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Knowledge organisers, Sentence builders, Parallel texts, Graphic organisers …
What ever term you use – knowledge organiser, sentence builder, parallel text or graphic organiser, ultimately it is a set of key...
Silvia Bastow
May 8, 20215 min read
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Preparing students for their GCSE speaking exam
Following on from my previous post – Developing speaking skills and oracy at KS3, this post will be focussing on my approach to the...
Silvia Bastow
Apr 25, 20218 min read
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Cornell Notes – could they be a useful technique for MFL?
In my research of effective Retrieval Practice, when reading Mark Enser’s book ‘Teach like nobody is watching’, I have come across a...
Silvia Bastow
Apr 11, 20214 min read
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Developing speaking skills and oracy at KS3
Speaking is the second language skill, after listening, that we acquire in our native language. It is also known as a productive skill as...
Silvia Bastow
Mar 20, 20217 min read
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Feedback reflections
Recently, I have read ‘The Feedback Pendulum’ by Michael Chiles which analyses different types of feedback and its research based...
Silvia Bastow
Mar 6, 20216 min read
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Dual coding – how can it be used in Languages
We – teachers spend a lot of our time planning and designing engaging resources for our students. However, the question I will pose is: ...
Silvia Bastow
Feb 20, 20216 min read
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