The BBC have put up an article showing how the new UK government aim of giving every primary school child the chance to learn a foreign language is getting on: More primaries teaching languages There isn’t much new in the report, but it does reflect the situation in many other countries. If you know any…

The fairy stories I put on the site last year have become quite popular with teachers wanting to brush up their English whilst reading something they enjoy. The interactive dictionary (where you hover over a word to get a translation) is probably what makes it work. The next step of course is to actually hear…

I got the new PEPY newsletter today with a nice link to some lesson plans about Cambodia. They look good for Junior or Senior High and are a great way to support the work PEPY are doing.

Now FREE with the Teachers’ Set! When I used to travel around I’d often hear teachers saying things like “I don’t use …. song, because I don’t know how to teach it”. If you just play the song, it can be pretty boring (well, still better than most kids songs, but not that exciting). But…