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"Reflections of a language teacher.
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Silvia Bastow
Jun 3, 20217 min read
Scaffolding or differentiation…
One of the biggest myths that I was taught during my ITT many years ago and started my teaching career with, was that our learners fit...
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Silvia Bastow
May 22, 20217 min read
Effective questioning techniques in Languages classroom
What is effective questioning in the classroom? Effective questions are defined as questions focusing on eliciting the process in...
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Silvia Bastow
May 8, 20215 min read
Knowledge organisers, Sentence builders, Parallel texts, Graphic organisers …
What ever term you use – knowledge organiser, sentence builder, parallel text or graphic organiser, ultimately it is a set of key...
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Silvia Bastow
Apr 25, 20218 min read
Preparing students for their GCSE speaking exam
Following on from my previous post – Developing speaking skills and oracy at KS3, this post will be focussing on my approach to the...
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Silvia Bastow
Apr 11, 20214 min read
Cornell Notes – could they be a useful technique for MFL?
In my research of effective Retrieval Practice, when reading Mark Enser’s book ‘Teach like nobody is watching’, I have come across a...
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Silvia Bastow
Mar 20, 20217 min read
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...
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