I first heard of 'Show and Tell' when my eldest son, who's now 24, told me he needed to get ready for it at his primary school in the UK. The basic idea is that children take in an object which has some personal significance to them. It could be one of their favourite possessions, a picture of one of their favourite people or a place they've been to, or something related to one of their hobbies.
Read MoreDrilling is often criticised for being an old fashioned, teacher controlled activity with minimal cognitive challenge for learners. But the central idea behind it – that of pushing learners to process and reproduce a stretch of spoken language after a model from a more advanced speaker - can, in my opinion, be a very useful component of good teaching.
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