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What is the purpose of routines in primary and teenage classes?

To make classroom management, participation and transitions more predictable and efficient.

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Why should we generally aim to use English as much as possible in class?

Students need meaningful opportunities to hear, understand and use English, not just hear the teacher explain it.

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What is one useful question the teacher could ask herself/ himself after an exam preparation task?

What did the students actually get better at?

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Lose 25 points!

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Double points!

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rocket

Go to first place!

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Go to last place!

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What could you do AFTER an exam task to turn practice into learning?

Ask students to reflect, identify difficulties, improve something or try again.

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What makes a classroom activity genuinely engaging?

Students have a clear reason to participate and something meaningful to think about, say, do or solve.

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What should exam preparation develop alongside familiarity with exam format?

Transferable language and exam skills.

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Swap points!

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fairy

Take points!

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If one student answers every whole-class question, what does this tell you about the rest of the class?

Very little — one confident answer does not show what everyone else knows or can do.

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What is the main idea behind Take a Minute?

Interrupt the problem, contain it, return the class to learning, then deal with it privately.

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What are the three categories we used to decide what to keep, adapt or cut?

MUST, USEFUL and COULD GO.

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What could you do BEFORE an exam task to make it more useful?

Ask students to notice, predict, recall or prepare something relevant to the task.

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If you're running behind with a coursebook, what should you ask yourself first?

What is the learning objective and what do these learners need?

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Could the same coursebook activity be MUST for one class but COULD GO for another?

Yes, because its value depends on the learners, objective and context.

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Lose 50 points!

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Take points!

rocket

Go to first place!

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baam

Lose 15 points!

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What is the difference between exam practice and exam preparation?

Exam practice gives experience with exam tasks; exam preparation also develops the language, skills and strategies needed to perform successfully.

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