About me
After graduating in acting from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1993 I realized I wasn’t really cut out for the rejection part of auditioning nor was I keen on London’s grey skies and drizzle so, after I won a grant from the “Prince’s Trust”, I changed my profession from actress to , in my mind the next best thing, acting coach and emigrated to a warmer climate. I settled in Italy where I discovered my love for Tuscany and a pace of life much more compatible to my own.
A while after the big move I became a certified CELTA English teacher for children and adults and I was determined from the outset to create something stimulating and unique for my English students that would make them fall off their chairs with laughter rather than boredom.
I believe learning should be fun. So I started injecting some vitality into my teaching by mixing and blending my acting techniques together with my English teaching skills to produce some strange and wonderful concoctions called ESL DRAMA GAMES. And after 14 years my experience has shown me that using innovative and dynamic drama activities in class keep children (and adults) interested and motivate them so much more.
With this blog I would like to help ESL teachers be better at what they do, feel inspired to be teachers, and stimulate their students. Being an ESL teacher involved in teaching children is a truly unique and unforgettable experience that is both challenging and rewarding. If you would like a few key tips on how to keep your students motivated and enthusiastic to learn English – then read on…..
DRAMA is really very effective in teaching English. I am also an English teacher and I often resort to drama to encourage my students to interact in English. Drama helps me to create an authentic environment in which the students get involved in a natural communication.
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By: turgayevren on March 2, 2009
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hi, I am a university student at language teaching department. nowadays I try to prepare a presentation about language teaching through drama. I come across you at this website.I need help help for this presentation. could you mind sending me some videos related that subject.thanks!
By: ahmet mert on March 19, 2009
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hello! great to find other actresses doing the same thing!!!! I studied at Rose Bruford and found this also to be much more enriching than going to auditions…. I love working with kids and combining teaching english with theatre is so much fun, for them and me! I now have my own school in Spain with 100 students, they love it here and learn so, so much. good luck!
By: raquel on October 29, 2009
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Hi raquel. Thanks for your comments and I’m really happy that you’re enjoying teaching . I’m sure your drama school training has really given you some advantages with involving and motivating children. Lets keep in touch. I would love to hear some of your experiences in spain that we could share here with other readers. Take care . Miranda
By: mirandalegge on October 30, 2009
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Dear Miranda,
I’m an English teacher for primary school myself and really like your homepage. Currently I’m also working part-time for a magazine called “The Primary English Magazine” in Germany (where I come from). For them, I usually compile a link list which helps our primary school teachers to find ressources for their lessons on the internet. Thus, I’d like to include your page and also two screenshots which I took from your videos on you tube (one from your song “5 little monkeys” and one from you and your puppet “wendy the witch”). Would that be alright to you in terms of copyright? We’d be very happy to recommend your page and illustrate your great work for our next magazine, which will be published in october 2011. Thus, a short notice from you would be very much appreciated.
Kind regards,
Sarah Steffens
By: Sarah Steffens on August 11, 2011
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Hi Sarah
Thanks for you message. I am very happy that you find my blog and videos of use. I have sent you a longer reply to your email to your address. Please let me know if I can help further.
By: Miranda Flynn Legge on August 16, 2011
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