Harriet Fletcher

I prefer to use methods such as suggestopedia to create an engaging environment to interest students in language learning. Utilising art such as films, theatre and poetry is effective in developing vocabulary, therefore I attempt to incorporate these crafts into my teaching. For example, while teaching in Malaysia my class and I wrote a choral speaking poem. We then spent time rehearsing it and performed it for other schoolmates to watch.

I use tasks and assessments to measure the progress of pupils. For example, when studying speaking I may incorporate writing and have the students with a script or role play and later perform it. Given that English grammar can be difficult I tend to focus on this with more proficient students. This is to ovoid overcorrection hindering my students. I want my students to appreciate the communicative pleasures of understanding a foreign language first!