I love using news articles to teach English. They are just so versatile to use and play around with. Need to use different methods to get my teaching message across though. As he’s dyslexic, I’m pretty impressed he is able to read most of the texts. Understanding the contents can come later. Achievement unlocked! He… Continue reading Learning Via News
Month: May 2017
Rome Is Not Built In A Day
What I’m going to write is solely on my own opinion and I make my stand as I have seen what I teach works through the years. I was sad that a parent dropped me like a hot potato after the 2nd lesson. Not sad about the ‘potato’ part, but sad that she had no… Continue reading Rome Is Not Built In A Day
By Leaps & Bounds
One of my P6 boys asked me to guess his compo marks and he looked very serious when he asked me. He’s usually the joker in class and when he said he was serious, it must be. So I made a guess. Each guess took me to guess higher till I got it. Well, I… Continue reading By Leaps & Bounds
Post Exam Activities
Did English writing using news articles and made the lesson less mundane after exams. I love using news to teach writing but need to encourage my charges to be involved. They do not have the habit of reading newspapers. My p6 boy had fun, although he complained about the messy black ink from the print.