Edward Mills

Category: Lecteur

  • Spare me the ‘lecteur’ – Part 4

    Spare me the ‘lecteur’ – Part 4

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    Edward Mills
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    We finished last week’s blog, in time-honoured fashion, with a classic French-style problématique. As the start of the academic year drew nearer, I was facing the tricky question of how to engage students who were taking my medievalism course, as well as asking myself whether it was even possible to teach modern English using medieval…

  • Spare me the ‘lecteur’ – Part 3

    Spare me the ‘lecteur’ – Part 3

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    Edward Mills
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    If you’ve been following this blog from the outset (thank you!), you’ll likely know there things about me: (a) I like second-person asides; (b) I have an irrational attachment to colons and semicolons; and (c) I never stop talking about my time spent this year working as a lecteur d’anglais at the ENS de Lyon. Today,…

  • Spare me the ‘lecteur’ – Part 2

    Spare me the ‘lecteur’ – Part 2

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    If you joined me in my last post for my introduction to lecteur-ing, you’ll be aware that I promised to talk today about the specific modules that I taught at the ENS. A caveat: I certainly don’t claim to be an expert in English language teaching, nor was I the most effective at this task…

  • Spare me the ‘lecteur’ – Part 1

    Spare me the ‘lecteur’ – Part 1

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    Edward Mills
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    I’m writing this on the bus into Oxford, as I get ready to start work once again. I’m very fortunate to have a summer job tutoring French students who are undertaking classes préparatoires, preparing for the concours to get into the grandes écoles such as the ENS and polytechnique. Having started this work last year…