16. Harm-Jan Langelaar - English Teacher and Coordinator of Bilingual Education - Sassenheim

In this episode I’m talking with Harm-Jan Langelaar. Harm is an English teacher and coordinator of his school’s bilingual programme in Sassenheim, The Netherlands. In addition he’s a marker for the IBDP English A course.We discuss: The best text he’s ever read, studied or taught and whyAn Introduction to his career to date and current position at Rijnlands Lyceum.Harm’s approach to balancing canonised writers with new or Dutch voices in the IBDP curriculumThe specific challenges Rijnlands students face in English and how the English department combats thisThe part technology plays in delivering the English curriculum at Harm’s schoolHarm’s work/life balance and how living in Sassenheim or The Netherlands affects this?And finally, recommendations for resources teachers can use to improve.Thanks again to Harm for giving up a portion of his Summer, very early in the morning, to chat with me about education in The Netherlands and the IB more broadly. If you haven’t already, be sure to subscribe to the podcast wherever you usually get them and/or give me a follow on Twitter @chrisjordanhk if you’d like to be kept abreast of this kind of education chat. Links: Fiela’s Child by Dalene MattheeDutch writers: Harry Mulisch Tim KrabbeMarga MincoHerman KochIlja Leonard Pfeijffer Lesson Up - Create your own online lessons, add interactive elements to your lessons like polls, clickable hotspots, mind maps and many moreTest Correct - a Dutch, independent specialist in digital testing and CO-Learning, founded by teachers, for teachers. InThinking - IB English course supportBrad Philpot - IB English course support