Experiences of a teacher of English : creativity, adolescents

1010. Young people just can be great!

Fernando Díez Gallego — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 09:54:00 GMT

Teacher B said to teacher A, “Youth is the age of ideals. Youngsters are not conformists: they wish to change the world. We teachers should take advantage of this to propose to them big and small things: to visit an old marriage that nobody cares of,...(read more)

973. They are like locomotives

Fernando Díez Gallego — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:03:00 GMT

One day teacher A said to teacher B, “It’s just essential the students take the reins of the horse of their process of learning English or any other language. In that way, they’ll be the protagonists of that process. One possible way – you can do it in...(read more)

951. Helping become better people

Fernando Díez Gallego — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:42:00 GMT

One day teacher of English A said to teacher of English B, “Sometimes I think that we teachers – and firstly the family – should help the kid become a better person more than helping him to work better. If we aid the kid to become a better person, he...(read more)

515. They scored high and here they are

Fernando M Díez Gallego — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:56:00 GMT

One day teacher of English B said to teacher of English A, “We need fortitude to teach classes of English. It’s simpler you decide what to do and how to carry it out, say for example an exercise or activity. It’s harder to make them engage their brains...(read more)

455. Wow!

Fernando M Díez Gallego — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:48:00 GMT

One day teacher of English A said to teacher of English B, “Children become adolescents when they realize that they can think with their own ideas and views. They start to have intimacy. This period of life is one of great ideals, about themselves and...(read more)

445. Practicing themselves how to pilot learning a language

Fernando M Díez Gallego — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:46:00 GMT

One day teacher of English B said to teacher of English A, “You can consult with your students some aspects of the conducting of the class, so as to make them more aware of their work and learning. As well, by doing so you give them responsibility for...(read more)

399. Creating a story

Fernando M Díez Gallego — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:45:00 GMT

One day teacher B said to teacher A, "I'm glad, ya know?, because my elder daughter has told me she has begun to write a book, a novel. I like the idea. One person who decides to write a book, well, or a story, a shorter story, sounds great, you know?...(read more)

377. Capable of great ideals

Fernando M Díez Gallego — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:13:00 GMT

I translate an inspiring quotation for your treatment with your teens. "Adolescence is the age of great challenges and also of great failures; the age of victories and also of defeats. The point is this age be the one of striving." By C. Burke. I read...(read more)

371. A happy couple

Fernando M Díez Gallego — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:12:00 GMT

One day teacher A said to teacher B, "We'll encounter many rather old people who say it's a lost battle, for them, to still learn English. As a matter of fact, old people have some inner 'crystilized' habits that hinder from the learning process. And...(read more)