A project about New Zealand

Cockroaches and Ladybugs: A project about New Zealand: This is a short project made with my pupils of Y4 about New Zealand (10 years old - primary esl). The final outcome consisted of a booklet w...

Differentiated Instruction and Bloom’s Taxonomy

Cockroaches and Ladybugs: Differentiated Instruction and Bloom’s Taxonomy: In our current curriculum, all students of ESL are expected to master a same level of proficiency in English language at the end of primary ...

Barcelona Linguistic Landscape

Cockroaches and Ladybugs: Barcelona Linguistic Landscape: Some days ago I read a post on Scott Thornbury's blog "An A-Z of ELT" about Linguistic Landscapes (which I really recommend you!). Thornbur...

Listenings for primary ESL/EFL classes

Listenings for primary ESL/EFL classes: For very young children, the main reason listening comprehension is difficult is that there are simply too many new and unfamiliar words. Ev...

Cockroaches and Ladybugs: A puppet show as an oral resource to exploit stori...

Cockroaches and Ladybugs: A puppet show as an oral resource to exploit stori...: As a teacher of English as a second language to very young children you know (of course!) the value of using stories in the classroom. They ...