WebEnglish.se is not alone! Finally, there is someone else out there with this crazy idea of letting the students choose what they wish to study. She calls herself Captain Awesome and she is a blogger at WeAreTeachers. In two articles she clearly explains a very similar practice to what I have created for my students and from which WebEnglish.se has evolved. Furthermore, Captain Awesome has spiced up her topics to sound more intriguing. She uses topics like “Old Dead Poet Meets Hot Young Actors” instead of just plain “Shakespeare”. WebEnglish.se has definitely something to learn from her.
Links:
I Let My Seventh Graders Design My Curriculum, and They’re Pretty Good At It
Here’s How I Make a Student-Led Curriculum Really Work
For English (ELL) Teachers
