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Is thinking working?

Posted on 06/01/2014 by fabenglishteacher

It’s the first lesson back after the holidays, 8:15 – 9:05a.m. It’s the troisième – 20 odd fifteen year olds. As anticipated a quarter of them were absent. Not wanting to spend the whole lesson writing ( -we only have … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Resolutions

Posted on 01/01/2014 by fabenglishteacher

It’s that time of year, out with the old, clean out the pencil case and the bottom of my schoolbag… So what are my resolutions this year? 1. Work hard on my M.A. – At least one hour every evening. … Continue reading →

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#nurture201314

Posted on 28/12/2013 by fabenglishteacher

I’ve stumbled across this hashtag recently and it seems a great way of writing down what I, and probably all of us, have been thinking about at this time of year. As far as I can see, it goes like … Continue reading →

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What went wrong with this lesson?

Posted on 12/12/2013 by fabenglishteacher

A very interesting lesson today for the 3ème class (average age 14/15). I introduced the next activity, a dictation and then played them the text that was on the course book CD. It was tough, and fast. After a couple of … Continue reading →

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