About this site
I set up this website as an ongoing project so that I could share some of my lesson plans and ideas with other teachers. Content is divided into three main parts:
- A bank of lesson plans
- Articles
- A blog
The lesson plans and articles can be accessed by clicking on the tabs at the top of the page. All of the panels that run down the right hand side of the screen (i.e. Search, Recent Posts, Archives and Categories) are for navigating the blog entries.
About me
I’m an English teacher, teacher trainer and writer. I’m also an Associate Trainer at Norwich Institute for Language Education (NILE). My wise fortune cookie language teaching philosophy would be: Always consult your learner within. In other words, never stop asking yourself the question: If I was the student, would I enjoy and benefit from the sessions I give, classes I conduct, lessons I plan, materials I use and techniques I employ?
Hardly revolutionary, I know, and of course such personal reflection is limited in that it cannot take into account the fact that everyone learns in different ways. But, it may be the best thinking frame for any new teacher to get into while waiting for the help of Mr Experience and Mrs Intuition to come along. In any case, constant consultation with the inner learner will certainly allow us to see through the many obscure and unfounded perceptions of what we should and shouldn’t do in the language classroom.
Books
Images (Oxford University Press, Resource Books for Teachers series)
Other projects
www.teflclips.com (a site dedicated to the use of YouTube in teaching. A free lesson plan is posted every week).
Contact
jamie@jamiekeddie.com
