Assessment is a necessary element in any educational setting and it significantly impacts the lives of students and teachers. Unfortunately, the topic is not so often explored in teacher education programmes or in policy-making debates. Not only does assessment influence the…
If I had to reduce all of cognitive psychology to one principle it would be this: the most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and teach him accordingly.(Ausubel, 1978: flyleaf) This is a quote from a…
It’s great for high-levels! Ever since I first read Michael Lewis’s book ‘The Lexical Approach’, I’ve been interested in how to apply its insights into my own teaching and materials writing. However, while giving presentations and running training sessions on…
