Nathalie Paris

I am a languages teacher: I teach French and Spanish weekly in 3 primary schools. What do I do with the rest of my week? I DRIVE A MOBILE FRENCH LIBRARY BUS! On it, children in schools or members of the public can take part in storytelling sessions. Alternatively, they may (at a reasonable cost) borrow French books or authentic French resources . Some Spanish and some German stories are also available. Do you want to instill a love of languages, books and stories like I do? I can help you!
I have as a result become a French children's picture books specialist; I choose a story every week, write a blog on it and publish it on my website. Some of those books I also talk about in my vlogs on my YouTube channel. The blogs and vlogs include ideas on how teachers and parents can exploit the chosen story with their pupils and children. I have written some blogs on Spanish and German books too.
As I love helping and working with people, I enjoy speaking at conferences and delivering training to languages teachers; I have had extensive experience in this, particularly over the past 4 years. In order to reach and support even more practitioners, in March 2018 I launched my own podcast, Each monthly episode is a nugget of about 10-20 minutes of sharing classroom experiences and tips.

I have been exploring how I can use my work to raise awareness of gender stereotyping in picture books and in education in general. More on this to come soon.

There is something else a little unusual about me: as a qualified FA coach, I also visit schools to run football coaching sessions in French; I have done Spanish too.

To summarise, I aim to inspire and support children, school staff and parents as they embark on a long and happy language learning journey together... a journey full of stories!!