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Tuesday, 26 January 2016
Tuesday, 19 January 2016
Knock English students meet Cinderello!
As you all know, on Thursday 28th January the students of Knock English will meet Cinderello, a boy in desperate need of their help, through an engaging interactive performance in English.
The play is about the predicament of this poor boy, bullied by his awful sisters and stepmother and lurching from one adventure to the other.
Given that the play is performed entirely in English, the cognitive and language benefits are so many it is hard to know where to begin.
First of all, part of the performance is interactive, meaning that the audience will be participating as well, rather than passively watching the play. This, in turn, translates into rigorous speaking practice and development of communication skills along with the listening skills.
Secondly, by exposing children to an English-speaking environment other than that of the classroom, we can achieve our two-fold purpose. Varying our teaching approaches and constantly providing our classes with diverse stimuli and learning opportunities helps us cater to any differences in our pupils' learning styles (kinesthetic, visual, auditory, etc). What's more, we believe that kids will have the chance to reinforce past knowledge while at the same time being introduced to new vocabulary and language structures more naturally - learning without realising it!
But this school trip's purpose goes far beyond language instruction, since an additional goal of ours is to help students also grow as persons and provide them with a well-rounded education.
By following Cinderello's story, children will learn first-hand about how we can muster the courage and strength to face our problems or fears head-on, thus overcoming all obstacles that come our way. We are confident that the morale of the story will be immediately internalised by students, and better yet, reflected in their lives later on.
Don't miss it!
The play is about the predicament of this poor boy, bullied by his awful sisters and stepmother and lurching from one adventure to the other.
Given that the play is performed entirely in English, the cognitive and language benefits are so many it is hard to know where to begin.
First of all, part of the performance is interactive, meaning that the audience will be participating as well, rather than passively watching the play. This, in turn, translates into rigorous speaking practice and development of communication skills along with the listening skills.
Secondly, by exposing children to an English-speaking environment other than that of the classroom, we can achieve our two-fold purpose. Varying our teaching approaches and constantly providing our classes with diverse stimuli and learning opportunities helps us cater to any differences in our pupils' learning styles (kinesthetic, visual, auditory, etc). What's more, we believe that kids will have the chance to reinforce past knowledge while at the same time being introduced to new vocabulary and language structures more naturally - learning without realising it!
But this school trip's purpose goes far beyond language instruction, since an additional goal of ours is to help students also grow as persons and provide them with a well-rounded education.
By following Cinderello's story, children will learn first-hand about how we can muster the courage and strength to face our problems or fears head-on, thus overcoming all obstacles that come our way. We are confident that the morale of the story will be immediately internalised by students, and better yet, reflected in their lives later on.
Don't miss it!
Friday, 8 January 2016
Our Digital School Magazine - December 2015
Our first-ever digital school magazine (December 2015) is finally ready! You can find it published at http://issuu.com/knockenglish/docs/knock_english_-_school_magazine__de . Or you can just click on the image below.
Tuesday, 22 December 2015
Christmas in the UK - Our Poster
Our goal this month was to introduce pupils to some key vocabulary and a few fun facts about how Christmas is celebrated in the UK. What better way to achieve this than by decorating our classroom with a related poster!
This way, students not only get to expand their vocabulary through visual prompts, but they also familiarise themselves with the British customs and traditions associated with this special celebration.
This way, students not only get to expand their vocabulary through visual prompts, but they also familiarise themselves with the British customs and traditions associated with this special celebration.
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| Did you know...? Click to enlarge. |
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| Labelled pictures. |
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| British history, customs and traditions in relation to Christmas. Click to enlarge. |
Making a Nativity scene with our Prejuniors
In one of our last lessons with Prejunior just before the school breaks up for Christmas, we decided to teach our young learners some Christmas vocabulary in a more experiential way - through craft-making.
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| Watching a video on the whiteboard while making crafts. |
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| Colouring parts of the Nativity scene. |
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| Working quietly in pairs. |
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| Snapshot of our craft: the three Magi offering their gifts to baby Jesus. |
Tuesday, 15 December 2015
My Phobia of the Dark, by Jim
I have a phobia and it is the phobia of the dark.
Sometimes when I'm in the dark I imagine monsters under my bed or I hear scary noises. Yes, I know. This is not true, but sometimes I feel it's true. On the other hand, in our mind we do whatever we want. We can fly or lift a building. But I have a big problem. A huge problem, because I cannot sleep or go out at night, it looks like I'm in jail. I must beat my phobia no matter what!
The next day I go to the computer and all day long I watch scary films but then I imagine all the monsters in the film. I go to my room and close the doors and the windows. But the monsters open the door and come inside my bedroom. I say "please, don't eat me." But the monsters don't listen to me. I freeze for two seconds and then I say: you are all figments of my imagination. "Go away or I'm going to smack you down. All the monsters go away and now I can sleep without monsters, zombies or ghosts. Because all this is in my imagination.
Sometimes when I'm in the dark I imagine monsters under my bed or I hear scary noises. Yes, I know. This is not true, but sometimes I feel it's true. On the other hand, in our mind we do whatever we want. We can fly or lift a building. But I have a big problem. A huge problem, because I cannot sleep or go out at night, it looks like I'm in jail. I must beat my phobia no matter what!
The next day I go to the computer and all day long I watch scary films but then I imagine all the monsters in the film. I go to my room and close the doors and the windows. But the monsters open the door and come inside my bedroom. I say "please, don't eat me." But the monsters don't listen to me. I freeze for two seconds and then I say: you are all figments of my imagination. "Go away or I'm going to smack you down. All the monsters go away and now I can sleep without monsters, zombies or ghosts. Because all this is in my imagination.
The Broken Mirror, by Marios
One day when Mr. LOL woke up and went to comb his hair, the mirror fell down and broke. Mr. LOL thought that he was going to have bad luck for seven years. After that, he went out for a walk. Suddenly, he stumbled on a rope and fell down. All the people laughed at him. He woke up and continued his walk to his best friend. He knocked on the door. When he opened the door a bucket with water landed on his head. After that, he got back to his home, but he remembered that it was the 1st of April. And finally it wasn't the broken mirror to blame.
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