The day before the next academic year kicks off, I’m thinking about the biggest challenge that faces me as a Head of Year this term:
Category: Speaking & Listening
My aims for next year (2019-20)
Every year, at the beginning of the summer break, I like to take the opportunity to reflect and outline my goals for the next academic
Guest post: Teaching our Languages #TeachingOurLanguages (by Graham Noble)
Graham Noble is a Grade 4-6 ESL teacher at Delia School of Canada but will be starting an English-Humanities position at Han Academy, Hong Kong,
Getting started with Flipgrid (now completely free!)
I briefly mentioned Flipgrid in my previous blog post and, since then, many teachers have been asking me about it. It deserves some elaboration and
Idioms and EAL: crossed wires or a piece of cake?
“An idiom (also called idiomatic expression) is an expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning conventionally understood by native speakers.” My English Pages
Using Pokémon Go to spark debate
This is now my third blog post about Pokémon Go. Like I have said before, I believe that it has a place in the classroom due