Recently, in my Elementary class, we played a language game. It probably has an official name but let’s just call it the ‘Story Game’. The aim was to revise vocabulary we’d been learning that week, but it could work equally well at a party or in a pub, preferably after a few pints or whatever tickles your fancy – a strange idiom which just means ‘whatever you prefer’. As you’ve probably realised by now, English is full of strange idioms, perhaps because England is full of strange people! (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.
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Last Friday, students and staff said a sad farewell to Elaine Jones, one of our teachers. She taught her final lessons at Kings that morning. In addition to teaching, Elaine organised the social programme and accompanied students on numerous ‘Culture Club’ trips to London. Elaine is well-known for her super-enthusiastic personality, out of proportion with her small stature and many will remember her catchphrase “Hel-loooo” as she entered the classroom to announce her activities.
To send her off and wish her well, staff and partners enjoyed some delicious tapas and several bottles of red wine at ‘El Molino’ – a local Spanish restaurant. She will be sadly missed, but we wish her all the best for the future. What are her plans for the future? “A few weeks of holiday, no hurryâ€, she said…lucky girl!
