WA clarifications
My attention was drawn to a recently-posted document on the OCC while I was at the Standardisation meeting at Cardiff. This is snappily entitled "Clarifications for language acquisition written assignments...
North-South buddy-schools
So what does that title mean? Let me explain... During an exchange of emails with Natasha Hanzelic of Carey Baptist Grammar School in Melbourne, Australia, the idea emerged of setting up links between...
Surreal propaganda
Reality is sometimes much weirder than the most inventive fiction. To start with, it is curious that there are three Ukrainian waitresses working in the beach-side cafe where my wife and I go every day...
About challenge
Part of the sales-pitch for the 'new' Language B programme was that it should be seen as 'more challenging'. Now that the 'new' programme is bedded down and has become the 'current' programme, to what...
Nov 2013, reviewed
I am writing this just after completing all the examination tasks for the November 2013 exam session. This means that now all schools offering English B, in both hemispheres, have completed the cycle...
Political visions
Does politics offer us visions ? Or dreams ? Or illusions ? Or delusions ? Or projects ? Or projections ? Or fantasies ? All of this is provoked by the latest piece of political commentary displayed on...
Bad vibes
Devoted readers of this blog (yes, both of you) will have noticed that I comment regularly on the current political situation in Catalunya, especially in relation to the debate about whether Catalunya...
New site developments
Over the last year, I have concentrated on producing material concerned with the introduction of the new Subject Guide, and in particular material about the assessment process. This seemed appropriate...
May 2013, considered
Here are some quick preliminary comments based on what I have heard about how the whole May13 marking session has gone, under the new assessment system. These are merely indications of what will appear...
On stereotypes
In El Pais the other day (18 March 2013), there was a letter from a teacher of Spanish as a foreign language, describing and commenting on an incident in one of her classes. She had asked a group of Danish...