language overnight.
You don’t learn Spanish overnight.
You don’t learn Hebrew overnight.
You don’t learn mathematics overnight.
You don’t learn the language of resistance overnight.
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You don’t learn a language overnight.
You don’t learn Spanish overnight.
You don’t learn Hebrew overnight.
You don’t learn mathematics overnight.
You don’t learn the language of resistance overnight.
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"Luchs speaks five languages: English, French, Italian, and some German and Russian. She approached grasping Gen Z parlance like she was learning another language.
...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'She’s so natural with it too like it’s not even cringe.'"
...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'She’s so natural with it too like it’s not even cringe.'"
Alison Luchs, who has worked at the National Gallery of Art for 47 years, agreed to learn Gen Z slang and make videos because she wanted to raise interest in the museum’s art.
She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S
She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S
January 30, 2026 at 5:14 AM
"Luchs speaks five languages: English, French, Italian, and some German and Russian. She approached grasping Gen Z parlance like she was learning another language.
...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'She’s so natural with it too like it’s not even cringe.'"
...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'She’s so natural with it too like it’s not even cringe.'"
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Mississippi court overturns firing of educator terminated for reading children’s book ‘I Need a New Butt!’ - WLBT www.wlbt.com/2026/01/31/m...
Mississippi court overturns firing of educator terminated for reading children’s book
After nearly four years of waiting, checking court websites repeatedly for a decision that never seemed to come, Toby Price finally got the answer he was searching for: vindication.
www.wlbt.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Mississippi court overturns firing of educator terminated for reading children’s book ‘I Need a New Butt!’ - WLBT www.wlbt.com/2026/01/31/m...
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The earlier post was deleted, but not the quote in the article where the player said, “I don’t even know who Bad Bunny is. I always think it should be an American. I think they’re trying too hard with this international stuff.” Where did he think Bad Bunny was from? Cuba? Mexico? 🤷🏽
February 3, 2026 at 12:29 AM
The earlier post was deleted, but not the quote in the article where the player said, “I don’t even know who Bad Bunny is. I always think it should be an American. I think they’re trying too hard with this international stuff.” Where did he think Bad Bunny was from? Cuba? Mexico? 🤷🏽
Jas anyone heard officially that constructions with non conjugated verbs WILL be counted the same as clauses?
Someone at AQA needs to step up.
Penalising things that are on the spec can't be right.
Having to tell strong candidates to be more like weaker ones is damaging.
whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/12/aqa-...
Penalising things that are on the spec can't be right.
Having to tell strong candidates to be more like weaker ones is damaging.
whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/12/aqa-...
AQA Conversation really not working
At our latest ALL in the East meeting (scroll down for previous meetings on this ALL page ), we discussed the implications of the AQA marks...
whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Jas anyone heard officially that constructions with non conjugated verbs WILL be counted the same as clauses?
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Did you catch the new Channel 4 show #SecretGenius last night?
Alan Carr &Susie Dent teamed up with #Mensa to set puzzles for participants. The show helped to illuminate some of the issues with discrimination/inequality that are surfaced by trying to ‘measure’ intelligence. Some thoughts..
Alan Carr &Susie Dent teamed up with #Mensa to set puzzles for participants. The show helped to illuminate some of the issues with discrimination/inequality that are surfaced by trying to ‘measure’ intelligence. Some thoughts..
a man wearing glasses is holding a cup of coffee and laughing .
ALT: a man wearing glasses is holding a cup of coffee and laughing .
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February 2, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Did you catch the new Channel 4 show #SecretGenius last night?
Alan Carr &Susie Dent teamed up with #Mensa to set puzzles for participants. The show helped to illuminate some of the issues with discrimination/inequality that are surfaced by trying to ‘measure’ intelligence. Some thoughts..
Alan Carr &Susie Dent teamed up with #Mensa to set puzzles for participants. The show helped to illuminate some of the issues with discrimination/inequality that are surfaced by trying to ‘measure’ intelligence. Some thoughts..
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Has anyone heard anything official from AQA that clauses might not have to have a conjugated verb for the purposes of counting amount of information? That would be great if it's true!
February 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Has anyone heard anything official from AQA that clauses might not have to have a conjugated verb for the purposes of counting amount of information? That would be great if it's true!
Has anyone heard anything official from AQA that clauses might not have to have a conjugated verb for the purposes of counting amount of information? That would be great if it's true!
February 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Has anyone heard anything official from AQA that clauses might not have to have a conjugated verb for the purposes of counting amount of information? That would be great if it's true!
Someone at AQA needs to step up.
Penalising things that are on the spec can't be right.
