zen kyu maestro... teacher in Spain

• How a Jar of Clams Nearly Ended my Career... 6 months ago An extract from Cucarachas or Cucuruchos? An English Teacher's Spanish Dilemma. Details below.There’s quite a crowd surrounding Manuel as he bustles into the classroom this morning. What’s he got today? As usual, all the excited babble is in Spanish. I ease myself into a position to see above...
• A Load of Rubbish? Is there anything more pointless than trying to understand collective nouns? 5 months ago    Did you know that the collective noun for rats is a 'mischief'? I remember learning loads of collective nouns when I was at school. Learning collective nouns (as they’re called) used to be an essential part of a good education, once upon a time. (As was Latin, learning how to use a slide...
• Cucarachas or Cucuruchos? An English Teacher's Spanish Dilemma - Extract 1 year ago We're a couple of weeks away from publication (eBook and paperback this time) and a number of you have requested a sneak peek. So here's the artwork and a tale from chapter 8: the day I had to cover in the infant playground.An infant teacher’s away today so I’m doing her playtime duty. I...
• Correfoc: Magdalena Fiesta 2019 1 year ago If you like the blog, why not read the eBook? Zen Kyu Maestro: An English Teacher's Spanish Adventure, (Monday Books) available from Amazon. A year in the life of an English teacher, teaching a class of lively Spanish seven-year-olds, in English, in Spain.What could possiobly go wrong?“The...
• Correfoc Burriana Fallas 2019 1 year ago If you like the blog, why not read the eBook? Zen Kyu Maestro: An English Teacher's Spanish Adventure, (Monday Books) available from Amazon. A year in the life of an English teacher, teaching a class of lively Spanish seven-year-olds, in English, in Spain.What could possiobly go wrong?“The...

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