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Examining obsessions:
Exam preparation classes,
their effects on the individual and society,
and what we can do to reduce the negatives
James Egerton
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Albacete, Spain.
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What are we going to talk about? Positives of exams
Negatives of exams
How can we avoid or transform the negatives?
- General courses
- Exam classes
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(Cambridge FCE writing marking criteria)
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- General courses
- Exam classes
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General courses
Objectives
Real-world
Academic
- Survive a weekend trip to London
- Watch an English-language film in
original voice and understand the
plot
- Read a novel in English
- Hold a conversation with an English-
speaking friend
- Pass an official B2 exam by the end
of 2016
- Pass English-language modules of my
university degree
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General courses
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General courses
TBL
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Exam classes
´The biggest problem is the potentially negative
effect that the exam can have on the exam
class…A course consisting far more of testing than
teaching´.
May, P., 1996. Exam Classes, Oxford: Oxford
University Press (page 4)
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Exam classes
Encourage growth mindsets!
Mindset theory (Professor Carol Dwerk):
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ENGLISH TEACHER
OR
EXAM COACH?
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Thanks for attending!
Any questions or comments?
Get in touch:
I also blog on more TEFL topics at:
www.nessie.es/author/jamesegerton