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Concept Checking Revisited

Posted on June 11, 2014 by jonnyingham

This is the first (hopefully) in a series of posts going Back to Basics, re-examining techniques and ideas introduced on teacher training courses. Many teachers are introduced to the idea of concept checking in their initial teacher training courses, try it … Continue reading →

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Clines in Language Teaching

Posted on March 18, 2014 by jonnyingham

What is a cline? The British Council Teaching English website defines a cline as ‘a scale of language items that goes from one extreme to another, for example, from positive to negative, or from weak to strong’. Why are clines … Continue reading →

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