• Reading Strategies

    Reading Strategies

      It's Book Week! 📚 and this has given me the nudge to think about my favorite fun, low-prep, low-stakes reading activities. When looking for an effective reading strategy I...

    Reading Strategies

      It's Book Week! 📚 and this has given me the nudge to think about my favorite fun, low-prep, low-stakes reading activities. When looking for an effective reading strategy I...

  • Language Acquisition: 4 Key Elements When Providing Input

    Language Acquisition: 4 Key Elements When Provi...

    When I changed to a more proficiency-focused approach to language teaching, I concentrated on four key elements and noticed a significant shift in my students' engagement and competence, especially in...

    Language Acquisition: 4 Key Elements When Provi...

    When I changed to a more proficiency-focused approach to language teaching, I concentrated on four key elements and noticed a significant shift in my students' engagement and competence, especially in...

  • Love what you do

    Love what you do

    I wanted to share an experience which has given me pause for thought.  I’ve been teaching in the primary and secondary settings since 1990, and teaching Japanese in both settings...

    Love what you do

    I wanted to share an experience which has given me pause for thought.  I’ve been teaching in the primary and secondary settings since 1990, and teaching Japanese in both settings...

  • Well Hello Boris!

    Well Hello Boris!

    How cool is this?! This video of a Year 6 student independently reading 'Boris'. This is the Scaffolded Edition-it has some proper nouns in English which lightens the cognitive load...

    Well Hello Boris!

    How cool is this?! This video of a Year 6 student independently reading 'Boris'. This is the Scaffolded Edition-it has some proper nouns in English which lightens the cognitive load...

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