Monday, 2 November 2009

Visit to the Rio Tinto Mines (Huelva)


Visit to the fascinating Rio Tinto Mines.

Friday, 23 October 2009

OUP Day - Sofia, Bulgaria



In Sofia for a couple of days. OUP Day organised by Milena Kostova and Rumiana Savova who took great care of Jules, Sarah, Gareth and I :) Teachers were very participative and the staff from OUP and Bookhouse were wonderful :)
Some useful links:
Writing article Kate Ruttle
Early Literacy website

Wednesday, 7 October 2009

CLIL in Secondary School - Ponferrada


CLIL course in Ponferrada at IES Alvaro de MendaƱa. Classes on Canada with ESO students in the morning and sessions with CLIL teachers and English teachers in the afternoon :) Everyone worked very hard!! Thanks to Vicente for his perseverance getting the course up and running and to Javier for his support from the CFIE.

Friday, 18 September 2009

Turkey - September 2009

An 'Incredible English' and 'Storytelling' tour (Izmir, Istanbul, Ankara). Great evening 'out on the town' with trainers and folks from OUP/Istek :)
Some useful sites for teachers:
- Closure Activities
- Effective Storytelling
- Online stories from British Council
- Online stories from BBC
- Storyline - some really nice stories read online
- Incredible English site (sign up free and get access to info)

Monday, 7 September 2009

Preparing for PAU Exams

Some articles and sites that might be useful for Bachillerato teachers :) Click on the links to open the pages.
Criterias PAU Andalucia
Reading Comprehension Texts (some are not appropriate for Bachillerato, but some are useful)
Reading Strategies
Intensive Reading: What's Wrong?
Paragraph Writing
Vocabulary Building Tips
Strategies for Developing Reading Skills

Sunday, 30 August 2009

Back from the Medulas

Week long trip around Spain with visit to the MEDULAS (just south of Ponferrada). The Medulas was one of the most important gold mines in the Roman Empire and is an interesting place to visit :) Lovely night in AldeaDuero en route home :)

Wednesday, 8 July 2009

Brazil July 2009




Brazil tour was WONDERFUL. Started off in Salvador da Bahia which was great :) Muito obrigada to Patricia, Ana Carla and the organisers of the ACBEU conference. Fantastic groups in Porto Alegre for the OTA course and it was wonderful working with Nancy Lake, Tim Ward and the local OUP team! The course in Recife ran smooothly and the groups were really participative :) Eduardo took Tim Herdon and I on a great tour of Olinda and out for 'acaraje' :) The groups in Rio were fantastic...very active teachers with excellent ideas! Lovely dinner one night by the sea at the foot of Sugarloaf mountain with Carlos and incredible night life and samba in Lapa with Janaina!!! Last day in Rio fantastic day in Urca, Santa Teresa, Boto do Fogo (Samba concert) and Lapa with my friend Andre :)

Some links that might be useful:
Education Oasis Graphic Organizers
About Learning: 4MAT
General information on Tetramap

How to do free-writing (and how to use free-writing as a pre-writing task)
Word Shapes Activities (from ABC Teach) (Holistic word recognition)

Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Key Competences for Lifelong Learning

Here are some websites that might be useful if you'd like to find out more about the KEY COMPETENCES FOR LIFELONG LEARNING.

Basic Framework for Key Competences (in PDF format)
Definition of Key Competences (in PDF format)
Key Competences in the Spanish Education System (from OUP Spain)

Sunday, 28 June 2009

CLIL Course in Mallorca




Wonderful couple of days working with primary and secondary teachers in Palma. Thanks to Aina and Montse for all their help and support :) Great 'cocas' last class and really enjoyed working with Patti, Tim and Kevin. I hope that the CLIL songs from class are a big hit with students :)

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Masters in Bilingual Education, UPO, Seville (2009-2010)

Information regarding the Masters in Bilingual Education being offered for the 2nd year at the University of Pablo Olavide in Seville. There is also an on-line version of the course. For more information click here.

Thursday, 4 June 2009

Communication Activities for CLIL Classes

A couple of pages of easy to set up and carry out activities to encourage communication in CLIL classes. Click HERE for worksheets.

