teaching

A key to student engagement and achievement: drawing on the knowledge they began with

The Namaldí Rural High School—located in the Bajo Chirripó Indigenous Territory, in Matina, Limón—is part of a very interesting community because of its diversity. The mother tongue of most students is Spanish, but the indigenous population speaks the Cabécar language. I have been an English teacher since 2011. During these years, approximately 108 students have […]

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