…Asuncion, Paraguay I spent the third year of my degree doing a British Council assistantship. Normally language assistants go to a primary or secondary school and work with teachers to supplement the English programmes at the school. In my case, and that of the other three students who were on the same programme as me, [...]
This morning my students spent over an hour discussing and debating their opinions of what a Utopia should be like. All of this was prompted by a single page from the Total English Intermediate teacher’s book. On page 124 of the teacher’s book there is a list of rules about a possible Utopia, designed to [...]
As if two blogs weren’t enough I set up ‘Independent English‘ for students, with the aim of giving them ideas to help them practise English at home. I plan to post roughly once a week, with each post being a step-by-step guide which they can work through alone or with a teacher. If I have [...]
This activity came to me when I was trying to think of something for a stand-alone lesson on a Monday morning before new students joined our B1 Intermediate class. For a sudden idea, it worked surprisingly well, so I thought I would share it with you. It’s based on the game ‘Consequences’. Each person writes one or [...]
Just a quick post to let you know that my Motivation Stations post from last week is this month’s featured post on the British Council Teaching English page. Thanks to everyone who supports my blog. I’d love to know how it goes if you choose to use the materials in your class
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