Aptis is an examination and assessment test developed by the British Council. It is targeted towards businesses and organizations (and is not available to individual users) in order to test a students ability in the four language skills. However clients can adapt the test to show bias towards one or […]
Continue ReadingALTE – Association of Language Testers in Europe
ALTE is the Association of Language Testers in Europe. It has developed a set of descriptors for language exams which say what a language learner at a particular level is able to achieve (i.e. understand or produce, etc). ALTE was founded by the Universities of Cambridge and Salamanca for the […]
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Cambridge Young Learners English Tests is touted as a series of fun, motivating English language tests, aimed at children in primary and lower-secondary education (age 7 – 12). They are run by UCLES. The examination has three different levels: Starters Exam (typically for age 7, or Year 1 to 2 […]
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Writing is often the last of the four major language skills to be learned after listening, speaking and reading. Subject Matter The first question to ask is what kind of writing will your students be doing? Like all language learning, practice needs to be relevant to the students. This means […]
Continue ReadingTongue Twisters in English
Tongue Twisters are useful ways to practice pronunciation with your class, especially if the sound you are practicing does not exist in the students’ mother tongue. For example, the /ʃ/ sound does not exist in Greek and is often pronounced /s/ by Greek students. This means students there will often […]
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