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BE READY!
5 Luglio 2022

BE READY!

It might seam a bit old-fashioned, but my strong advice is to ALWAYS prepare a detailed lesson plan for each of your lessons. Ideally, with one or two extra activities in case of unexpected spare time. This is an example of my lesson plan for …

First reading
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Everybody learns better and more if the lesson is CAPTIVATING and FUN.
4 Luglio 2022

Everybody learns better and more if the lesson is CAPTIVATING and FUN.

As much as it’s possible, I keep to the rule that to learn something one must find it interesting or captivating in some way. I usually teach small kids, but occasionally also teenagers and adults. Of course the approach to the student changes with the …

First reading
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Worksheets and lesson plans
2 Luglio 2022

Worksheets and lesson plans

On clilteacher.altervista.org you find a lot of worksheets and lesson plans for teaching English as a second language. Also, and especially, for teaching GEOGRAPHY, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ART, MUSIC to kids in English as a second language.

First reading
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TOBY and I – first reading – English as a second language
25 Luglio 2022

TOBY and I – first reading – English as a second language

This whole past school year I have struggled between the desire to give my class (6-7 years old kids) the pleasure of reading in English, and between the unpleasant habit of the English words to be written in a different way than they are spoken. …

First reading
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