(image by Darwin Bell on Flickr) Fruit Salad. It’s a rubbish food, but a brilliant game. For those of you who were never drama students, Fruit Salad is a game similar to musical chairs. To play, you form a circle, … Continue reading
(Image by Kitsu on Flickr) Bladders relieved, we head into the lecture hall where the written and listening exams will take place and start to set up the room. There’s a feeling of lightness about today, which probably has … Continue reading
Image by Cindy47452 on Flickr It’s 6am. Even the local cockerel isn’t awake yet. The town is cloaked in mist and the car windscreen is covered in a heavy layer of dew. Alex and I climb in, bleary-eyed and … Continue reading
One of the cornerstones of EFL teaching is eliciting. Essentially, it’s all to do with trying to draw out the knowledge that students already have. This is for a couple of reasons. Firstly, there’s no point teaching something that they … Continue reading
I went away to boarding school just before my ninth birthday. I absolutely loved my prep school: we climbed trees, rode ponies and had midnight feasts, all in the beautiful surroundings of a Jacobean house in the Dorset countryside. It … Continue reading
(image by Lucian Teo on Flickr) In a change from teaching, today is a day of learning. Sadly, it’s a Saturday, and none of us are best pleased to have to be in school for 9am for a day of … Continue reading
(image by Hryck on Flickr) Songs are a fabulous teaching tool. The repetition of language is great for making words stick in students’ heads, and the fact that they’re listening to music makes them feel like they’re not learning. When I … Continue reading
(image by ehpien on Flickr) Thankfully, the train does indeed go to Lecce, as I have a lunch date to get to, with Tina, of Tina Tangos. There’s only one thing better than eating delicious food, and that’s sharing it … Continue reading
