Suzanne Torres
has worked in ELT for 21 years. She has been a teacher and teacher trainer in the UK, Germany, Spain and Ecuador; a Young Learner Coordinator for the British Council, Quito; an advisor...
Talking about Oxford Splash with Mari Carmen Ocete
Mari Carmen Ocete
I’ve been teaching English since 1984. From 1984-1996, I taught children from 11 to 16. In 1996, I moved down to Primary. I started teaching children in Infantil in 1998, before...
Top Tips - Encouraging Reading!
In the April issue we asked teachers: How do you encourage your students to read in and out of the classroom? Here are some of the answers we received alongside some additional ideas. Do you want to participate...
Los Estilos de Aprendizaje
Es importante transmitir a los más pequeños la idea de que aprender otro idioma es algo lúdico y divertido. Mostrar una actitud positiva hacia el proceso de aprendizaje es indispensable para que avancen....
The Power of Introverts
In today’s society being outgoing and have an active social life is something that is highly valued and well looked upon. For introverts this can be complicated and difficult at times. In this moving...
NY Times Article: The Benefits of Bilingualism
In this interesting article from the New York Times entitled “Why Bilinguals are Smarter”, Yudhijit Bhattacharjeea, who is a staff writer at Science, discusses the multifaceted benefits of speaking...
Drama with Young Learners: Big Blue Fish, Small Red Fish
This activity, taken from the OUP Resource Book for Teachers: Drama with Children by Sarah Phillips. Children love listening to stories and they also need to move and participate....in this activity, they...
The Power of Routine - Part 2 - Classroom Management Tricks that Work with Young Learners
Weronika Sałandyk
graduated from the English Department at the Silesian University. She worked as a teacher and a teacher trainer in a private language school. At the moment she is working in a private...
Keeping Them on Their Toes
Anyone who has worked with young learners is well aware of how active children can be. As children have lots of extra energy and tend to have shorter attention spans than older learners, it is important...
Transport
CLIL Activity – Primary 2
HOW DO YOU COME TO SCHOOL?
Introduction
Games are an excellent way to take a break from the standard material used in the classroom. Games make class time more fun and interesting...