Sep 25, 2023Teaching for the IO or teaching with the IO?By Dr. Anna Androulaki-Woodcock, AA Educational Consultancy, Wiltshire, United Kingdom The IB Internal Assessment (IA) feedback has...
Sep 1, 2023What Are English Teachers For?By David Jepson, TASIS The American School in England, Thorpe, United Kingdom Introduction: The Role of English Teachers I used to love...
Apr 18, 2023The IB English Guys: An Origin Story By David Giles and Andrew Cohen, IB English Guys, Bangkok, Thailand It all started with a late-night phone call. I woke up with a start....
Sep 17, 2022Individual Oral (IO) Recommendations for IB students By Brad Philpot, Philpot Education, Frankfurt, Germany May 2022 was a unique exam session for students taking their International...
Dec 20, 2021WHEN TEACHERS WRITE By Xu Xi, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts I’ve been writing stories and essays since I was a child in Hong Kong of...
Dec 20, 2021Beyond the Supernatural: Decadent Pedagogy and The Picture of Dorian GrayBy Alice Condé and Jessica Gossling, Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom Decadence is like syphilis: you either get it or...
Jun 27, 2021 ‘WHO’S THERE?’By Adrian Tilley ‘Who’s there?’ is the first line of ‘Hamlet’. It sums up what I was doing when I embarked on the career of English...
Apr 7, 2021Food: The Perfect Literary Ingredient By Ann Neary, Staples High School, Westport, Connecticut Manju bun. The Wizard Bakery in the story sells a "forget-me-not" manju. I am,...
Feb 7, 2021Youth Journalism International on the FrontlinesBy Jackie Majerus-Collins, Youth Journalism International, Auburn, Maine, USA Youth Journalism International is quite possibly the best...
Sep 12, 2020Teaching on the Road: Lessons from Covid-19On January 23, 2020, I boarded a plane to Vietnam from China, thinking I was embarking on a lovely eight-day holiday for our Chinese New...