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If only teaching were all about teaching and not about keeping order in the classroom or, as it’s sometimes known, Classroom Management. A major part of teaching has nothing really to do with imparting information and helping your students learn. Instead it’s all about the lesson-to-lesson issues of running a […]
Classroom Focus is concerned with who is the main focus of teaching in the classroom. Essentially there are two possible foci: the teacher – the class is Teacher Centered the students – the class is Student Centered Traditionally classes have been Teacher Centered however more recently classes have become more […]
Chalkface is a term believed to have been coined by Professor Ted Wragg in the Times Education Supplement in the 1980s. It is a reflection of coalface, the toughest point in coal mining where coal is hewn from rock. Like the coalface, the chalkface is where the real, dirty, tough, […]
The Council of Europe divided learners into 6 main bands (A1, A2; B1, B2; C1, C2) as part of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for Languages: A Basic User A1 Breakthrough A2 Waystage B Independent User B1 Threshold B2 Vantage C Proficient User C1 Effective Operational Proficiency C2 […]
Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of UCLES or the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate which is a non-teaching department of Cambridge University. Cambridge Assessment is responsible for setting and grading a number of international English examinations. UCLES started in 1858 with their Proficiency in English examination introduced in […]