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Saturday, 30 April 2022

Talking about Statistics. Part Two.

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 In Part One we found that "on average" is not the same as saying, "generally". So you can't say, "Generally g...

We need to talk about statistics. Part 1.

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 We need to talk about statistics. And I'm not going to start by saying, "I'm no expert" because statistics have found the...
Thursday, 28 April 2022

Keep your eyes on the road, not on the satnav.

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 Keep your eyes on the road, not on the satnav. Especially if it's a bit foggy. Slow down and watch the road . You  can't drive safe...
Sunday, 17 April 2022

Where are we now?

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 So, with the new GCSE proposals proceeding to the next stage, with Ofqual preparing the technical brief for the exam boards to work with, w...
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Monday, 11 April 2022

Consequences

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 Consequences is a popular parlour game from when people had parlours and didn't have wifi. It involves creating humourous pictures by e...
Saturday, 9 April 2022

Fluent in 5 Starters

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 In September, I wrote about how we are introducing starter activities for Year 8 and Year 9. We called them "Fluent in 5", a nam...
Wednesday, 6 April 2022

Teaching Speaking in the 1990s

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 This is an example of a speaking card from the school where I did my first teaching practice in the early 1990s. Pupils would do an individ...
Tuesday, 5 April 2022

Preparing for the A Level Exams

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 A list of posts with useful ideas for the A Level (AQA) exams. Embracing Ambiguity to help structure a literature essay - La Casa de Berna...

Links to posts on preparing for GCSE Exams

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Here's a selection of posts with useful ideas for preparing for the GCSE Exams. Revising for the Conversation Qs without memorising a sc...
Monday, 4 April 2022

Revising for the Speaking Exam Photo Card

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 I know a lot of posts on this blog are about speaking spontaneously and developing ideas . But what about when it comes to the final stages...
Friday, 1 April 2022

How do you revise for the speaking exam if you don't learn answers off by heart?

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 There are lots of posts on here about how I develop pupils' ability to use a core repertoire to express themselves . Does this mean I j...
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Saturday, 26 March 2022

One Year of the Nice Man Who Teaches Languages

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 So a year ago I started this blog with these certainties: I thought that whatever the change to topics, or assessment or focus, I was conf...
Friday, 25 March 2022

A Counter-Intuitive Approach to Developing Answers for the Speaking Exam

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 As we prepare for the GCSE Speaking Exam with my Spanish class and my French Intervention group, here's a counter-intuitive activity I...
Friday, 11 March 2022

Mr Apostrophe

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 A lovely thing happened with Year 7 this week. We are working on talking about food we like and don't like. In interesting combinations...