Having to tell strong candidates to be more like weaker ones is damaging.
whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/12/aqa-...
Penalising things that are on the spec can't be right.
Having to tell strong candidates to be more like weaker ones is damaging.
whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/12/aqa-...
AQA Conversation really not working
At our latest ALL in the East meeting (scroll down for previous meetings on this ALL page ), we discussed the implications of the AQA marks...
whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Someone at AQA needs to step up.
Penalising things that are on the spec can't be right.
Having to tell strong candidates to be more like weaker ones is damaging.
whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/12/aqa-...
Penalising things that are on the spec can't be right.
Having to tell strong candidates to be more like weaker ones is damaging.
whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/12/aqa-...
Did you teach your pupils to say
"I like French more than Spanish and German"
You had better go back and teach them to say,
"I don't like Spanish. I don't like German. I like French."
Because for AQA that second answer is two hole bands higher.
whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/12/aqa-...
"I like French more than Spanish and German"
You had better go back and teach them to say,
"I don't like Spanish. I don't like German. I like French."
Because for AQA that second answer is two hole bands higher.
whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/12/aqa-...
AQA Conversation really not working
At our latest ALL in the East meeting (scroll down for previous meetings on this ALL page ), we discussed the implications of the AQA marks...
whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Did you teach your pupils to say
"I like French more than Spanish and German"
You had better go back and teach them to say,
"I don't like Spanish. I don't like German. I like French."
Because for AQA that second answer is two hole bands higher.
whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/12/aqa-...
"I like French more than Spanish and German"
You had better go back and teach them to say,
"I don't like Spanish. I don't like German. I like French."
Because for AQA that second answer is two hole bands higher.
whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/12/aqa-...
The text book has a page on après avoir fini mes études and we encouraged pupils to think about similar utterances to use on other topics. Turns out it would penalise them in the exam because it doesn't contain a conjugated verb so it isn't a clause.
Now we have to tell them not to use it?
Now we have to tell them not to use it?
February 2, 2026 at 6:03 AM
The text book has a page on après avoir fini mes études and we encouraged pupils to think about similar utterances to use on other topics. Turns out it would penalise them in the exam because it doesn't contain a conjugated verb so it isn't a clause.
Now we have to tell them not to use it?
Now we have to tell them not to use it?
For AQA, this is a BOTTOM band answer.
"To improve my Spanish, after finishing school but before going to Uni, I would like to travel, maybe to Mexico rather than going to Spain."
Yes, I concocted it. But this is stuff we are supposed to teach.
whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/12/aqa-...
"To improve my Spanish, after finishing school but before going to Uni, I would like to travel, maybe to Mexico rather than going to Spain."
Yes, I concocted it. But this is stuff we are supposed to teach.
whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/12/aqa-...
AQA Conversation really not working
At our latest ALL in the East meeting (scroll down for previous meetings on this ALL page ), we discussed the implications of the AQA marks...
whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:54 AM
For AQA, this is a BOTTOM band answer.
"To improve my Spanish, after finishing school but before going to Uni, I would like to travel, maybe to Mexico rather than going to Spain."
Yes, I concocted it. But this is stuff we are supposed to teach.
whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/12/aqa-...
"To improve my Spanish, after finishing school but before going to Uni, I would like to travel, maybe to Mexico rather than going to Spain."
Yes, I concocted it. But this is stuff we are supposed to teach.
whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/12/aqa-...
I can see more than two already.
February 2, 2026 at 5:37 AM
I can see more than two already.
The problem with the way AQA mark the exam is that pupils are penalised for using things that are on the spec and we are meant to be teaching.
Do NOT let them use "después de + infinitive". It doesn't count as a clause and drops them a band.
whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/12/aqa-...
Do NOT let them use "después de + infinitive". It doesn't count as a clause and drops them a band.
whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/12/aqa-...
AQA Conversation really not working
At our latest ALL in the East meeting (scroll down for previous meetings on this ALL page ), we discussed the implications of the AQA marks...
whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:12 AM
The problem with the way AQA mark the exam is that pupils are penalised for using things that are on the spec and we are meant to be teaching.
Do NOT let them use "después de + infinitive". It doesn't count as a clause and drops them a band.
whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/12/aqa-...
Do NOT let them use "después de + infinitive". It doesn't count as a clause and drops them a band.
whoteacheslanguages.blogspot.com/2025/12/aqa-...
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Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
AI ruins another song.
February 1, 2026 at 9:02 PM
AI ruins another song.
What does this even mean!
February 1, 2026 at 8:45 PM
What does this even mean!