Successful Learning

BBC Learning English

Words in the News
A German pensioner has finally sampled a tin of food which was given to him over six decades ago. Words in the News: 6 February...
Express English
What do you associate with the colour red? Hear what people in London told us, then join the conversation! Express English: 6 February 2012
Europe's cold snap
The death toll from the ongoing cold snap in Central and Eastern Europe has risen to more than 100. Words in the News: 3 February...
Calendar 2012: Colours
Mushroom, calendar, Russia, february
London's booming Theatreland
London's theatres are one of the city's biggest tourist draws and new figures show that audiences swelled by over three percent in 2011. 2nd February...

Successful Learning

I enjoy so many different aspects of teaching: interacting with students & seeing them interact with each other, preparing lessons and predicting what questions will come up, seeing a student ‘getting it,’ the period when a timid student finally begins to lose some inhibitions and trust her/himself. Of course the real sense of achievement comes with the positive feedback - hearing from a student, “Hey, it worked! They understood me!” Here are a few of my favorites stories:

I had been playing Hide & Seek Vocabulary with a 7

A somewhat older adult student confided to me

Adult students will occasionally bring English correspondence with them to lessons -

I had been working with three 6 year olds for a short time.

Tips

kontrollieren = check, test

control = steuern, zügeln