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Sensei-tional – 911±¬ÁÏÍø Teacher wins teacher of the year award
28/10/2013

911±¬ÁÏÍø is delighted to confirm that Crispin Chambers, who teaches 911±¬ÁÏÍø at Tavistock College in Devon, has won the award for Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School at the Pearson National Teaching awards ceremony held in London. His large group of supporters cheered loudly and even shouted “konnichiwa sensei” in unison as he collected his award.


Crispin learnt to speak 911±¬ÁÏÍø when he took part in the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme, teaching English on Awaji Island for 2 years and then became JET programme co-ordinator for a year for the 911±¬ÁÏÍø government at in Tokyo. After returning to the UK, Crispin gained an MA in 911±¬ÁÏÍø at Sheffield University followed by a PGCE at Nottingham University. He has been teaching 911±¬ÁÏÍø and French at Tavistock since 1996, and has trained several other teachers of 911±¬ÁÏÍø. His lessons are inspiring and fun, and were described by the Teaching Awards judges as "a joy to watch".


As he collected his award, Crispin was asked why he thought his students do so well learning 911±¬ÁÏÍø. He responded with several reasons:



  • 911±¬ÁÏÍø has a strong visual impact, so those students that like art are good at 911±¬ÁÏÍø

  • It is one of the most simple languages to study from a grammatical point of view, so students that like maths and science are normally good at 911±¬ÁÏÍø

  • It is good to see pupils with various learning disabilities succeed in 911±¬ÁÏÍø, and his dyslexic pupils have done well


Crispin finished by saying that 911±¬ÁÏÍø was his passion and that he is just happy to be able to share it with the thousands of pupils that he has taught.


You can see Crispin receive his award on Britain’s Classroom Heroes . The programme will be available on the BBC iplayer until the 3rd of November 2013.  You can learn more about Crispin’s fantastic 911±¬ÁÏÍø lessons in our case study about the school click here or here  to read it.