Featured Teacher
STEPHEN KAVANAGH
MAKES LEARNING MEANINGFUL AND FUN FOR HIS STUDENTS
BY LEISA GRACE WILSON
S
tephen hails from Newry
in County Down, Northern
Ireland. His first valuable
experience of working with
children came when he was fifteen
and volunteered at a local summer
scheme in his home town. This was
the beginning of something great.
He loved working with children
and the staff knew that and always
supported his enthusiasm. At the age
of eighteen he moved to Liverpool,
England where he completed a
BA (Hons) degree in International
Journalism. Once he completed his
degree, he moved to a small village
in Asturias in the North of Spain to
teach English as a foreign language.
He arrived in that rural village in Spain
without being able to speak a word of
Spanish, which was really frustrating
at the beginning, however, through
participating in sports, he met a lot
of friends, from whom he learnt the
language. After about a year and
a half, he became quite fluent in
Spanish. This gave him a great sense
of achievement. Stephen credits this
experience with helping to develop
his ability to assist the multilingual
students he now works with in Dubai.
After four amazing years in Spain,
He decided it was time for a new
challenge and so he returned to
Liverpool and completed a PGCE in
Primary Education. Upon completion
of his final university placement, He