by Fatime Losonci | bespoke, Cambridge Delta, CPD, feedback, general, item writing, learner autonomy, lesson planning
And these have been some of my most popular CPD blog entries, mostly on #lessonplanning, #CambridgeDeltaModule2, general #CPD, #feedback, #bespoke, #learnerautonomy, and #itemwriting. Enjoy! Experiment! (…Report back! ;)) — — Hi. I’m Fatime....
by Fatime Losonci | bespoke, feedback, learner autonomy
Students new to a challenge, including IELTS might automatically take it for granted that if they do a ‘PREP COURSE’, it’s a ‘guarantee’ that they’ll do well on the exam too. In reality we know it’s often not the case....
by Fatime Losonci | bespoke, lesson planning
Next time when you’re lost for ideas while PLANNING an IELTS lesson, try including some sort of a GENRE TRANSFER ACTIVITY. For example, let’s say your learners have just read an article about Albert O Hirschman’s book ‘Exit, Voice and...
by Fatime Losonci | bespoke, lesson planning
Love it? Hate it? If the former, how do you use it in your everyday teaching? And when was the last time that you made your IELTS learners CREATE, EVALUATE, ANALYZE, APPLY, UNDERSTAND or REMEMBER something? Bloom’s Taxonomy-Based IELTS Homework Choice...
by Fatime Losonci | bespoke
I know it can be hard to know what to responsibly PROMISE our IELTS learners when they are considering signing up to do their exam PREPARATION with us. We do want to have enough students, after all… Yet it’s important to be STRATEGIC about what RESULTS we...
by Fatime Losonci | bespoke
“Timoteo, you smell like humans!” This is the lovely Timoteo, my friend Claudia’s dog. According to Clau, he was smelling bad even after she had bathed him in dog shampoo, so she decided to up the ante and also bathed him in human shampoo. :O Fit for purpose? Maybe...
by Fatime Losonci | bespoke, CPD
Learning in the 21st century also includes knowing what new SKILLS, or what new KNOWLEDGE we want to acquire. That is to say, WE are in charge of CURATING our own curricula, as well as TAKING them. Which is why I’m really meticulous about who I follow, and...
by Fatime Losonci | bespoke, lesson planning
These are the 10 most important factors to consider when planning an IELTS lesson, IMO (–not in order of importance). 1) course AIMS (e.g. IELTS academic band 7 overall) and length (e.g. 1 month vs 3 months vs 6…?) 2) the learners’ AGE 3) group SIZE 4) the...
