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#74, Book of the week: ‘Authentic Assessment for English Language Learners: Practical Approaches for Teachers’ by J. Michael O’Malley & Lorraine Valdez Pierce

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This 268-page practical resource book familiarizes teachers, staff developers, and administrators with the latest thinking on alternatives to traditional assessment. It will prepare them to implement authentic assessment in the…

#74, Article: ‘Video recorders in the classroom’ by Jamie Keddie

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Post published:November 20, 2010
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"I have just become an uncle! My new nephew Tomás is three weeks old today. Mummy and daddy live in Barcelona but his maternal grandparents and great granddad live in…

#74, Word of the week: Word stress

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Word stress indicates which syllables are stressed - or emphasised - in a word. Example ‘Photograph' has word stress Ooo (stress on the first syllable), ‘photographer' has word stress oOoo…