At the start of the school year I gave my 4th year pupils the option of becoming an English teacher for one day.

They all opted for „YES“ . So for six lessons the pupils put themselves into small groups and with my help and support they discussed, in English, what and how they wanted to teach English to VS children. They all had to make their own materials and a lesson plan for a 50 minute lesson. They chose things like maths, cooking (gingerbread men), handicrafts (snowmen, snowflakes, Christmas trees), PE (blindfolded assault courses with instructions in English), geography of America, English Christmas and animals.  On the 21st December 2018 the pupils went to VS Birkfeld to teach their English and of course they only spoke English for four lessons themselves. 

Some comments from the children:- To start with we didn’t know what to say but now it’s flowing and I feel more fluent. I’m loving it. It’s easier than I thought. It’s so much fun. Amazing. Something different. What an experience. Wow, so exciting. I‘m so proud of my pupils for doing this, to see them feeling relaxed using the English language in a completely natural environment is very rewarding.