Modern foreign languages teacher, Rebecca Nuzzo, talks about her career and how school trips are essential to boost students' confidence and inspire them to learn
I just got back from a trip to Paris with 40 eager now exhausted year 8 students. We'd taken them there to try out their language skills: it's all very well learning in a classroom, but being put on the spot in a foreign country is a different thing. We spent time practising vocabulary in French markets, putting on fashion shows, visiting museums there were even mini lessons on the coach.
It was going to live abroad at the age of 18 that made me want to teach languages. When I finished A-levels I decided to travel for a year; this soon became two years because I liked it so much. I'd always enjoyed languages at school. I loved the sound of the words and guessing meanings by looking at the similarities between English, French and Italian.
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