Monday, 1 June 2009

Resources for CLIL Classes (Seville area)

Looking for material and resources for CLIL classes? Get in touch with Aurora on 629 840 478 (Seville). Subjects include: Music - Biology - Business - Chemistry - Design - Geography - History - ICT - Maths - Physics - Religion - Ethics - General Science

Thursday, 28 May 2009

CiefP Santander - May 2009

Wonderful couple of days staying near the 'Sardinero' and working with enthusiastic teachers on the PALE programme. Special thanks to Javier Barbero and to Veronica for her great 'Memory Game Maker' suggestion :)

Sunday, 24 May 2009

Switzerland (Bern and Zurich) May 2009


Wonderful couple of days in Switzerland :) Workshops for primary teachers on Saturday with Mary Slattery and 'bear' (for more info, click HERE)!! Thanks to Jayne and Jennifer and, of course, to the teachers who were very active and participative :)

Monday, 18 May 2009

Five Senses Worksheets


A set of ready made worksheets on the FIVE SENSES for the primary school classroom. Click HERE to view the document on Scribd.

Tuesday, 5 May 2009

CLIL Course in Aldeaduero - May 2009



Bell International and the Junta de Castilla-Leon are hosting the CLIL course in Aldeaduero :) Great group and beautiful location :) Click HERE to see a short video from the course. If you'd like to hear the 'Chaparrita' song click here.

Tuesday, 28 April 2009

Back in Egypt - April 2009


Back in Egypt (Alexandria and Cairo) talking to teachers about
First Friends :)

Friday, 10 April 2009

OUP Day - Kusadasi, Turkey


Weekend event with Dede and Ken Wilson at beautiful hotel :) Thanks to Ipek and her team and to the teachers for their active participation :)

Wednesday, 1 April 2009

SAFA Course 2009


Congratulations to everyone for all their hard work and thanks to Jeff and Mabel for their help during the session!

Tuesday, 31 March 2009

Online Picture Dictionaries

The following online picture dictionaries might be useful for EFL or CLIL classes.

- Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary (with audio)
- The Visual Dictionary
- Internet Picture Dictionary (in American English)
- Picture Dictionary (with pictures and definitions)

Tuesday, 24 March 2009

Online Colouring Page


Jens sent a link for a fun and easy colouring page for young learners. Go to http://thecolor.com/ There are lots of different topics and ideas :)

Wednesday, 11 March 2009

Slovenia - March 2009


Wonderful 'road trip' training tour around Slovenia with Irena. Off to IATEFL Slovenia on Friday :)

Sunday, 1 March 2009

Poland 2009



Wonderful trip around Poland :) Thanks to Ewa P. , Ewa R. and the OUP teams for being such great 'hosts' :)
(Visited Szczecin, Koszalin, Olsztyn, Gdansk, Sopot, Torun, Bydgosczcz, Warsaw, Lublin, Rzeszow and Krakow)

Thursday, 5 February 2009

Graded Non-Fiction Sites

Here are a couple of pages from Pearson which feature graded non-fiction information for Maths, PE, Science and History. There are also games and quizzes :)
FACT MONSTER
INFOPLEASE

Saturday, 31 January 2009

EGYPT January 2009 - AUC Conference and School Visits


Magnificent week in Egypt!!! Many thanks to Hassan and his team for taking such great care of me and for organising things so well!

