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Teacher B said to teacher A, “Behind a high-achiever student his parents can also be very demanding. We cannot disappoint and frustrate and defraud them. We’ve got to provide the kid with high-leveled activities and challenges, also with high-level texts, Read More...
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Teacher B said to teacher A, “We teachers of modern languages need to have some feedback from our students. There are various ways to obtain the necessary feedback. For instance, you present one grammar point. After doing so, ask your students questions Read More...
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Teacher A said to teacher B, “In a class of 23 students for instance, there can be 5 very-high-achievers, 3 or 4 very-low-achievers, and the rest are average. Among these latter ones there can be 6 or 7 mediocre students. They feel okay with Pass: things Read More...
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Teacher B said to teacher A, “My adult students, retired people, are starting to speak in English. Now I address them by their names, and ask them for example to summarize one paragraph of the story I wrote on a worksheet, which I had handed out to them Read More...
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Teacher B said to teacher A, “Anxiety is something we should take into account as teachers. Now I’m referring to kids’ tests. Some sane tension is good in life to survive, or some people can feel anxious when they’ve got to take a flight. In our case Read More...
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Teacher B said to teacher A, “In the classes of English there are like two large groups: low-achievers and high-achievers, if I talk in simple terms. What to do with varied students and mix-abilities? There’s not a simple solution and all I’ve tried is Read More...
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Teacher B said to teacher A, “Some high-achiever students get bored in the classes of English, and say they are learning nothing new. A teacher, some years ago, told me that we teachers of modern languages could provide extra high-level activities for Read More...
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One day teacher B said to teacher A, “Some students may be perfectionists in a wrong way: albeit they get good grades and do things well, they may feel distressed, disappointed, frustrated. For them things are white or black, perfect or a failure. You, Read More...
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One day teacher A said to teacher B, “It’s just essential the students take the reins of the horse of their process of learning English or any other language. In that way, they’ll be the protagonists of that process. One possible way – you can do it in Read More...
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I’m telling you a story today. A real one. Pedagogue and teacher Daniel Pennac, from France, once wrote that when at school a student understood nothing from his teachers. He did not do his homework. Never. He wouldn’t write any essay (composition). Nevertheless Read More...
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One day teacher of English B said to teacher of English A, “Last year one of my students had Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder. I would say that all of us teachers should know that this disorder just exists among our students. Between 5 and Read More...
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The next day teacher B went on by telling teacher A what follows and which continues what they were talking about on post # 929. “As I told you, some of the classes are private, individual, and I usually try to help each student with his school subject Read More...
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One day teacher of English A said to teacher of English B, “Currently I teach adult students. They’re retired people. The course has two hours per week. The atmosphere is one of nice rapport. I teach them useful expressions for their trips to other countries. Read More...
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One day teacher of English B said to teacher of English A, “I cannot learn and know a student of mine just by means of one or a few written exams. Actually I will learn a lot from him or her, but it isn’t enough. Assessment is a process which lasts all Read More...
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One day teacher of English A said to teacher of English B, “A few students have a continuous feeling of failure. They never feel satisfied in spite of the good grades they get. They have a low self-esteem. You may be thinking of someone right now. They Read More...
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