Blog Presentation

Hi poetry lovers, I'm Lucy Garcia Magaldi. Experienced although not yet exhausted English teacher. Over the past thirty years I have been teaching English to children, teenagers, young and older adults at Secondary schools, Adult Education Centers and University; I have also been involved in pre, initial, and in-service teacher training in Spain. Right now, what concerns me most is how to motivate myself, and consequently my students to learn English. There is no generally acknowledged single best teaching method which suits all students or teachers, but that's not stopping me from searching for ways in which to help my students learn to speak and write English, learn to grow emotionally, and learn how to appreciate our world (past and present) through its artistic and cultural manifestations. I've discovered that poetry is an ideal way into my students heads and hearts, and through this blog I'd like to share my reflections, my findings and my experiences with you, as they occur or as I am able to recall and articulate them for a wider audience.