Wednesday, 21 January 2009

Talks and Workshops 2009

  • CEP Lebrija - "Project Work and CLIL", "Stories for CLIL" - Lebrija/Utrera (November 2009)
  • BULGARIA (Sofia) - "Language and Literacy for Little Ones" (OUP Day) (October 2009)
  • CFIE Ponferrada - "CLIL in Secondary School" with teachers and students from IES Alvaro de MedaƱa. (October 2009)
  • TURKEY (Izmir, Istanbul (ISTEK/TED), Ankara) Incredible English and Story Fun with Little Ones (September 2009)
  • Pre-Universitaria (Sevilla) - Preparing for PAU Exams (September/November 2009)
  • OTA Brazil (Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro) (July 2009)
  • Brazil - ACBEU Conference, Salvador da Bahia (july 2009)
  • CPR Mallorca - CLIL course (20 hours) - team taught with Patti Trimborn and Tim Herdon (June 2009)
  • CPR Santander - "Getting them Going with Grammar Games", "Practical Ideas for CLIL" (6 hours) (May 2009)
  • Switzerland (Bern) "Bringing the Real World into the Classroom", "Great Minds Don't Think Alike" - (May 2009)
  • OUP Spain (Valencia) - "Suprisingly Easy Cross-Curricular Activities", (May 2009)
  • OUP Spain (Madrid) - "ICT for CLIL", "Practical Activities for CLIL", (May 2009)
  • BELL INTERNATIONAL (Aldeaduero, Spain) "CLIL for Primary Teachers" (20 hours) (May 2009)
  • EGYPT (Alexandria and Cairo) "Phonics" and "Literacy" (April 2009)
  • TURKEY (OUP ELT DAY, Kusadasi) "Storytelling" (April 2009)
  • UPO (Universidad de Pablo Olavide) - visiting professor on Masters in Bilingual Education Programme (online course and 'face to face' classes) - "Lesson Planning for CLIL" (12 hours) (March 2009)
  • SLOVENIA - "Happiness in the Classroom is....."; IATEFL: "Bringing the Real World into the Classroom". (March 2009)
  • POLAND - "Happiness in the Classroom is..." (February/March 2009)
  • EGYPT - AUC Conference (American University Cairo) and school visits. "Language and Literacy for Little Ones", "Friendly First Steps in English", "First Steps in Using Phonics" - Jan. 2009
  • CEP Sevilla - CLIL training course at CP San Jacinto - Jan. 2009
  • CEP Córdoba - CLIL training at IES Fidiana - Jan. 2009
  • SAFA Schools - In-house training for primary school teachers - January - March 2009

Monday, 19 January 2009

A couple of CLIL links

Music
Physics Powerpoints
Maths: sequences and series
Talking about Art
Physical Education
Technology

Thursday, 18 December 2008

Bilingual Education Blog


Edelvives have just started up their BILINGUAL LEARNING BLOG. Go to the left hand column and click on BILINGUAL LEARNING. The blog will feature practical ideas for the classroom alongside interviews, tips and other ideas and suggestions.

Saturday, 29 November 2008

Palma de Mallorca (CEP Manacor and Inca)

Thanks to Mabel and Victoria for organising everything and for providing SUCH great help and support! Great groups at both CEPs! Well done!
Here are some pre-school links that might come be useful:
First-School (activities, crafts, worksheets)
BBC (preschool websites)
Enchanted Learning (preschool section)
Preschool Express
Awards and Diplomas

Thursday, 20 November 2008

Back from the Philippines



Lovely trip to the Philippines :) Manila, Tagatay and Palawan (Puerto Princesa, Sabang, Coron). Delicious food, wonderful people, gorgeous place :) The only downfall was my run-in with a water buffalo and our days in the hospital in Manila! Much better now :)

Monday, 20 October 2008

Trip to Serbia


Wonderful training trip to Serbia! Congratulations to all the OTA 'graduates' :) Thank you Ljiljana...and Pele :)

Tuesday, 7 October 2008

Physical Education

Lesson Plans for PE classes.

Lesson Plans
and activities for PE warm ups (from TeAchnology)

Dance Lesson ideas (the four seasons)

Video with subtitles on Sports Injuries (from BBC)

Sunday, 5 October 2008

Carrera de la Mujer (Race to raise funds for breast cancer research)


Great race! Video of the event HERE.

Thursday, 2 October 2008

Internet Public Library


Visit this website provided by the Internet Public Library. Great links to activities for Art, Music, Health, Maths, Science and Computer Studies.

Friday, 5 September 2008

Clips for CLIL


Blog with links to video clips and worksheets for CLIL classes.

Monday, 1 September 2008

Turkey and Serbia (August 2008)


Series of workshops in Turkey and in Serbia. Lovely time in both places :) Thanks to OUP, ODTU and The English Book :)

Thursday, 14 August 2008

Physical Education Worksheets


Some simple PE worksheets on Scribd.

Wednesday, 13 August 2008

Project Work and CLIL

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: classes clil)

Monday, 11 August 2008

CLIL worksheets for Primary Maths


A set of very basic maths worksheets for primary school. Material posted on Scribd.

Friday, 8 August 2008

Bouncing on the Beach

video
A short video bouncing on the beach in Conil!

Saturday, 2 August 2008

CLIL Science worksheets for lower primary

A set of basic, hand-drawn worksheets that can be used the lower primary Science class. Materials in PDF format on SCRIBD. I hope they're useful :)
I have just added a 2nd set of worksheets --- click HERE to see new stuff.

Saturday, 12 July 2008

CLIL with Children



Article I wrote entitled CLIL with Children in Issue 57 of English Teaching Professional.

