Sunday, 30 August 2020

Languages are meant to be spoken – MFL verbal skills at KS3

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Earlier this year I wrote an article for Teach Secondary magazine about the importance of speaking in MFL. Sadly, due to some pandemic you m...
Monday, 20 July 2020

Zipi y Zape y la Isla del Capitán - studying a spanish film.

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At the end of each academic year, KS3 students at my school study a film. I've written about this before here (German) , here (Frenc...
Thursday, 2 July 2020

That's not George Clooney! a game for language students.

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Today I was watching Meet The Germans on dw.de. It is a cultural programme in English presented and written by Rachel Stewart . This is...
Sunday, 28 June 2020

Rows or Groups?

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Over the past few days on Twitter there has been a lot of discussion as to whether students learn best sitting in “traditional” rows or toge...
Monday, 17 February 2020

Battleships! From beginner to A Level.

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Hi there, it's been a while. I've been busy with a lot of other projects recently so I apologise for the lack of posts over the la...
Tuesday, 2 July 2019

7 Quick MFL Ideas to Boost Secondary Students’ Word Power

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This is an article I wrote for Teach Secondary magazine: 7 Quick MFL Ideas to Boost Secondary Students’ Word Power Enjoy. 
Saturday, 29 June 2019

Zipi 7 Zape y el club de la canica - teaching a Spanish film

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I'm not a Spanish specialist but, due to me obviously upsetting someone in a previous life and being cursed for all eternity, I currentl...