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ArticleAssessment matters: Assessing skills
Adrian Tennant looks at how teachers test the four skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking and the fairness of assessment techniques.
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ArticleAssessment matters: Diagnostic tests
Adrian Tennant considers 'diagnostic tests', comparing them to other forms of assessment as well as giving some practical suggestions.
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Lesson Share: In closing ...
In her eighth and final diary entry, Shiriin Barakzai signs off from the beautiful Kingdom of Bhutan - she is off to explore new horizons. Her diary entries will be sorely missed here on onestopenglish, but she leaves us with some charming anecdotes to keep us going!
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ArticleAssessment matters: What is assessment?
Adrian Tennant takes a look at what is meant by assessment in this introductory article in the Assessment matters series.
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Lesson Share: Clashing cultures
In her seventh diary entry, Shiriin Barakzai provides us with some entertaining illustrations of her experiences teaching English in Bhutan, including the challenge of explaining central heating in a culture where it hardly exists!
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Lesson Share: Local language lessons
In her sixth diary entry, Shiriin Barakzai shares a few amusing stories about watching movies at the monastery, struggling to overcome a number of local language hurdles and some exciting technological developments in Bhutan.
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Lesson Share: Coronation celebrations!
In her fifth diary entry, Shiriin Barakzai shares some more of her fascinating stories about the ups and downs of teaching monks in Bhutan.
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Lesson Share: Teaching English in shrine rooms
In her third diary entry, Shiriin Barakzai tells us all about teaching in the spiritual setting of the monastery, while sitting cross-legged for long periods of time and trying to explain concepts like morse code to students who have never seen a TV before.
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Your English: Phrasal verbs: play
After playing around with some ideas, Tim Bowen has provided us with some brilliant descriptions of the phrasal verbs associated with this word.
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Your English: Word grammar: just
Just take a moment to enjoy Tim Bowen's explanation of the uses of this really handy word. It might just be worth your while!
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Your English: Collocations: keep
Without fail, Tim Bowen continues to keep us on the edge of our seats, providing us with fabulous articles no matter what the weather. As the saying goes, you can't keep a good man down!
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ArticleYour English: Idioms—animals
Tim Bowen is a busy bee as he takes the bull by the horns and explores the widespread use of animal idioms.
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Your English: Phrasal verbs: pass
Tim Bowen passes on his knowledge of the phrasal verbs associated with this word. Don't let this one pass you by!
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Your English: Word grammar: sooner
The sooner you read this informative article of Tim Bowen's, the better.
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Your English: Collocations: launch
Here, Tim Bowen launches into an avid description of the collocates of this particularly power-packed word.
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ArticleYour English: Idioms—Love
Tim Bowen gets all lovey-dovey this week, with his explanation of the idioms surrounding this irresistible subject.
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Your English: Phrasal verbs: hold
Tim Bowen doesn't hold back in his discussion of the phrasal verbs associated with this word.
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Your English: Word grammar: since
Since when was it possible to find out everything you need to know about idioms, collocations, phrasal verbs and word grammar all in one place? Since Tim Bowen started writing Your English, of course! This week, Tim discusses the finer points of the word since.
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Your English: Idioms: food
Tim Bowen gives us plenty of food for thought with his interesting explanation of some of the many idioms associated with this yummy subject.
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Your English: Phrasal verbs: break
Tim Bowen makes a breakthrough in explaining the sometimes confusing phrasal verbs associated with this word.