October 2026

The events below are open-group sessions from our Philosophy & Practice (methodology), Advanced Use of English and/or Professional Conversation programmes; contact us to ask about scheduling open on-demand or closed private support. Click on the event title(s) below for more information. 

Promote and Celebrate English in your school with Talk Like a Pirate Day

The nineteenth of September is the day when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate. While largely a bit of fun, Talk Like a Pirate Day also draws attention to the history of pirates and piracy, to the cultural and romantic signficance, and for English teachers, to popular Pirate English expressions.

September 2026

The events below are open-group sessions from our Philosophy & Practice (methodology), Advanced Use of English and/or Professional Conversation programmes; contact us to ask about scheduling open on-demand or closed private support. Click on the event title(s) below for more information. 

August 2026

The events below are open-group sessions from our Philosophy & Practice (methodology), Advanced Use of English and/or Professional Conversation programmes; contact us to ask about scheduling open on-demand or closed private support. Click on the event title(s) below for more information. 

Poetry "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer

Join us for another of our narrative poems for Middle School / Lower Secondary Literature and bilingual students. This Anerican classic from almost 150 years ago captures the clash between small-town dreams and small-town heroes, in a tale which could be just as true today. Students are also introduced to this element of US culture and the associated General English they should know.

July 2026

The events below are open-group sessions from our Philosophy & Practice (methodology), Advanced Use of English and/or Professional Conversation programmes; contact us to ask about scheduling open on-demand or closed private support. Click on the event title(s) below for more information. 

Novel "Across the Barricades" by Joan Lingard

Joan Lingard's tale of Kevin and Sadie explores the reality of a Catholic-Protestant relationship during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, with parallels to the family/child relationships and forbidden love of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. A widely-read and widely-studied Lower Secondary / Middle School modern classic.

Novel "Animal Farm" by George Orwell

    

George Orwell's seminal short novel is one of those works that every Middle School or Lower Secondary student must read. Discover how Orwell uses animals to explore the meeting of a dream of a perfect world and the reality of human desire, the revolutionary cycle and one revolution in particlar, and human nature, with lessons for us all.

June 2026

The events below are open-group sessions from our Philosophy & Practice (methodology), Advanced Use of English and/or Professional Conversation programmes; contact us to ask about scheduling open on-demand or closed private support. Click on the event title(s) below for more information. 

May 2026

The events below are open-group sessions from our Philosophy & Practice (methodology), Advanced Use of English and/or Professional Conversation programmes; contact us to ask about scheduling open on-demand or closed private support. Click on the event title(s) below for more information. 

Advanced Vocabulary - going to the dentist

Much English vocabulary is really just general knowledge related to things studied in school, things Chilean students know but which they studied in Spanish, or that you have grown up with, and this leads to large vocabulary gaps which can persist into advanced levels. 

Poetry "The Man from Snowy River" by Banjo Paterson

Another in our Narrative Poetry series for Middle School and bilingual programmes, this Aussie classic spawned two movies, a TV show and who knows how many energetic and animated school performances. A must do.

Poetry "The Cremation of Sam McGee" by Robert W Service

A Canadian classic, ideal for inclusion in a Narrtive Poetry unit and as an introduction to ballads and the ballad form, this text raises provocative and interesting questions for students to consider. One man's gold? A fish out of water? Gothic humour? Join as we review these and other topics, teaching methodologies, literary approaches or just a good yarn.

April 2026

The events below are open-group sessions from our Philosophy & Practice (methodology), Advanced Use of English and/or Professional Conversation programmes; contact us to ask about scheduling open on-demand or closed private support. Click on the event title(s) below for more information. 

Learning to Read and Reading to Learn

Learning to read and reading to learn are not the same thing, but they are not unrelated either. EFL / Chilean national curriculum teachers have additional considerations; bilingual and E2l (ESL) teachers are different again.

March 2026

The events below are open-group sessions from our Philosophy & Practice (methodology), Advanced Use of English and/or Professional Conversation programmes; contact us to ask about scheduling open on-demand or closed private support. Click on the event title(s) below for more information. 

Poetry "Warning (When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple)" by Jenny Joseph

Can we do whatever we want to do? What if we did? What about old people - are they just old? Or is something else going on? This powerful and amusing poem is one of those texts every middle schooler should read, and provides a useful extension to any discussion of choice, freewill, societal expectations and growing old.

Cambridge English C1 Advanced (CAE) : examination preparation Semester One 2026

Open-group semi-intensive programme, preparation for the Cambridge English C1 Advanced (formerly known as "CAE") Examination. We cover knowing and understanding the examination and its components, Practice of & Feedback on each component, and success and preparation strategies. Whether you are registering for the examination, or are considering it and want to know how to succeed, this programme provides what you need to know.

February 2026

The events below are open-group sessions from our Philosophy & Practice (methodology), Advanced Use of English and/or Professional Conversation programmes; contact us to ask about scheduling open on-demand or closed private support. Click on the event title(s) below for more information. 

Materials Review and Support

Have you ever thought that your teaching materials may not be completely accurate or consistent, or even to some extent Spanglish? Have you spent so much time looking at the trees that you may have lost sight of the wood? 

We can help.

January 2026 Professional Development and Personal Growth : Cambridge English as a Second Language (E2L / ESL)

Welcome to our sixth programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. These single-topic Professional Conversations about issues of educational governance have been developed from the needs and requests of Chilean National Programme and International Programme (Cambridge and IB) teachers and students.