It was 2002 and Britney Spears sang on the MTV channel “I’m not a girl, not yet a woman’’. I was 12 years old and couldn’t relate more. Now, flashing forward, many years later, and there I was trying to…
Culture
THE PURPOSE OF CIRCLE TIME AND HOW IT BENEFITS STUDENTS
Circle Time is a moment that happens every day in Early Childhood Education. But many teachers wonder how to make it more enjoyable and meaningful for students. Circle Time: why and what for First, we need to understand why and…
SHARING EXPERIENCES FROM ENHANCING CULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM
Some years ago I wondered why I started to feel uneasy when students addressed me as “teacher” in the classroom. Whether it is down to the fact that I’m married to an English/Irish speaking man or to the fact that…
LANGUAGE TRIPTYCH AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO LESSON PLANNING
There is a certain apprehension when we first see the words “Language Triptych” written together. At least for me it was something scary, maybe it would be another one of those topics that I would struggle to understand. With a…
CLIL: PRACTICAL TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE LESSON DELIVERY (PART 2)
The acronym CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) was coined by David Marsh in 1994 (Mehisto et al, 2010). As its name suggests, it refers to the teaching of language and the teaching of content (curricular subjects such as Science…
CLIL: PRACTICAL TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE LESSON DELIVERY (PART 1)
The acronym CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) was coined by David Marsh in 1994 (Mehisto et al, 2010). As its name suggests, it refers to the teaching of language and the teaching of content (curricular subjects such as Science…
BRINGING REALIA TO OUR CLASSROOM
Realia are objects and materials of our daily use that we bring to the classroom to teach a certain concept or content. Iva Pozega (2020) says that “it refers to real materials teachers can use to illustrate a lesson, to…
21ST CENTURY COMPETENCIES: ARE STUDENTS READY FOR THE MODERN WORLD?
The world of information and communication has changed. If you are over thirty years old, most likely you have been forced to migrate into a place in which there is much less time needed to find and share knowledge; a…
