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Ever since “Pruebas de Certificación” were held in all Official Language Schools of the Andalucian region I have worked hard on improving my teaching methodology, and on having an even more [...]

Gran got me started When I was at college I used to spend marvellous summers in the UK, the country I fell in love with when I was learning their language. Among the million things I liked to [...]

Connection before correction I have chosen to use this wise phrase by Jane Nelsen and Lynn Lott as the headline of my blog entry today: giving feedback to students. Time is golden, no need to say [...]

Exam stress can be dreadful The times I have heard good hardworking students say this, is innumerable: «after all that work my mind just went totally blank and that was the end of it!»  Which is [...]

I find this is a nice and easy way to close up an activity. Like favourite end-of-term dynamics, lesson or anecdote. End-of-course positives and negatives, or proposals and suggestions. Also good [...]

  Be Mindful  is an 8-week proposal to help students cope with test anxiety.      BE MINDFUL: SESSION TWO   So in the previous session (From doing to being) we learned that [...]

  Be Mindful  is an 8-week proposal to help students cope with test anxiety.      BE MINDFUL: SESSION FOUR   We have probably just arrived at the most intriguing destination [...]

  Be Mindful  is an 8-week proposal to help students cope with test anxiety.      BE MINDFUL: SESSION FIVE   We can now focus on managing our time during exam hours to help us [...]

  Be Mindful  is an 8-week proposal to help students cope with test anxiety.      BE MINDFUL: SESSION SiX   Resilience and Loving Kindness come in one package the way I see [...]

  Be Mindful  is an 8-week proposal to help students cope with test anxiety.      BE MINDFUL: SESSION SEVEN         … say no more …     GO [...]