by Olha Madylus | May 1, 2020 | All posts, Lower Secondary, Upper Secondary
Worlds apart It’s amazing how different an upper primary English class can be to a lower secondary class. Not only is there a lot more movement, songs and play in the primary class, there also seems much more time for extended tasks like projects. Secondary classes in...
by Sandy Millin | Apr 10, 2020 | Lower Secondary, Upper Secondary
At my school, as with many schools around the world, we have had to move all of our teaching online very quickly. As I write this, it’s not even one month since we all became Zoom beginners, but even so our teachers have experimented with all kinds of activities. Here...
by Ila Coimbra and James Taylor | Mar 6, 2020 | CPD, Lower Secondary, Upper Secondary
A learning environment inclusive of diverse teenage student identities, benefits everyone in the secondary English classroom. Research has shown that a lack of representation and social categorization is linked to bullying amongst teenagers, since students might...
by Troika | Feb 8, 2020 | CPD, Lower Secondary, Primary, Upper Secondary
In Brazil, there are 2.5 million teachers who teach 50 million students in 200,000 schools. This demonstrates the magnitude of the educational system. Therefore, we are not claiming that everything in this blog post reflects the reality of the whole country. However,...
by Sofia Leone | Nov 5, 2019 | All posts, CPD, Upper Secondary
For the past eight years, I have worked closely with upper secondary learners in southern Italy. It was clear from the outset that the only way I could make an ELT career work for me was if I could make it meaningful. After numerous conversations with teens over the...
