zen kyu maestro... teacher in Spain

• How to Keep Them Quiet...? Guaranteed. 2 years ago  This is an extract from Cucarachas or Cucuruchos: An English Teacher's Spanish Dilemma (2019) available from Amazon.Finally, finally, finally (or,¡por fin! as a Spaniard would say) I’ve found the Holy Grail: a fool-proof way of keeping my class quiet. And I do mean, absolutely silent. Why...
• The Perils of the Infant Playground... 2 years ago This is an extract from 'Cucarachas or Cucuruchos: An English Teacher's Spanish Dilemma', a year-in-my-life teaching Spanish primary children, in English, in Spain. What could possibly go wrong? You'll find another free sample on Amazon.An infant teacher’s away today so I’m doing her playtime...
• Yo Me Vacuno Seguro 2 years ago You might find these three health education videos (from the Spanish Ministerio de Sanidad) useful for your students to translate:Vera EnfermeraJuan JubiladoSonía VirólogaIf you like the blog, why not read the eBooks? Zen Kyu Maestro: An English Teacher's Spanish Adventure, (Monday Books)...
• What About All Those Long Holidays...? 2 years ago An extract from Cucarachas or Cucuruchos: An English Teacher's Spanish Dilemma. Free sample chapter available HERETEACHING HAS ITS DOWNSIDES: one of the biggest always occurs when people find out what you do. Very few blurt it out immediately. They beat about the bush, asking you which subject you...
• Hey, Macarena - the Only Way to Teach the Times Tables... 3 years ago  This is an extract from Zen Kyu Maestro: An English Teacher's Spanish Adventure, Monday Books, 2013, available from Amazon.I CLICK THE ‘PLAY’ button on my laptop and my maths lesson is shattered by the chugging drumbeat and incessant bass line of an MP3 file I downloaded a couple of years...

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