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One way I often suggest to my students to improve their writing ability is to read a lot. When doing so, I suggest they notice how writers use grammar, vocabulary, punctuation and organisation. I recommend trying to incorporate these samples into their own writing. But as so aptly demonstrated by the photo above, my [...]
For those attendees (or those that missed it) of my session today at TESL Canada Conference, these are the slides of the ARC presentation. Thank you so much for attending so late in the day and enduring the room environment. I wish it had been a brighter room where we could still [...]
Mixie me: demonstrating comprehension
Comprehension is often not what it appears to be. I think we’ve proven this (in a post here, for example). When students believe they are showing their comprehension, they often are just regurgitating words from the text. Equally troubling, this may include plagiarised [...]