Learn to count 1-10 in Spanish with Pacca Alpaca.
I’ve been working with Anamil Tech on Pacca Alpaca for a while now. The apps Pacca Alpaca and Pacca Alpaca Travel Playtime have proved very popular and are now available in English, Arabic, French,...
View ArticleEins zwei drei Tier / Tierbabys
On a recent flying visit to Switzerland I found myself in Orell Füssli at the airport and made a couple of purchases. Firstly I had a good rummage in the Pixi Bücher ‘bubble.’ (Should’ve taken a photo...
View ArticleGerman books from my holidays
I’ve just come back from a lovely holiday in Bayern during which I tried hard to use my German – with some success including a heated discussion with a woman in Königssee about passports and plenty of...
View ArticleUsing technology for collaboration #LW2018
This year at Language World I was invited to present some ideas for using technology for collaboration in language learning. I teach primary so the focus was on that age group but there are many...
View ArticleTechnology and stories at @chiuni MFL Conference 13.06.18
Sunny Bognor Regis! I was happy to be asked to present at the annual University of Chichester MFL Conference last week, and as I noted in a previous post, thoroughly enjoyed the positive and inspiring...
View ArticleA visit to Foyles
Yesterday I was in London for the annual ALL Council meeting, this year held at the Institute of Education. I deliberately set out early so that I could visit Foyles on Charing Cross Road as it now...
View ArticleTell me a story! – my session at #PracPed18
Thanks to Russel Tarr for capturing me telling a story! My session at #PracPed18 was entitled Tell me a story! You can find the Slideshare below. In it, I shared some ideas about the use of stories...
View ArticleSharing my books
The advantage of technology? When we moved to Switzerland seven years ago, I had no job and no idea if I’d need my large collection of books. We decided not to take them all with us in the first...
View ArticleSupporting learners’ understanding and enjoyment of stories in the primary...
Thanks for the photo Nathalie! It seems a long time since Language World 2019 (it is three weeks I guess) so I apologise for the delay in uploading my presentation here; I’ve had a few website issues....
View ArticleTake one book #PHOrum presentation
I was overjoyed to be asked to present at the inaugural PHOrum meeting for members of the Association for Language Learning last Wednesday evening (get well soon Susanne x). My presentation was...
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