Inspiration and Motivaion – I once had a one-to-one student who literally started crying in class sometimes when she spoke English. She explained to me it was because she felt emotional and it took her back to her teenage years when she used to love going to her…
I am currently reading a charming book called The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George. It is about a French man called Monsieur Perdu, who runs a bookshop on a barge on the River Seine. His profession is more of a literary apothecary rather than a…
This month I have written a short story and prepared some activities that go with it for you to use with B2 level students onwards. The drawing was done by a good friend of mine called Maj-Lis Strunk. The story touches on immigrants and refugees motivating students to…
Have you asked yourself lately if you are challenging your students enough? Are you giving them opportunities to think for themselves, learn by doing and even make mistakes? After all, this is also part of the learning process.
In this blog post, I am going to reflect on…
Ed Sheeran, a 26-year old British singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer, is a huge success around the world. He is currently on his Divide tour and played recently in Curitiba, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Belo Horizonte. I went to his show last…
This month, I have written another short story with activities for English teachers to use with their advanced students. This illustration was drawn by a very talented young Brazilian artist called Gabriela de Campos Gonçalves. I hope both teachers and students find the…
In January, my blog post was about Flash Fiction, which can be defined as any fictional work from a few words to around one thousand. You may recall Ernest Hemingway´s six-word tale: “For Sale, Baby Shoes, Never Worn.”
This month, I have written a three-hundred-word…
Let me ask a question to English language teachers: Have you ever put yourself in your students´ shoes to really feel what it is like to learn another language? Some of you may know the numbers from 1 to 10 in German and others may not. If you do, can you remember how…
At the last count, there were almost 7.5 billion people in the world according to www.worldometers.info. Perhaps while you are reading this, that number has risen. Among us, there are Muslims, Christians, Hindus, atheists, red heads, brunettes, disabled people…
