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What do you need English for? Facts and prospects

Some weeks ago I asked my 4th year students of Secondary Education (aged 15-16 years) to think and discuss about the reasons why they find English is (or will be) useful in their own lives. Although they are still not very concerned with job issues, they know that a good knowledge of the English language will be a prerequisite [...]

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TeacherTube

Fed up of looking for educational content in YouTube with poor results? Then, TeacherTube can be the alternative site.
Their goal is to provide an online community for sharing instructional videos, with teachers teaching teachers. As well, it is a site where teachers can post videos designed for students to view in order to learn a concept [...]

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Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)- Level equivalence table

CEFR, (The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment) is a guideline used to describe achievements of learners of foreign languages across Europe. Its main aim is to provide a method of assessing and teaching which applies to all languages in Europe. The six reference levels (see below) are becoming widely accepted as the [...]

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