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Silvia Bastow
Dec 10, 20225 min read
This one in on motivation
“Motivation is complex and invisible which makes it hard to understand.” Peps Mccrea: Motivated Teaching Human beings have always been...
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Silvia Bastow
Nov 19, 20225 min read
Does practice really make 'perfect'?
“If challenge, explaining, modelling & questioning are the ingredients for learning, practice is the oven in which it is baked.” ...
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Silvia Bastow
Oct 9, 20225 min read
Lexical approach and chunking
Recently, I have been looking more closely at the research analysing the ‘lexical approach’ of language teaching. Here are some key facts...
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Silvia Bastow
Sep 10, 20223 min read
Pronunciation and phonics
Both pronunciation and phonics instruction relate to sounds. Phonics are used to teach reading to learners and pronunciation is about...
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Silvia Bastow
Sep 4, 20221 min read
ResearchEd 2022 National Conference in London
Yesterday, I had the honour to speak at the researchEd National Conference about the topic of Scaffolding or Differentiation in Languages...
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Silvia Bastow
Aug 28, 20224 min read
Implementing meaningful and effective professional development
With a clear link between professional development, the quality of teaching and pupil attainment, in many schools, professional...
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