"Just continue to let your light shine. There's something about you that everybody will enjoy seeing… And I really just want them to remember that and to have fun." - Yolanda Turner, teacher at Sumner High School
The setting
It is lunch break at Hillsborough Sumner High School, and all the students have gathered in the school cafeteria to eat, relax...
Teaching in the 21st century classroom is not an easy task. Teachers juggle with a vast variety of sources, interactive tools, online resources and try to keep a balance between online and physical classrooms.
In teenagers’ classes I have been using project-based lessons in my school with considerable success. Project-based lessons or project-based...
For some teachers teaching teens can be a harrowing ordeal. Teens are sometimes perceived as angry adolescents, rebellious and difficult to motivate and manage. For me it is completely the opposite. I find it very fulfilling teaching teens who as an age group are more insightful, authentic, and self-assertive.
For me the first step when teaching...
A Heart to Heart about an Educator’s Role Today
“Doesn’t anyone know the answer to my question?” you gently sigh, as half your class simply ignores your presence. You desperately direct the question to a specific student - a last attempt at rectifying the uncomfortable predicament you find yourself in - receiving an answer which will only add salt to...
Teaching young learners is always demanding, but teenagers, especially, is one of the most challenging age groups to teach. This, of course, does not happen without reason.
As we all know, teens are at a phase of their lives when everything changes, both physically and mentally. They question things around them, they defy rules and regulations, they...
Introduction
Around the world, multilingualism is becoming increasingly prevalent. As a result, today's teenagers will likely live in more multilingual societies than previous generations. Puberty has been shown to be a second window of opportunity for language learning, as teenagers are malleable and responsive to corrective feedback. Project-based...
I have always believed that teaching language can mean nothing or something depending on how we use our power as educators not only to teach language, but also to make a difference in our students’ lives.
Art and Cinema have the power to transform our classrooms and make our lessons memorable and meaningful for our students.
Teaching with films and...
