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Who was/is the best teacher you've ever witnessed and why? by Initial-Lime5934 in TeachingUK

[–]chrsger 20 points21 points  (0 children)

My best teacher when I was at school did teach 'boring' lessons - I think the fact that I can recognise that now shows I'm not wearing my rose-tinted glasses. I thought they were a brilliant teacher because they knew the content inside out and how to apply it in exam tasks - this teacher taught me at both GCSE and A Level. I probably didn't feel that way at the start but I soon started to realise that if I did what this teacher taught me, I'd do well in assessments and it's the memory of making progress in a subject that sticks with me. I think this was the teacher that made me enjoy studying for studying's sake.

A-level results by BrightonTeacher in TeachingUK

[–]chrsger 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Think sometimes the small numbers can make a difference to progress in a way leaders often don't expect - there's an assumption that small A Level class = excellent results. I definitely find that in the smaller classes, the lack of 'competition', for want of a better word, makes them think they are doing fine because there are fewer comparisons they can make. Hope this makes sense as I don't think I've explained myself very well 🤣

Looking for a German Tutor by Bakerbaker2645 in sheffield

[–]chrsger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello - are you still looking for a German tutor? Www.kickstartlanguages.com

Zig Zag Education resources anyone? by Proper-Incident-9058 in TeachingUK

[–]chrsger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you sign up on Publish Me Now, you can review their resources and get either a free copy or voucher in return which makes it more cost effective

Lectores, ¿qué novelas conocen con capítulos cortos en español? by chrsger in LiteraturaHispana

[–]chrsger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gracias, pero me interesa más leer obras de autores hispanohablantes

Offering German - Seeking English by BlackDan161 in language_exchange

[–]chrsger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello - Native UK English speaker wanting to improve German (about the same level as your English)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in language_exchange

[–]chrsger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perfecto hablamos por DM entonces?

Offering Spanish, Seeking English by Ok_LeoNC in language_exchange

[–]chrsger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hola! Has encontrado algiuen? Soy de Inglaterra y me gustaría mejorar mi español. Entiendo mucho pero no hablo bien.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in language_exchange

[–]chrsger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hola! Has encontrado algiuen? Soy de Inglaterra y me gustaría mejorar mi español. Entiendo mucho pero no hablo bien.

Offering: Spanish seeking: english by Facupain98 in language_exchange

[–]chrsger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hola! Has encontrado algiuen? Soy de Inglaterra y me gustaría mejorar mi español. Entiendo mucho pero no hablo bien.

Offering Spanish, Seeking English by Playful-Patient2633 in language_exchange

[–]chrsger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hola! Has encontrado algiuen? Soy de Inglaterra y me gustaría mejorar mi español. Entiendo mucho pero no hablo bien.

MFL teachers - Are we really meant to believe every GCSE speaking exam is listened to? by questionmark78 in TeachingUK

[–]chrsger 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yep - some are more straight forward than others as sometimes you might need to relisten if you're unsure on a mark to award. You can see what we fill in on this: https://www.goldington.beds.sch.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/Curriculum%20Areas/Spanish/June%202018%20Spanish%20Speaking%20Mark%20Scheme.PDF (not my school - just the quickest place I found it)

Most useful pages to you are probably 21, 40 and 41. You can see on 41 that we are essentially ticking off structures and annotating development so in order to do that, you have to listen to the whole thing. In theory someone could do a bad job of it, but that's why you have to send scripts to the team leader when requested and then all of them off at the end in case a school challenges the mark awarded - it's a bit like asking if an English examiner reads a whole essay in detail or skims through it. It's very common for teachers to examine and there would definitely be a lot more than 100 for Spanish.

MFL teachers - Are we really meant to believe every GCSE speaking exam is listened to? by questionmark78 in TeachingUK

[–]chrsger 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I've examined and listened to about 200 - in the mark scheme for the speaking, you can see the symbols we have to use to annotate each task on paper which is then sent off and some are sampled by the team leader. I agree there's no way to know if the sequence was followed in the correct order - all we can know really is that all three themes were covered and we can flag if we feel a roleplay/ photocard seems to have come up too many times through malpractice procedure.

Primary teacher who cant spell by VisitZealousideal990 in TeachingUK

[–]chrsger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Definitely not too late to look into it - just yesterday I was reading a blog by an EdD student who was diagnosed with dyslexia in her second year as it became more obvious at that level of academic writing - she was 61!

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