by Michelle | Feb 7, 2023 | inquiry-based learning, Learner-centred approaches
Did curiosity kill the cat? I hope not. And, if we’re being sensible, no student will be harmed from being curious in the classroom! We all know that young children have endless curiosity. They bombard us with questions: What? Where? How? and of course, Why? But...
by Michelle | Dec 14, 2022 | inquiry-based learning
Are you looking for something different to do with your primary students in the last few lessons before we break up for the holidays? You may have read my post earlier this week about inquiry-based learning and want to give it a try in a low-stakes environment. If so,...
by Michelle | Dec 13, 2022 | inquiry-based learning, Learner-centred approaches, Uncategorized
I know you’ve probably been asking yourself this question. You may have seen me posting about “inquiry” resource packs on social media recently and wondered what I was talking about. Hopefully, this post is going to help you understand what inquiry-based learning is...
by Michelle | Dec 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: the ELT classroom is designed for neurotypical students. Controversial? Perhaps. But a lot of what we do in the classroom seems to be geared towards more extroverted, social students under the guise of communicative...
by Michelle | Sep 11, 2022 | News
If you’ve known me for a while, you will probably know me as either a young learner teacher or a materials writer. I have been teaching English since 1999 (yes, that’s how old I am!) and I continued teaching full-time until 2016. I was already writing...
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