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Frank Mc Girr

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Founder of http://vhsteacher.com | ELT. Movies should be the central component on all language courses. #esl #efl #tesol

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Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · Nov 22

Hello, Bluesky! Glad to be here!.Here’s my first post—or is it a “skeet”? 😊
I use feature-length movies with adult learners to make language learning more immersive, engaging, and effective.
I focus on how films—both as language tools and as works of art—can transform classrooms.

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Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · 1h

No relation. We’re mostly found in Tyrone, Donegal , Scotland, parts of US and Aus

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McGirr - Wikipedia

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Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · 5h

@willdalrymple.bsky.social 's epic series, Empire is worth a listen.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...

On Apple TV try The Studio

Get well soon!

236. The Great Famine: The Blight Strikes Ireland (Ep 1)

Podcast Episode · Empire · 03/11/2025 · 38m

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Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · 2d

He’s set a high bar winning the title in his first ever year in the Premier league when not many people expected that. ( did Mourinho manage that?) Jota‘s death has probably also affected everyone more than is being let on

Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · 3d

Loosing players of the calibre of Alexander-Arnold,Jarell Quansah, Caoimhin Kelleher, Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez, Harvey Elliott, Konstantinos Tsimikas, Tyler Morton,Nat Phillips and of course the tragic loss of Diogo Jota, is going to destabilise any club.

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Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · 4d

Polanski‘s speech begins approx at 20mins

www.youtube.com/live/TZx9Vng...

Leader's Speech - Zack Polanski at Green Party Conference 2025

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales

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Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · 5d

Congratulations 👏

I use feature length films as a central tool for language learning in the ESL/EFL classroom. Students are provided with film guides in advance - key dialogue and vocabulary - and take part in paired discussions after each movie. This week movie? —Good Night, and Good Luck.

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Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · 9d

This week's movie at The English Language Film Club 🎬

Set at the peak of McCarthyism, the movie highlights the importance of standing up to liars and bullies,and serves as a reminder of the crucial role journalists/news organisations play in healthy democracies.

#EnglishFilmClub #ESL #TESOL #ELT

Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · 15d

And even with "insurance" this life saving cancer drug ( 25 cent to produce) costs $1,000

www.propublica.org/article/revl...

The Price of Remission: This Cancer Drug Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.

When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...

www.propublica.org

Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · 18d

Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · 19d

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social has an article in today’s Guardian highlighting how citizen journalism is flowering and could become an alternative against "the propaganda of power"

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I have now been a journalist for 40 years. The forces ranged against my profession have never been so powerful | George Monbiot

Once, I believed that humanity’s problem was an information deficit. Now, I know you can’t speak truth to power if power controls your words, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · 21d

More of the usual suspects here

bsky.app/profile/ones...

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 21d

Look who came with

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Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · 21d

Con science

Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · 21d

..but fortunately keep scoring … for now

Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · 22d

The river was cut by the world’s great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.”

RIP Redford Redford

Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · 22d

But when I’m alone in the half light of the canyon, all existence seems to fade to a being with my soul and memories, and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a fish will rise. Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.

Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · 22d

I’m always moved by Robert Redford’s heartfelt narration of Norman Maclean’s "A River Runs Through It", especially the final fly-fishing scene:

“Now, nearly all those I loved and did not understand in my youth are dead, even Jessie. But I still reach out to them.

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Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · 23d

Learning German on an "Integrationskurs" a classmate,from South America, interpreted "zum Beispiel" (for example) as "Tumba Spiel" and asked the teacher if she played the tumba

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Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · 24d

Needs an introduction to the shimmering beauty of silver halides

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A black and white photograph ( possibly a self portrait) of Ansel Adams—a renowned American landscape photographer and environmentalist, famous for his black-and-white images of the American West, particularly Yosemite National Park.

Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · 24d

Was that in relation to modern movies, like Roma, or the entire history of cinema?

Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · 26d

An image of a person‘s bent arm with their left hand holding/ forcing their right thumb against their right forearm. This is sometimes referred to as being double-jointed, but in reality it is the ability to stretch the joint past the range available to most individuals

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Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · 26d

With you apart from the Early Grey. 🤮 Someone wrote "It’s like drinking a bouquet of flowers" English Breakfast, or better still, Ostfriesentee

Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · 29d

And both conveniently get Mandelson and others of the front pages

Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · Sep 8

@yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social

ProPublica @propublica.org · Sep 8

Cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling pharmaceutical products of all time, with total sales of over $100 billion.

It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.

(Published May 2025)

The Price of Remission: This Cancer Drug Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.

www.propublica.org

Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · Sep 7

Try this

www.amazon.de/Song-Of-Gran...

Song Of Granite [DVD] [2018]: Amazon.de: DVD & Blu-ray

Amazon.de - Kaufen Sie Song Of Granite günstig ein. Qualifizierte Bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. Sie finden Rezensionen und Details zu einer vielseitigen Blu-ray- und DVD-Auswahl – neu und g...

www.amazon.de

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Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · Sep 4

Well done, Hugh Bonneville. Guess we’ll see less live interviews in future