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Using balanced skills for authentic and fruitful language teaching

In English language teaching, one of the biggest challenges teachers face is balancing the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Due to time constraints or curriculum demands, some skills receive more attention than others. In real life, we never use language skills in isolation. When we communicate, we listen and respond; when we read, we interpret information and often discuss or write about it. That is why balanced lessons help students use language more authentically and functionally. In addition, working with all four skills helps:  (i) build students’ confidence, (ii) support different learning styles, (iii) increase classroom participation, (iv)...

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Using balanced skills for authentic and fruitful language teaching

In English language teaching, one of the biggest challenges teachers face is balancing the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Due to...

Rechecking SSC exam scripts reveals serious scams in the evaluation system

When 56,000 scripts of a public examination show changed marks and grades, it undeniably reveals serious scams in our evaluation system. Whatever we do...

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Is storytelling a powerful tool to teach vocabulary and grammar? Teaching English using isolated grammar has become an established practice in our English teaching...

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National Education Policy-2009 (Final Draft): Some Questions to be Clarified before Finalizing It

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A Comparative Study of Mathematics Curriculum at Primary Level in Bangladesh and India (West Bengal)

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Science Education Declines in the Age of Science

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Using balanced skills for authentic and fruitful language teaching

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