Collaboration

Anti-bullying: Start at the Very Beginning

As a KiVa trainer in Spain, who trains teachers about how to implement the KiVa anti-bullying programme in their schools, I'm often asked...

Have you ever been put in a box?

The other day, when I was trawling the depths of the web for some new ideas to help my students work with the language of speculation, I...

The More We Get Together. An Interview with Carla Rocha.

Many of us are waiting for the chance to travel again. There are foreigners who haven’t seen their families in such a long time. And...

Popcorn! Boosting Group Dynamics and Creativity in the ELT Classroom

Dee dee dee dee…dee dee dee. Hum the start of "Popcorn," a 1972 hit for Amercian instrumental band, Hot Butter, and almost everyone over...

A school like no other: Gola the Toy Library in Teo (Galicia, NW Spain)

Have you ever heard of an English school with its very own … pig? Porky lives alongside a dog, rabbits and some chickens that hatched in...

EFL and Early Education Teachers: Powerful Project Partners!

I've been teaching young learners for a long time now, but in recent years there has been a significant shift in my approach after I...

What About this One? Finding the Right Picture Books by Ana Demitroff, with Fran Seftel

Teachers and parents face the same problem when they look for a book in English. There are so many factors to take into account:...

Memories in a Matchbox to Integrate Social Studies

Can you fit your life into a cigar box? Can you imagine leaving home forever, never to return? The Matchbox Diary by Paul Fleishman,...

C is for Collaboration. The Secret, Shared World of Teachers

Nestled between the great land masses of Algeria and Libya and what looks like a stone’s throw away from Italy is the country called...