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Examining obsessions:
Exam preparation classes,
their effects on the individual and society,
and what we can do to reduce the negatives
James Egerton
Albacete, Spain.
What are we going to talk about? Positives of exams
Negatives of exams
How can we avoid or transform the negatives?
- General courses
- Exam classes
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- General courses
- Exam classes
General courses
Objectives
Real-world
Academic
- Survive a weekend trip to London
- Watch an English-language film in
original voice and understand the
plot
- Read a novel in English
- Hold a conversation with an English-
speaking friend
- Pass an official B2 exam by the end
of 2016
- Pass English-language modules of my
university degree
General courses
General courses
TBL
Exam classes
´The biggest problem is the potentially negative
effect that the exam can have on the exam
class…A course consisting far more of testing than
teaching´.
May, P., 1996. Exam Classes, Oxford: Oxford
University Press (page 4)
Exam classes
Encourage growth mindsets!
Mindset theory (Professor Carol Dwerk):
ENGLISH TEACHER
OR
EXAM COACH?
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