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For decades, students have approached exams as passive recipients of pre-determined assessments, often struggling to decode the logic behind the…
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Once again, it’s that time of year: our exam preparation period is almost over, and we are approaching the culmination…
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Imagine stepping into an exam room where there is no human examiner waiting to evaluate you—only a screen, an algorithm,…
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If your students’ complaints like “I don’t know what to write in this C2 Level essay” or “I have no…
Exam tips for first-time takers
With exams just around the corner, we are all feeling a whirlwind of emotions, students and teachers alike. When May…
Breathe In, Stress Out: How Mindfulness and Breathing Can Save Your Students from Exam Meltdowns
The Great Exam Panic of the Century Picture this: A student sits in an exam room, gripping their pen like…
A view on “easy” exams
Recently I received a student who has sat for a specific B2 level EFL exam four times already. She has…
Bridging Global Standards with Local Needs: Advancing English Language Education and Qualifications in Greece
A conversation with Maria Alafogianni, BA, MA, MIL, Dip Trans, MSc Counselling and Positive Psychology, CEO B.E.S.A Maria Alafogianni has…
How AI EdWiBo Transformed My Teaching Life
After forty years in English language teaching – many of them as a Director of Studies – I thought I…
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When marking was introduced in the nineteenth century, it transformed education by embedding the idea that intelligence is something fixed…