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Metacognition, self-regulated learning and revision

Many educators have been talking more and more about the importance of metacognition (thinking about one’s thinking) and metacognitive...

Feb 1, 20217 min read

On this post, I would like to concentrate on the listening skill, which based on a survey I did with my students, they find the hardest...

Jan 16, 20216 min read

My students don’t actually realise that I teach them a ‘foreign’ language through a ‘foreign’ language. As I am not English, speak with...

Jan 1, 20215 min read

Following the amazing response to my post on ‘Preparing students for GCSE extended writing task’ (the post had almost 900 views on the...

Dec 14, 20202 min read

On this post I will be focussing on how I am preparing my students for their writing skill; on development of broad linguistic knowledge,...

Dec 9, 20204 min read

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Nov 28, 20205 min read