I would like to start this post with a Giovanni Saratori’s quote: ‘The vision of the cinema/ film is in the eye of the beholder’. As this week we have been dealing with the topic of using films in the Primary’s class (Literature Project with films), it occurred to me to speak about the use […]
Read MoreHi wonders! During the previous weeks the class has been working on a specific feature related to Aladdin’s film. We had to create a workshop for 9 years old students from Daoiz y Velarde School (Alcalá de Henares). Our group chose the Cave of Wonders scene when Aladdin enters to the cave of wonders and […]
Read MoreThis week I’m reading ‘Literature in Language Education’ a book written by Geoff Hall, an assistant editor of Language and Literature who talks about the practical guidance on how literature might be carried out in the classroom. It is being an inspirational book which is giving me more ideas and it makes me reflect on […]
Read More‘If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all’. ‘I wrote when I didn’t know life. Now that I do know the meaning of life, I have no more to write. Life cannot be written, life can only be lived’. These great quotes […]
Read MoreAlong this week we have been working in class with many reading resources for literature that we can use in our future career as English/ bilingual teachers: Jazz chants, finger plays, storytelling, us as readers (reading map)… And I would like to talk about this issue because when I was in the library and […]
Read MoreOn this week in class we were dealing with Nursery Rhymes. These are songs written as poems structures for pre-school children (from 2 to 6 years old) and normally expressed through movements originated in Great Britain from the 18th and 19th Century. They are used in every daily classroom of the English speaking countries and […]
Read MoreHi! I am Beatriz Sandoval, a student of 4th year Primary Teacher Degree (English Specialization) at Centro Universitario Cardenal Cisneros. This blog is aimed at dealing with Children’s literature in English or English as a foreign language. You will find activities, resources, reflections about teaching English for a Primary Education classroom. I hope you find […]
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