teachers

A new series by onestopenglish

We’re expanding our Teachers’ Zone online to include one additional lesson plan per month based on the current issue of Business Spotlight. Subscribers to Business Spotlight can download Business Spotlight lesson plans, a new monthly series created by onestopenglish.

Speed up!

In the UK, there’s a speed limit on the roads. There doesn’t seem to be one anywhere else. Everything has to happen fast — ideally at top speed. If it doesn't, we automatically feel we're wasting our time — or missing out on something more important.

Too old for what?

In many ways, I have had a lucky life. In particular, as a white British male, I have rarely experienced any overt form of negative discrimination. But at last I have become a member of a group that is often discriminated against.

offen, unverhohlen

Back to school

BRITAIN: Where have all the former bankers gone? In Britain, thousands are becoming teachers or school business-managers. Does this mark a change of heart?

Sinneswandel

Election fever

Four years ago I took three videotapes and one ballot to class. Our topic that evening was the presidential debates. Most of my students had never seen a presidential debate or an absentee ballot, so we had our work cut out for us.

The fun is over...

Three years of Kindergarten had flown by and here I was, buying flowers for my son's teachers on his last day. I told the florist I was looking forward to the four years at the new elementary school. “Geniessen ist jetzt vorbei!” she said. The fun was over?