Originally from Northern Ireland, Jonathan McBride is a passionate teacher of German and French based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Jonathan
enjoys engaging with research on second language acquisition, wellbeing and education more generally, and is particularly interested in
the point where research and teaching practice converge. He is interested in rethinking modern languages education in the UK and collaborating with colleagues to encourage more young people to discover the joy of learning another language.
In 2024 he was awarded a Churchill Fellowship by the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust that enabled him to research Comprehensible Input teaching in schools in Canada, Switzerland and Germany. Recently, he’s enjoyed being part of an international research project with the Universities of Melbourne and Edinburgh that is researching ways of promoting student wellbeing within the languages classroom.
Jonathan’s other big passion in life is music. As a former professional violinist he played with various symphony orchestras throughout the UK and Ireland, and these days he enjoys coaching string players in school alongside his language teaching.