James S Heal

In Spain, where I currently teach, and in most European countries, June is the end of the academic year, for others around the world it’s December, February, March or May. Wherever you teach, before taking a well-deserved break, the end of any term is perhaps the moment to look back and reflect on our performance as teachers. We are usually too busy planning future lessons, completing administrative tasks or simply carrying out all those activities that we all have to do in our personal time to think about what has taken place in class or what our students’ actual needs...