Tag Archives: France
A New Home for the “Education in Literature Collection”
Until recently, the Education in Literature Collection was shelved at one end of the Library Teaching Room on Level 4. However, whilst it is still on the same level, the books and DVDs that comprise the collection have found a … Continue reading
Posted in Library and Archives
Tagged Australia, autobiography, browsing, Canada, China, Classics, crime, DVDs, Education in Literature Collection, english sub-titles, foreign language films, France, genre, Germany, humour, India, leisure, novels, plays, reading for pleasure, Social Area, Spain, UK, USA
2 Comments
Music education in feature films
Music’s place on the school curriculum can be uncertain. However it is a subject which can inspire strong passions in teachers and pupils. This is portrayed in several DVDs in the Education in Literature Collection. Music of the Heart (1999) … Continue reading
Posted in Education in Literature Collection, Library, Library and Archives
Tagged Blue and Gold Marching Machine, Britten, choirs, choral music, David Bowie, Drama teachers, drumming, DVDs, education, England, feature films, France, French, Handel, Harlem, jazz, music, music teachers, New York High School for the Performing Arts, North Carolina A & T State University, Opus 118, orchestral music, pupils, Roberta Guaspari, Rock music, schools, Tallis, teenage musical, teenagers, The Tempest, trumpet, USA, violin, Wes Craven
Leave a comment
Films for Francophiles
The Education in Literature Collection contains a number of films in French with English subtitles. Older favourites by classic directors are represented by Pocket Money (L’argent de poche) directed by Francois Truffaut and Au revoir les enfants directed by Louis … Continue reading
Reading aloud as a way of learning a language
At the Newsam Library’s first ever reading aloud session on World Book Day, IOE lecturer Sam Duncan listed, from her initial research, many occasions on which reading aloud still forms part of our culture, amongst them family life. Yes, it certainly forms part … Continue reading
Newsam News 