Tuesday, 8 July 2008

Ways Teachers can Use Computers


ELTA newsletter including an article I wrote on some ideas for using computers in class.

Friday, 4 July 2008

SAFA Summer School in Ubeda



Fantastic week with great students and wonderful 'social' events! Special thanks to Paco, Eva and JosƩ :) Very nice to meet and work with Aurora, Dani and the other trainers!
Click here to see VIDEO!!!

Webpages for participants:
- Colouring pages - Paint a Picture
- Make Music with Boohbah - British Council - songs with images and lyrics - Preschool Rainbow - Enchanted Learning

Wednesday, 18 June 2008

CLIL Course in CEP de Palma de Mallorca

Two days of CLIL training for teachers from the Balearic Islands :) Lovely visit, great teachers and organisers, perfect weather --- too good to be true! The course was team taught with Robert Quinn.

Thursday, 12 June 2008

Visit to Switzerland








Talks in Aarau with very active, participative teachers and organisers followed by a lovely evening in Zurich (trying to avoid football fans!)
For teachers from yesterday's sessions:
Portfolio for young learners (from Nacell/CILT)
Project 3rd edition competition webpage.

Sunday, 8 June 2008

Published Material for CLIL Classes


A quick list of books and resources --- on 'Scribd'

Monday, 2 June 2008

Canadian Film Festival in Asturias

Canadian Film Festival at the Centro de Interpretación del Cine en Asturias (CICA) in June. Conference: Canada: El Gran Desconocido on June 5th. Many thanks to María José :)

Thursday, 29 May 2008

Books




  • Cengage Learning Pedagogical Advisor for ESO (December 2008)
  • Go Ahead 3 (co-author Workbook (with Cristina Quincy, Robert Quinn and Marilyn Miller)), Stanley Publishing, 2008
  • My World 3 (Pedagogical Advisor for CLIL) Editorial Luis Vives (Edelvives) 2008
  • Projects Across the Curriculum (author), (photocopiable CLIL resources), Mary Glasgow Magazines/Scholastic, 2006 ISBN: 9781904720812
  • Hello Teddy, Teddy’s Train A y B Teacher’s Books, (collaborator), Oxford University Press, 2006
  • Super Summer and Simple Summer Workbooks, (co-author) (activity book and teacher’s notes), Richmond Publishing, Madrid, 2006
  • On-line resource material (activities for flashcards and readers) for secondary courses, Richmond Publishing, 2005
  • Storytellers 1, Storytellers 2, (co-author), Richmond Publishing, Madrid, 2004 (with Andrew Wright)
  • Teacher’s Book - Storytellers 1, (co-author), Richmond Publishing, Madrid, 2004
  • Zoom 1 (co-author), Zoom 5 (collaborator) and Zoom 1 Teacher’s Book (author), Richmond Publishing, Madrid, 2003
  • New Happy Days 3 and New Happy Days 4, (collaborator), Richmond Publishing, Madrid, 2001
  • Happy Days Small 1 and 2, (collaborator), Richmond Publishing, Madrid, 2000
  • Good Times 3 and Good Times 4, (collaborator),Richmond Publishing, Madrid, 1999
  • Resource Pack, Good Times 3, (collaborator), Richmond Publishing, 1999

Tuesday, 13 May 2008

CLIL Science for Primary (from OUP)

Oxford Science Content for Primary - 3 & 4 by Robert Quinn

Science Activity Books for the new LOE Conocimiento del Medio syllabus.
For cross-curricular and CLIL classes and for primary bilingual programmes.

Powerpoint Presentations for CLIL Primary Classes


Set of powerpoint presentations for CLIL primary classes (9 -13 year olds).

Tuesday, 6 May 2008

Seminar on Bilingual Education (Oviedo, Asturias)

"Seminario regional de apoyo a la enseñanza bilingüe" organised by the CPR in Oviedo. Thanks to Gilberto for a wonderful tour of the town and to Gregorio for his CD full of useful resources and information :)

Saturday, 19 April 2008

Holland 2008

Oxford Teacher Development Day in Utrecht :)
Fantastic, participative teachers and great venue.

