In the USA, they are coming to the end of Teacher Appreciation Week. Sounds like a good thing to do - appreciate your teachers!!
There are so many of my teachers that I'd like to meet up with again and say thank you. In particular my French teachers and Mrs Martinez who started me on the road to learning Spanish! They really inspired!!
I discovered that it was Teacher Appreciation Week when I was on Facebook and saw a post on Sue Pexton's page. Sue is a great friend and is also one of the Iberian Seminar Presenters and is based in Lleida.
I clicked on the Definitions and went to the Facebook page of Weareteachers and found a video from Google.
I thought this was also worth sharing - to give myself and yourselves a pat on the back, but also because it's one of those videos that you could show in class and stop after 1 minute
and ask students what the person does for a living. It seems like it's going to be an astronaut, but we discover it's a teacher.
And I had a quick look at the Weareteachers website and am definitely going to bookmark it because there are lots of resources there.
In my previous post, I wrote about the upcoming Cordoba Cambridge Experience.
I asked Katie to share her 'experience' of the Cambridge Experiences! You can see Katie in action in the photo below:
What did the events cover?
Both Cambridge Experiences included a useful variety of ideas, both theoretical and practical, for teachers.
In Madrid there were workshops on speaking skills, reading and writing activies and pronunciation.
In Cordoba the workshops focused on vocabulary games, reading and writing activiites and general teaching skills.
What did you think of the venues where the Cambridge Experiences took place?
They both took place in ideal settings: the Hotel Silken Puerta America in Madrid with it's extraordinary architecture and interior design and the beautiful Jardin Botanico in Cordoba.
The participants enjoyed their extended coffee break to look at CUP and exam materials while enjoying the curiosities of the Silken hotel and the fresh air and sunshine in the Botanic Gardens.
What do you think people will take away with them from these Experiences?
The raffle which included kindles and trips to Spas was also a popular part of the Experience.
Audience participation was good and contacts and opinions were exchanged.
I think a productive and pleasant time was had by all!
Katie is a member of the Cambridge English Language Assessment Iberian team of seminar presenters.
Other members of the team who have also taken part in the Cambridge Experiences this year are Tom Wogan, Idália Luz and Adriana Real. Thanks to all of them for their ideas and enthusiasm!
For more impressions of this and the other 2014 Cambridge Experiences, click on the links below!
