Have just read through the NRDC article on characteristics of a good lesson. We were told in the past on training courses that it was impossible to define what a good lesson is and it was up to us to develop as practitioners and experiment. Now, apparently, we do know what a good lesson is. […]
Devotion to exams and streaming means only that we teach the test. The ESOL curriculum doesn’t call for but implicitly determines the groups that students are placed in. Better to stream based on academic experience, interest and need i.e. university or school, job-hunting or UK culture, everyday life or university entrance. If we produce students […]
Ruth Kelly in the very glossy SfL update proclaims that embedded provision is ncecessary for those with “poor skills”. Obviously. Those “rich” people of whom which Ruth is clearly a member wouldn’t stand for such nonsense that passes for government strategy. Talking of strategy, had a peak at the proposed 3-year plan for ESOL. Still […]
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