Teacher training

Four tips to help you teach C1/C2 students

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I don’t think I have ever taught or observed an advanced lesson that went seriously wrong, and this shouldn’t come as a surprise. C1/C2 students know a lot of English, which usually helps our lessons run relatively smoothly. However, time and time again, I have walked out of lively, fun, seemingly trouble-free C1/C2 lessons, wondering how … Read more

Lesson observation dilemmas

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This post is a summary of some of the dilemmas I have faced in my lesson observations since 1994, when I sat in on another teacher’s lesson for the first time. My intention is to raise a few relevant questions without necessarily proposing any answers or solutions.

I will use the pronoun you to invite you to either wear your observer’s hat or put yourself in an observer’s shoes. For the sake of reader-friendliness, I will alternate between he and she when referring to the teacher who is being observed.

First, the most important question:

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