Here are some websites from the ICT talk that might come in handy:

- Tutorial on how to start a BLOG (click on blog)
- Starting a blog using BLOGGER
- Headway web link worksheets with WEBQUESTS

- Cross-curricular WEQUESTS (and others)
- Business and ICT CARTOONS
- Powerpoints and slide shows from SLIDESHARE
- Tutorial for Windows MOVIE MAKER

Tuesday, 8 April 2008

Hungary 2008


Unforgettable trip to Hungary. Talks on Canadian Culture in VisegrƔd and VeszprƩm. Visits to Budapest, Szentendre and Lake Balaton. Many thanks to IATEFL Hungary, the Canadian Embassy, the University of VeszprƩm and Dorottya Szabo.
Watch the VIDEO of the trip (click on video)

Thursday, 20 March 2008

Russia 2008



Wonderful trip doing teacher training sessions in Voronezh, Rostov-On-Don, Krasnodar, Volgograd and Astrakhan :)

Thursday, 6 March 2008

Talks and Workshops 2008

  • CEP Sevilla - Course in Sevilla Este at CP Maestro JosĆ© Fuente - "CLIL and TIC for French Classes" - December 2008
  • CEP Manacor, CEP Inca (Palma de Mallorca) - "English for Preschool" (Storytelling, Songs, Assessment, Games) - November 2008
  • SERBIA - "Storytelling", "Classroom Management", "Assessment" - October 2008
  • CEP Sevilla - "ICT and CLIL for Young Learners" - October 2008
  • CPR Oviedo - Regional Seminar on Bilingual Education - "CLIL in 1st cycle" "CLIL in 1st ESO" - September 2008
  • SERBIA - "Discovering Grammar", "Developing Reading and Listening", "Integrated Skills" - August 2008
  • TURKEY (Istanbul, Ankara) "An Incredible English Year" - August 2008
  • SAFA SUMMER SCHOOL (Ubeda) 30 hour course for infant and primary school teachers - July 2008
  • CPR Palma de Mallorca - Regional Seminar on Bilingual Education - "Classroom Language and Management for CLIL", "ICT and Audio visual material for CLIL", "Games and Pairwork for CLIL" - June 2008
  • SWITZERLAND (Aarau) - "Meeting Our Needs Using Project" - June 2008
  • CICA (Gijon) - "Canada - The Great Unknown" - May 2008
  • CPR Oviedo - Regional Seminar on Bilingual Education - "Practial Activities for CLIL", "Fun and Games in CLIL" - May 2008
  • OUP Spain - Galicia (Santiago, Ourense) - "Making the Most of Stories" - April 2008
  • HOLLAND - Utrecht - "Hand in Hand: ICT and ELT", "Getting them Going with Grammar Games" - OUP - April 2008
  • OUP Spain - Madrid - "Surprisingly Easy Cross-Curricular Activities" - April 2008
  • HUNGARY (Visegrad; Veszprem) - "Catching Up on Canadian Culture" - April 2008 (in conjunction with IATEFL Hungary, The Canadian Embassy and the University of Veszprem)
  • RUSSIA (Voroneh, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, Volgograd, Astrahan) -"Ready to Read", "Trouble with Teens?", "Exam Success" - OUP/Reload - March 2008
  • SLOVENIA (Maribor; Bled) -"Great Minds DON'T Think Alike" (Differentiated Instruction in Secondary) - OUP - March 2008
  • CEP Castilleja de la Cuesta - "CLIL in Secondary" (January - February 2008) (team taught with Robert Quinn)
  • CEP Sevilla - "The Cat's got Their Tongue: Oral Communication in Bachillerato" (January - February 2008)

Slovenia (March 2008)

Teacher training in Maribor and Bled :) Lovely walks through Ljubjana.

Sunday, 2 March 2008

Powerskips on the Beach


Learning to jump using powerskips :)
See VIDEO

Friday, 22 February 2008

CLIL Material

CLIL Materials - Materiales de plurilingüismo Material from the the CEP de Seville website (handouts , powerpoints, ideas and suggestions). See: "Materiales" y "Materiales para CLIL (II)" by Nina :)

Wednesday, 13 February 2008

Some Useful Links (CLIL, English lessons etc.)

I hope these help :)

Monday, 11 February 2008

Powerskips and bike riding last weekend










See video on POWERSKIPS
See video on the BIKE RIDE

Wednesday, 30 January 2008

LinkedIn (Click here) and MATSDA


My profile on Linked In

and information on the MATSDA (The Materials Development Associaton) website.


