April 21st 2020 We are living the exceptional circumstances of a global pandemic. We have all been placed on lockdown and must follow our lessons online.The current topic «Every day routines and [...]
EXAM PRACTICE Mediation written task to practice Note-taking. Inspired by www.thewayexperience.es CONTEXT A student asks his/her private English tutor for help on a school assignment. [...]
Written Mediation task to practice Translation and Note-taking to commemorate Ms FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE’s birthdate (activity created during the state of alarm 2020 which can be redesigned [...]
I wonder if this is happening to my colleague teachers. I keep thinking about a suitable way to close up this very atypical school year which started in the [...]
Only just a little note before we start to share this story with my readers: June 2012 marked the beginning of a new era for students at Official Schools of Languages in Andalucia as new [...]
For a speaking activity to work well a good «active» Listener is required. Take, for instance, group discussions, trialogues or dialogues. It is the case that sometimes the person you are talking [...]
This activity serves different purposes. Here is a «First day at school» proposal. The same dynamics have been used in my class to revise and check banks of vocabulary and it works very well too. [...]
Gran got me started When I was at college I used to spend marvellous summers in the UK, the country I fell in love with when I was learning their language. Among the million things I liked to [...]
Extracurricular activities can be excellent opportunities for students to learn foreign languages in less formal contexts. It is common practice to organise end-of-course meals or celebrations as [...]
