
5 ways to shine at your speaking test
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There's always one part of testing English that you hate. Some hate writing, others listening (aye, that would be me), but somehow it's speaking that seems to cause lots of worries. To tell you the truth, I haven't had problems with speaking ever since I came up with some simple steps. I can't claim you'll excel at speaking tests after following my ideas, but I do encourage you to give them a go - maybe they'll work out for you just as they did for me!

Self-assessment: how I introduced it in the classroom and survived
What implementing self-assessment gave me, was something close to all-year long system of formative assessment. The great bonus is that those teens gain the great skill of being able to self-assess their own progress and this is a skill that will be useful in the future, when the memory of the IELTS preparation course is long gone.

Role-Playing Teaching (Part 8 - making classes SuperBetter)
It's a really strange feeling, when you read a book in April and you realise you've just read your Book of the Year. Also, it's hard to believe I hadn't heard of Jane McGonigal before my Prince Consort picked her book during our monthly book hunt and said "You will love it". He was right, naturally.