Free storytelling book for English language teachers

by David | Books, Learning, Starter, Stories, Training

For many years, The British Council has produced a comprehensive handbook on storytelling for Primary English Language Teachers. While it is directed at teaching Young Learners, there are a few ideas in the book that are valuable for teaching very young learners and...

Fanning the inner flame

by David | Learning, Schools, Video

    This video really spoke to me when I saw it a while back, not as an advertisement for Montessori, but as a proxy for what happens at many...

On teaching very young learners 1,000 words per year

by David | Learning

When I first started reading books about teaching English to Very Young Learners, I came across an interesting idea. Why is it that one teacher can teach a very young learner 100 words in a year, and another 1,000 words? I was very clear about what kind of teacher I...

Learning through observations

by David | Learning, Tips

I once asked a mentor teacher, what he thought the difference was between an average and a great teachers. His considered response was: “Great teachers have some idea of what is possible, and so they don’t give up after something they’ve tried...

Myth: Teaching kindergarten English is easy

by David | Learning

Years ago, I was visiting a dentist that a good friend had recommended to me. I knew that he spent a lot of time trying to find the very best practitioners for his own use, so I was excited to try his recommendation. The dentists practice itself was impeccably...

Ideas for using flashcards

by David | Games, Learning

  Here’s a video with some great ideas for using flash cards in the classroom. Its presented by Carol Read, a leading author of teaching English to Young Learners. I’ve noticed a lot of teachers at my school use PowerPoint for introducing new...