Tag Archives: kids

A book review from a six year old

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Ceri Jones

[this post has been languishing in my drafts for some time … since the spring in fact … but then a few days ago the books were back on our kitchen table after I’d lent them out to a friend … Continue reading →

Posted in CLIL, thoughts on learning | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

a conversation about twitter

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Ceri Jones

Sitting at the kitchen table, checking tweetdeck. I liked the questions and where they led us, and the outsider’s view on my new (ish) obsession 😉 C = me S= my eight year old son S Why’s your photo on … Continue reading →

Posted in musings | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

linguistic identities 2 – a postscript

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Ceri Jones

(Scroll down a couple of paragraphs for part one, or click here. ) So, our visitors have gone, and so have the Yorkshire accents.   It didn’t take long.  Within about four hours of saying a teary goodbye to their (now) … Continue reading →

Posted in musings, thoughts on language | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

linguistic identities

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Ceri Jones

We have visitors this week.  Family from Yorkshire, including one of the kids’ cousins.  He’s seven. They’re six and eight. They’ve only ever seen him for a couple of hours at a time before. They’re really excited about getting to … Continue reading →

Posted in musings, thoughts on language, thoughts on teaching | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

out of the mouths of babes …

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Ceri Jones

I made a slip in my Spanish today when I was chatting to the grandmother of a friend of Sam’s (my 8 year old son).  I used a subjunctive form when I shouldn’t have.   It’s a simple slip – an … Continue reading →

Posted in thoughts on language | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments