Building creative English lessons around students’ passions with Lilian Velázquez Salinas - Episode 29

Join us for another inspiring episode of Grow: A podcast from Cambridge. This week we join Lilian Velázquez Salinas, a passionate English teacher in Mexico City.

Host Ricardo Morales discovers how Lilian focuses on truly knowing her learners and their interests. Utilising TV programmes, games and music to design lessons that feel relevant, joyful and meaningful in her classroom.

In this episode you will hear all about:

Practical ways Lilian encourages shy students to speak up.
How she balances different personalities and needs.
How she is adapting to changes in students' attention and behaviour.
Why conferences, webinars and sharing experiences with other teachers keep her inspired.

You’ll also hear from Cecília Lemos Harmer & Matt Ellman from the Professional Learning and Development team at Cambridge with a top tip on how to bring the Cambridge Life Competencies Framework into the language classroom. Discover further, free, practical support for teachers at cambridge.org/clcf.

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