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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


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


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


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...
Silvia Bastow
Feb 1, 20217 min read


Listening or breaking the 'fear' barrier…
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...
Silvia Bastow
Jan 16, 20216 min read


Translation – tangled, rock climbing, bubble, mosaic, ping-pong….
My students don’t actually realise that I teach them a ‘foreign’ language through a ‘foreign’ language. As I am not English, speak with...
Silvia Bastow
Jan 1, 20215 min read
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