Reading is a highly complex activity and, yet, in the foreign language classroom, it is often approached as if texts were just collections of words and grammatical patterns which students, if only they could analyse and decipher them, would be able to arrive at the overall meaning of the text. But, is this what happensContinueContinue reading “A is for Advance Organisers”
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Can you teach a Dogme Lesson on your Cambridge DELTA?
This post was written in response and as part of a twitter conversation with Martin Sketchley – @ELTexperiences on Twitter. His blog post on his own Dogme observed lesson can be found at the end of this post. In the days before writing his experimental assignment for the DELTA course, Jonathan – a summer DELTAContinueContinue reading “Can you teach a Dogme Lesson on your Cambridge DELTA?”
Helping Intermediate Learners Better Understand Cohesion
Publishing the first of a series of assignments written by past DELTA trainees (with their permission, of course!)
This one was submitted for the external assessment and although we were not informed of the specific grade, this confirmed the candidate’s overall very high grade.