by Aggie Chapman When it comes to speaking a foreign language, many people complain about feeling completely blocked. So much so, that the term “speaking block” is commonly used in the context of language teaching …
The Secret to Writing in English Is at Your Fingertips
by Aggie Chapman For some reason, writing tends to be the least liked skill of many students. Whenever I do writing practice with my students, there is usually an audible moan coming from the classroom. …
A Simple Guide to Language Levels – B2 aka Vantage
by Aggie Chapman How do we know that we are at the B2 level? Well, two things may give us a hint: we are able to say pretty much what we want to say, and …
A Simple Guide to Language Levels – B1 aka Threshold
by Aggie Chapman B1 is quite an interesting level. In a nutshell it could be summed up as the moment when we’re starting to be able to say more or less what we want to. …
A Simple Guide to Language Levels – A2 aka Waystage
by Aggie Chapman Not dissimilar to the previous level, A2 is still characterised by a large degree of repetition of the limited range of vocabulary and grammar, but contrary to the A1 level, there is …
A Simple Guide to Language Levels – A1 aka Breakthrough
by Aggie Chapman In the next few posts I’ll try to decipher the mystery of the CEFR levels and briefly outline what each of them means for us, learners. Knowing what we should be able …
CEFR demystified – all you need to know about language level classification system
by Aggie Chapman Learning a foreign language, as any other goal that we set, should be measurable. At the beginning, everything is new and exciting and the sheer fact that we are learning is enough …