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Oral exams

Posted on 19/06/2014 by fabenglishteacher

Every year I ask myself the same questions about how best to evaluate the oral skills of my students, for me this is the most useful (and used) skill in a foreign language, but the most challenging to evaluate. Obviously … Continue reading →

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A Quick , kind and fab idea for the end of term.

Posted on 19/06/2014 by fabenglishteacher

A friend saw one of these in her gym so I borrowed the idea and put a couple on the door for students to take as they walked out if their oral exam this week… I love it!

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5 minute filler

Posted on 16/06/2014 by fabenglishteacher

Not to be done when you want calm and quiet! Bring me something beginning with…

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What to do about Invisible Students

Posted on 10/06/2014 by fabenglishteacher

Do you have them too? Those students who are so discrete, quiet, shy or just self contained (and well-behaved!) that they simply pass completely under radar. Every year I have a few, often they have a level way above that … Continue reading →

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Making Shakespeare fun

Posted on 06/06/2014 by fabenglishteacher

Let me make it clear from the start that this is a blatant advert for the “playing with plays” series that I stumbled across on twitter.     I’ll set the scene, I teach in a French speaking secondary school … Continue reading →

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How to deal with a long reading comprehension

Posted on 23/05/2014 by fabenglishteacher

With my 6emes (many of whom began learning English in September) we have recently started looking at long, scary texts. When the pupils first see the texts they are… well, scared. Before we look at the questions I get the … Continue reading →

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7 Reasons why your students should take an EFL exam

Posted on 14/05/2014 by fabenglishteacher

It’s been a busy couple of weeks here. Firstly we had our lovely Cambridge examiners team in to do the Cambridge Young Learners tests with some of our pupils. Then on Monday the wonderful Silvie came to test others for the Trinity GESE exams. … Continue reading →

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Revising vocabulary -a speaking activity

Posted on 07/05/2014 by fabenglishteacher

I often struggle to find new and interesting ways to revise vocabulary, so I was pleased when this activity went well in class today. After having learnt some beach vocabulary in the previous class, today I showed the class the … Continue reading →

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Field trips for the EFL classroom

Posted on 03/05/2014 by fabenglishteacher

Do you ever take your class out? It’s not always easy or even possible, but if you can manage it then it’s a great experience for both the students and yourself. 1. A change is as good as a break … Continue reading →

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An idea to help question formation and an interesting site

Posted on 29/04/2014 by fabenglishteacher

I know grammar is a dirty word, but in the Swiss secondary school system it’s difficult to avoid, so after the bare minimum I encourage my students to talk to each other as much as possible. It seems that most … Continue reading →

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