Well, so much for me saying in my last blog ‘hope the sun keeps shining as much as it has been this week!’ That put the dampers (many English expressions relate to our unpredictable weather patterns!) on any prospect of Easter sunshine – sorry about that. (more…)
Hello lovely readers, how are you all today? I’m shaking nervously to be honest. I have some bad news; I’ll be leaving in two weeks. Even though I’m going back to Switzerland for holidays, I won’t have time to write any further blogs because, when I get back I’ll be busy working and getting ready to go back to school at the same time. However, I’ve got some stuff to tell you before I leave. (more…)
I’ve been taking an English course at Kings London since January and have been learning a lot about the language. In my opinion, there are many similarities between English and German – my mother tongue. There are also differences, the main ones I can think of are, for example, the word order: in German, part of the verb often goes at the end of the sentence. Also, in German, every noun has a capital letter at the beginning, but in English that’s only for nouns which are the names of places, like London or Germany or The Alps! (more…)
It is always exciting waiting for a new student to arrive. We know their name, age and nationality and the rest is there for us to discover. Sometimes we get a bit of a surprise, like the French boy with a Spanish name who had been born in Korea! He had been adopted as a baby by a French/Spanish family. Occasionally, brothers or sisters of past students come to stay. That’s always gratifying as we know their sibling must have enjoyed their stay if they recommended us. (more…)
Snowball fight at Kings London
My name is Anthony and I’ve been a teacher at Kings London since 2007. Before that, I taught English for three and a half years in France, where my now wife, Mylene, comes from. I hail from Yorkshire (in the north of the UK) and have worked in quite a variety of jobs; I’ve been a chef in an Italian restaurant, a bookshop assistant, a campsite courier, an IT advisor and for 8 years, an adult social carer.
