Painting the class green

We’re on holiday this week (plus lots and lots of A to Z preparations are going on for all the blogs!) hence the silence but I wanted to tell you what a day we had for St Patrick’s Day.

Will it surprise you when I tell you…

…what this blog’s theme is gonna be in April?

Pronunciation – to correct or not?

Fluency and accuracy in language learning is like chicken and egg in folk tales: no-one can decide which comes first but it doesn’t stop them from arguing.

So which approach should the classes follow?

Games in class: yes or no?

The grown-up opinion about learning vs playing seems to be in a forever shift. Some curriculums plan and expect them, others just want to get through the insane amount of information children are required absorb, and others yet only accept games that have some educational outcomes. What’s your take on that?

April, madness, what have I done?

I don’t know if it comes through but I’m forever the optimist. During planning. I can make you inspiring, creative, detailed plans. In colour.

Teacher versus tears…

This is one of the few areas where I’ve a disadvantage compared to those of my colleagues who have children on their own: tears scare me.

Uphill on rollerskates

That’s how teaching feels some (most) days.

Comical

Just a quick one coz we’re in the middle of those *** mid-term evaluations. l will defo take this to my B2 class. But I think you’ll enjoy it too 😉

Source: ArcaMax

 

 

Fire drill

My colleagues were strangely animated in our little kitchen, I was curious before I heard what it was about. Then I got even more curious: a fire drill! I’ve never done that as a teacher! I will actually have to lead people, and worse, little people. How will it go?