Monday, 28 January 2008

Article: CLIL in the Primary Classroom


The future is CLIL and this article shows us some practical ways to incorporate the approach into young learner classes.
Published in NEW STANDPOINTS magazine (published by Mary Glasgow Magazines/Scholastic)
(January 2008 - ISBN: 1744-5582)

Rollerblading the 1/2 Marathon in Seville (CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO)

Sunday, 20 January 2008

Articles by Nina Lauder

  • "An Interview with Nina Lauder" (by Dolores Malic), IATEFL Slovenia Newsletter, Summer Issue 2009
  • "All Year English", Modern Teacher Magazine, Issue 18.1, January 2009 (Keyways Publishing Ltd.)
  • "Christmas Fun" and interview, Newletter: Movaian and Silesian Association of Teachers of English, autumn 2008.
  • "CLIL with Children", English Teaching Professional, Issue 57, July 2008 (Keyways Publishing Ltd.)
  • "Ways Teachers Can Use Computers", ELTA/British Council Newsletter, June 2008.

  • "Spring Fever: Content Based Activities for Springtime", The ETAS Journal, Volume 25, No. 2, Spring 2008 (ETAS: English Teachers Association Switzerland)

  • "CLIL in the Primary Classroom", New Standpoints, January 2008 (Mary Glasgow Magazines/Scholastic)
  • "CEFR in Primary" (Common European Framework of Reference); Oxford Teachers Club (online) (August 2007)
  • "Ten 5-Minute Activities to Keep Young ESL/EFL Learners on Their Toes"; Internet TESL Journal; Vol. XIII, No. 8 (August 2007) SEE: http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Lauder-ForYoungLearners.html
  • "CLIL in the Classroom", Oxford Primary Magazine (April 2007)
  • "To CLIL or not to CLIL", CETA Magazine (April 2007)
  • "Clarifying CLIL", Oxford Teacher's Club (January 2007) SEE: http://www.oup.com/elt/teachersclub/articles/clarifying_clil?cc=global
  • “Breaking Down Barriers”, APAC Quarterly Magazine (October 2006)
  • “Fun and Easy Halloween Activities”, Oxford Primary Magazine (September 2006)
  • “Intercultural Activities for the Primary Classroom”, TEAM Magazine, Tenerife SEE:http://teacanarias.org/team2/team2_42_lauder.pdf
  • “Content Based Christmas”, Richmond Times (December 2005)
  • “Starting Off on the Right Foot”, Richmond Times (September 2005)
  • “Breaking Down Barriers”, Richmond Times (Mayo 2005)
  • “Christmas Activities for Primary”, Richmond Times (December 2004)
  • Keeping Them on Their Toes”, Richmond Times (September 2004)
  • Puppets in Primary”, Richmond Times (April 2004)
  • "Great Games for Primary", Richmond Times (September 2003)
  • "Surviving the First Days of Primary", It's for Teachers, No. 5 (March 2003)

Sunday, 9 December 2007

Learning to powerskip...continued

video
Press play button to see me bouncing along :)

Monday, 26 November 2007

Christmas is Coming (click on pages to open link)

Tuesday, 13 November 2007

VideoJug (CLICK HERE to see experiment)

Go to the education section on Video Jug (www.videojug.com) and find a seletion of short clips on history, science, physics etc. For example, find out how to suck an egg into a bottle watching:
http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-suck-an-egg-into-a-bottle

Sunday, 11 November 2007

OUP DAY in BELGRADE
November 10th, 2007
(Tom Hutchinson, Clive Oxenden, Michael Swan)

Sunday, 4 November 2007

ELTA magazine (Serbia) - Interview CLICK HERE


Scroll down to:
A Day in Life of… Nina Lauder by Maja Hadžić
Nina Lauder talks about her "falling into" the teaching profession only to find out there's nothing more she could want.

Monday, 15 October 2007

More links...this time, for CLIL

History worksheets on the ROMANS (BBC)

Earth Science - go to Chapter resources - Worksheets on earthquakes, the solar system etc. (McGraw-Hill)

Map and compass activities for Physical Education or Geography

Article by Bill Bowler in New Standpoints Magazine ("The Rise and Rise of CLIL")

Never too late to learn something new

video
Learning how to use 'powerskips' in Seville
(press PLAY)

"Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow."
-- Anthony J. D'Angelo

Tuesday, 9 October 2007










Wednesday, 19 September 2007

Back to work after holidays in CANADA



Thursday, 30 August 2007

Nina In Action

video
Press the play button to see the slide show

Saturday, 21 July 2007

CLIL - Sample Page Downloads (Photocopiables) CLICK HERE


Click on link above. To see sample pages from JET: Projects Across the Curriculum click on BOOKS - ENGLISH BOOKS - PRIMARY then on the title of the book :)
ISBN: 9781904720812

Documents and Materials on-line CLICK HERE


Click on the link above to see CLIL material and powerpoints from the CEP in Seville. Look in RECURSOS - MATERIALES - Materiales de Plurilinguismo then click on the PDF file or powerpoint presentation.

