Spot it! Where can you use it?
Posted on06 May 2017
Last weekend at APPI in Lisbon, as teachers came in to attend my Spot it! Cambridge English: Young Learners session, they were... Read More
Tips for Key, Preliminary, First, Advanced & Proficiency Listening Part 1 – Multiple choice tasks
Posted on29 Apr 2017
Today I’m going to share tips for Multiple choice tasks in this, my first post on Tips for Listening. I have just given... Read More
Positive feelings and inspiring words doodles
Posted on03 Apr 2017
I’m working on the theme of positive feelings in my preparation of teacher training modules right now, and was inspired to create... Read More
Inspiration clouds
Posted on02 Apr 2017
Back home after flying through Dublin airport, where these inspiration clouds inspired me! I thought I’d share the positivity and suggest that... Read More
How do you ‘experience’ the word?
Posted on01 Apr 2017
Today, I thought I’d share an activity which can give our students (and we, the teacher) some insights into how they ‘experience’... Read More
Can you spot it? Cambridge webinar
Posted on03 Mar 2017
Enjoy my webinar: Can you spot it? You can watch the recording of the webinar here: Can you spot it?: Encouraging observation... Read More
Cambridge: A2 Key (for Schools) Part 5 -Taking it (several) steps further
Posted on06 Feb 2017
Today, I’m going to share some activities for taking a gap fill text from Part 5 Key/Key for Schools and using it... Read More
Cambridge English: Preliminary Writing task: Padlet prompt
Posted on30 Jan 2017
Today, I’m sharing a very quick activity to generate ideas and content for a Cambridge English: Preliminary writing task. I’m trying to... Read More
Resources for Cambridge English: Advanced
Posted on20 Jan 2017
I thought I’d share the list of resources I’ve put together for preparing students for Cambridge English: Advanced. I shared many of... Read More
Get your students to bring English into the classroom
Posted on11 Dec 2016
English is all around. Certainly here in Spain. Walk into any big clothes shop, and you’ll find English on the front of... Read More