Articles by Alberto Castilla

Alberto Castilla says: “I began teaching languages six years ago and I do not believe teaching is a vocation. I believe it is vocational, as in something you can train people to do. I am a teacher because I enjoy helping others learn and think autonomously. I have lived in different countries and learned English, Italian and Chinese. I teach Spanish online at ayaespanol.com and English offline. I am interested in education and language learning.”

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Creativity And New Technologies In The Foreign Language Classroom: A Practical Case

“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel” – Socrates In his book Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative Sir Ken Robinson defines creativity as “the process of developing original ideas that have value.” In his opinion, to be creative means to play with ideas. Enjoyment and the…