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Protected: Pre-Focus Assessment Task 2

By Miguel | November 2nd, 2009
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Some speaking activities

By Miguel | March 31st, 2008
Here are some more activities, some of which you can use with little or no prepararion. These are activities that I have found by dredging my computer directories. I there fore do not know the sources fo these activities. I would be happy to give any credit where it is due. Lying: an icebreaker air [...]
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Automaticity in reading

By Miguel | February 29th, 2008
Following are a number of statements extracted from What Research Has To Say About Reading Instruction
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A short history of testing

By Miguel | February 18th, 2008
It is useful to view testing from a historical perspective for two reasons: It enables us to relate current developments in the field to what has preceded them. Methods of testing rarely die out, but are more often than not adapted or continue to exist in modified forms in different parts of the world. Although [...]
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The assertive discipline approach to classroom management

By Miguel | February 14th, 2008
Keys ideas: a teacher must insist and expect responsible behaviour from the students maintain adequate classroom discipline both students and teachers have rights
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A student centred approach to classroom management

By Miguel | February 14th, 2008
The original and fundamental assumption behind this approach was that parents and teacher’s control children’s behaviour and this can have a very negative effect on child development. There is a long tradition in psychology that supports this type of classroom approach. A student centred approach intends to encourage independence and to allow children to choose [...]
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Dictogloss

By Miguel | February 10th, 2008
In dictogloss, learners work in cooperative groups to recreate a text that has either been read aloud to the class by the teacher or presented as an audio recording. What is the purpose of dictogloss?
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