In this episode I’m talking to Jamie Walker. Jamie is Head of English at St Nicholas’ international school in Sao Paolo. 

We discuss: 

• the best text he’s ever read, studied or taught
• an introduction to his career to date and current position in Sao Paolo.
• the role of inquiry learning at St Nicholas’
• his approach to balancing canonised writers with new or local voices in the curriculum
• the specific challenges Jamie’s students face in English
• how technology plays a part in delivering the English curriculum at his school
• and finally, recommendations for resources English teachers may find useful

Thanks a lot to Jamie for taking the time to talk with me as well as working around the enormous time difference between him and Hong Kong!

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Links:

The Land of Green Plums by Herta Muller

Blindness by Jose Saramago

Blasted by Sarah Kane

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

Daytripper by Gabriel Ba, and Fabio Moon

Captains of the Sands by Jorge Amado