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Only Four Things You Need To Become A Master Teacher

Although learning to teach well occurs over time after going through a lot of teaching practices but it involves mainly four things: knowing, planning, doing, and reflecting. If you keep doing these four things, you will be able to achieve a degree of master in your teaching and...

01/01/2020 Mohamed Ramadan Professional Development 2 Comments

9 Key Patterns Of Questions To Test The Writing Skills

Here are the main nine patterns of questions to test writing skills and tips to excel in writing each pattern. 1. Fill in the missing vocabulary items in sentences: 2. Fill in the missing structural items in sentences: 3. Finish the text with the items in the list:...

30/12/2019 Mohamed Ramadan Testing and Assessment 1 Comment

How To Write Good Questions To Test Reading Skills

Below are some patterns of questions to test reading skills. Each pattern includes what students are asked to do to answer the question and some guidelines to help the teachers write this kind of question in a good way. 1. Read the following sentences and number them in...

29/12/2019 Mohamed Ramadan Testing and Assessment 2 Comments

When To Use Students’ Mother Tongue In EFL Classes

when to use mother tongue in EFL classes

A teacher should insist on and encourage using English in primary or low-level classes so that students: will have the opportunity to practice using English in context. will improve their listening skills. learn and practice common or repeated classroom language or routines in English. (e.g. Please open your...

27/12/2019 Mohamed Ramadan Uncategorized 1 Comment

Six Qualities Of A Good Language Test And Actions To Achieve Them

There are six fundamental qualities that contribute to the effectiveness of a test. Test developers must take these qualities into consideration so that the test can reflect its purposes successfully. In general, these six qualities are all integral, have a certain correlation and can not be solely isolated....

25/12/2019 Mohamed Ramadan Testing and Assessment 2 Comments

The 5 Key Criteria To Create Effective Teaching Aids For The Classroom

Using educational teaching aids can boost student success in the classroom. These aids reinforce what a teacher says and ensures the main points are understood. Educational teaching aids signal students to the important information. They also allow them to experience something that is abstract in real life. They...

22/12/2019 Mohamed Ramadan Uncategorized 13 Comments

A Checklist For Creating A Quality Language Test

Creating a good language test demands great care and responsibility on the part of the teachers. Most teachers want only to puzzle their students with tests. It isn’t right because tests should be created well to reflect the real level of students, not teachers’ own expectations. So, the...

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9 Tips & Steps To Teach Young Learners More Effectively

Characteristics of Young Learners Young learners are children who are developing quickly as individuals. learn in a variety of ways, for example, by watching, listening, imitating, and doing things. are not able to understand grammatical rules and explanations about language. try to make sense of situations by making...

16/12/2019 Mohamed Ramadan Professional Development, TEFL to Young Learners 1 Comment

The Guidelines EFL Teachers Need To Write Effective Test Questions

guidelines needed to write effective test items

It is a challenging task for teachers to write test questions, especially when a test is being used to measure certain learning outcomes. Take into account the following guidelines before you begin writing test questions. Prepare Students For The Test By: Consider All The Levels of Thinking. According...

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Reasons For Classroom Assessment & Decisions Made By This Assessment

Classroom assessment is the act of collecting information about students, curricula, and methodology with the aim of making decisions concerning students’ needs and teacher’s objectives. Classroom Assessment Should Help the Teachers in: The Most Common Form of Classroom Assessment Conducting tests whether they are oral or in writing...

10/12/2019 Mohamed Ramadan Testing and Assessment 1 Comment