Walk into almost any English-language classroom and you’ll encounter a mix of students with a range of abilities, interests, learning styles and English levels. It can be very challenging, then, for teachers to provide their students with the individualized support and instruction they need to learn best while also moving the whole class and curriculum… Read more
While most teachers are now more confident teaching with technology and online, many teachers are still reporting that student motivation remains a challenge. In this interactive webinar, I explore the concept of motivation and highlights the importance of shifting away from teachers motivating learners to student-generated motivation and found ways to ignite the fire from within. Read more
For teachers of Young Learners I was invited by Macmillan Education to speak about enhancing Learner Autonomy, a key skills for successful learning, in August 2020 when we all returned to our ‘new normal’ classrooms for the year… Back to school or not back to school, that seems to be the question in these challenging… Read more
Most teens are more digitally literate then we will ever be, so don’t get hung up on overloading your teens with the latest cutting-edge apps and tools whilst teaching online. Engaging teens online is not all about technology… If you want to read more about my 4Cs, check out this link on OneStopEnglish for my… Read more
This webinar series was organised by Macmillan Education to celebrate Women in Education on March the 8th, International Womens’ Day, 2019. In this webinar I talk about how we can make learning more aligned with our brain’s learning preferences and how students’ learning can be enhanced. How we teach in the language classroom is often… Read more
In this webinar for MacmIllan Education, from March 2020, I talk about the challenges of reading. And as you might know… our human brains are not hard-wired for reading which means that the only way to develop our reading habit and become an effective reader is through reading, reading and reading! I explores the ins… Read more
As you might know, reading is one of my favourite past times but if you ask me how I got taught how to read and enjoy it… I have no idea! However, as I have mentioned before reading is an unnatural skill for our brain and needs explicit instructions. In this webinar for Macmillan International… Read more
In this webinar for Macmillan International Curriculum, October 2018, I talk about the importance of developing children’s vocabulary to make their learning-to-read journey more enjoyable and explore how we can further develop learners’ vocabulary skills through reading. Read more
Reading isn’t easy… and learning to read is even harder! We often forget the effort it took us to start reading fluently. In this I talk about some practical tips in implementing Guided Reading into the primary classroom using “Connect and Talk about Texts” resources from Macmillan to show you some examples. Read more