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Speaking Skills in Language Lessons
What's language learning without a bit of chatter? Heidi Trude shares her tips for successful semi-spontaneous speaking activites for the language classroom.
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Languages For All? The Push and Pull of Policy
Join Dr. Abigail Parrish to explore research findings on the decline in GCSE language exam entries.
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Unlocking GCSE Success
Discover how to create less stress and more success during GCSEs with This is School.
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ChatGPT - Enemy or Ally in the World of Language Learning?
Is it time to establish a truce with ChatGPT and accept that it is a valuable ally rather than an enemy?
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5 Ways Storytelling Can Help with Language Learning
Stories and storytelling have provided humans with our histories, our knowledge, and ideas about the world around us since time began. In this post, b small publishing will share why storytelling is pivotal to helping you learn a second language – and why utilising stories is the best way to learn!
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Languages and the Learning Landscape
Language learning is an exploration of the mechanisms of how language functions, the culture of how a people group interacts and the process of mediating between them. When we see all three aspects as intrinsic to language learning, it becomes far easier to connect our language lessons to every other subject in the curriculum.
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Activities to Practice Dictation
Dictation is more than just a test of pupils' ability to write down what they hear; it's a multifunctional activity that can encompass various aspects of language learning.
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What Are the Advantages of Dictation?
These advantages demonstrate that dictation, when approached creatively and thoughtfully, can be a highly effective and multifaceted tool in the language learning process in secondary schools in England.
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What We Know About Dictation for the New GCSE
Although often seen as an old-fashioned technique, dictation has become more fashionable recently and remains a valuable tool in the MFL teacher's arsenal.
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