Friday, 29 June 2007

Talks and Workshops 2007


  • CP Zawiya, Seville (January - March) "Materials Development for CLIL"
  • IES Fidiana, Cordoba (January - March) "Classroom Language and Activities for CLIL"
  • St. James School, Seville (January) "Integrated Skills" "Project Work"
  • Junta de Andalucia, Seville (January) "Practical Activities for CLIL"
  • APAC, Barcelona (February) "Content-Focused Material for the ELT Classroom" (sponsored by Mary Glasgow Magazines)
  • El Carmen, Cordoba (March - May) "Teaching English in Pre-school" (10 hours)
  • TESOL-Spain, San Sebastian (March) "Cross Curricular Resources for Primary and Secondary"
  • Oxford Teachers' Academy, CROATIA (March) "Trouble with Teens", "Dealing with Diversity", "Pick up your pens, and WRITE"
  • Oxford University Press Spain (March - May) "First Cycle: Everything you Need to Know", "Making the Most of Stories" (talks given in Seville, Madrid, Barcelona, Girona, Malaga, Caceres, Santander)
  • Junta de Castilla-La-Mancha, Alcazar de San Juan (March) "Practical Activities for CLIL"
  • ELEIN, Malaga (April) "Making Connections: Teaching and Learing Across the Curriculum"
  • Oxford Teachers' Academy, TURKEY (April) Plenary at TED International, "Making Connections"
  • GRETA, Granada (April) "CLIL in the Classroom"
  • CETA, Cordoba (May) "Projects Across the Curriculum"
  • Oxford Teachers' Academy, POLAND (May) "Making the Most of Pre-school"
  • Summer School in Soko Banja, SERBIA (July) "Making Memorization Fun and Easy", "Conversational Grammar", "Reading Awareness", "Trouble with Teens" "Practical Activities for CLIL"
  • Oxford Teacher's Academy - SERBIA (August) "Introduction to Teaching Young Learners", "Vocabulary and Dictionaries", "Speaking"
  • English Language Institute (September) "Making Connections"
  • CEP OSUNA (November) "Preschool and 1st cycle"
  • OUP DAY SERBIA (November) "Starting off well, finishing off well"
  • CEP CORDOBA (November) "CLIL and New Technologies in Secondary"
  • CEP CORDOBA (November) "English in 1st cycle Primary" (Active Learning, New Technologies, Stories)

Talks and Workshops 2006


  • English Language Institute, Tomares, Seville “Oral Communication”
  • CEP Gran Canaria (South) (January) “Oral Skills in Primary”
  • TEA, Tenerife (January) “Nature and Numbers”
  • Pearson-Longman (March) “Evaluation Techniques”
  • Summer School OUP/IH (July, Valladolid) ELT in Primary (20 hours)
  • Oxford University Press (March-December) conferences and talks on a national level (infants and primary)
  • CEP Córdoba (October), CLIL (primary and secondary) (30 hours)
  • CEP Cadiz (November) “Diversity in Primary”
  • ACEIA, Seville (November) “Trouble with Teens?”

Talks and Workshops 2005



  • TEA, Gran Canaria (January) “Skin Deep – The Changing Face of Spain
  • British Council (Madrid, Malaga, Valencia, Seville) “Breaking Down Barriers”
  • CEP Córdoba (March) “Culture and Internet”
  • CEP Tenerife (April) “Resources for Primary”
  • Richmond ‘Weekend’, Valencia (May) “Diversity in the Classroom”
  • GRETA, Granada (September) “Nature and Numbers”
  • IES Cabrera Pinto, Tenerife (September) “Speaking in Bachillerato”
  • TEFL International (October, December) “Games” and “Classroom Management”
  • Colegio Luther King,Tenerife (October) “Bilingual Education”
  • Saint James’ School, Seville (November) “CLIL Communication Games”
  • BLS Language School, Seville (November) “Classroom Management”

Tuesday, 24 April 2007


My first blog!


Mi primer blog!