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Developing life competencies with back-to-school icebreaker activities

Developing life competencies with back-to-school icebreaker activities

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Cambridge Life Competencies for Teens: Collaboration

Life Competencies Teens Insights, Research and Linguistics

Simon Wright

Critical thinking: Critical for academic success

Life Competencies Adult Learners Exam Preparation EAP Testing, Evaluation and Assessment

Luiz Rose

Empowering teachers for the digital future

Life Competencies Adult Learners Technology and Digital

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Cambridge Life Competencies Framework

Our world is changing fast and we need to prepare our students with the skills and experiences that go beyond simply learning an additional language.

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Vicky Saumell

Vicky Saumell

AI Literacy in the Language Classroom: Navigating Opportunity and Risk

AI technology can help with language learning, but it also brings some problems. These include bias, mistakes made by AI ("hallucinations"), over dependence on AI and cognitive offloading, harm to...

Jade Blue

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Developing learners’ life competencies to support inclusion in the language classroom

Hayo Reinders

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Teachers Talk Tech #1: Employability Skills And The Future Workplace

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Justyna Matwiejczyk

Justyna Matwiejczyk

Learning to Learn with Pippa and Pop

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Jade Blue

Employability skills #6: professional development and management

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Employability skills #5: leadership and global citizenship

Jade Blue

Encouraging values and emotional development in our young learners

Life Competencies Young Learners

Anna Hasper

Social and emotional learning skills for your classroom

Michael Tomlinson & Caroline Nixon

Kid’s Box New Generation: Growing, learning and having fun together in the primary classroom!

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Jade Blue

Employability skills #3: innovation and problem solving

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Jade Blue

Employability skills #2: communication

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Teachers and learners having a discussion

Employability skills #1: collaboration and teamwork

Jo Szoke

Integrating life competencies into our lessons

Life Competencies Teens

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Raquel Ribeiro

Raquel Ribeiro

Student agency in English language learning

Life Competencies Adult Learners Insights, Research and Linguistics

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Mauricio Shiroma

Mauricio Shiroma

A deep dive into critical thinking (part 1) – what is it and how is it taught?

Life Competencies Adult Learners Teens Young Learners Insights, Research and Linguistics

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Mauricio Shiroma

Mauricio Shiroma

A deep dive into critical thinking (part 2) – the bias battle

Life Competencies Adult Learners Teens Young Learners Professional Development Insights, Research and Linguistics

Hannah Tuck

Hannah Tuck

Activity: Let’s talk about the Tour de France

Listening Speaking Vocabulary Life Competencies

Carley Spence

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How power skills bring long-term rewards for your students

Life Competencies

Jade Blue

Cambridge Life Competencies: free Digital Literacy activity cards

Life Competencies Adult Learners Teens Young Learners Insights, Research and Linguistics

Raquel Ribeiro

Raquel Ribeiro

Encourage students’ autonomy with an online dictionary

Vocabulary Life Competencies Technology and Digital

Jade Blue

Developing learner autonomy in digital learning contexts

Life Competencies Adult Learners Technology and Digital

Julia Harris

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How to get the most out of your digital tools

Listening Speaking Life Competencies Technology and Digital

Jade Blue

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More than just using computers: understanding and developing Digital Literacy with our new guide

Life Competencies Insights, Research and Linguistics

Delia Kidd

Delia Kidd

Digital Week: How to get the most out of collaborative learning tools

Life Competencies Insights, Research and Linguistics Technology and Digital Surveys

Allen Davenport

Students playing in kindergarten class

Why does play matter?

Life Competencies Young Learners

Jade Blue

How to integrate life competencies into your school: A case study from Catania

Life Competencies Professional Development Insights, Research and Linguistics Experiences

Simon Wright

Simon Wright

Empowering language learners with life skills for work and higher education

Life Competencies Adult Learners

Centred on Africa & Europe

Hannah Tuck

Hannah Tuck

Climate change essay competition: Last exit before the bridge

Writing Life Competencies Teens Competitions

Ally Kensington

How to teach the environment to prepare young learners to become future-ready generations

Life Competencies Young Learners

Hannah Tuck

2022: wellbeing tips to kick-start the new year

Life Competencies Experiences

Katie Back

Katie Back

Climate Change Week: an article round-up

Life Competencies Adult Learners Teens Young Learners