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Last year, nearly 4,000 students from 30 countries took part in Pearson and BBC Live...
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21st century skills
How to get teenagers to think critically
Critical thinking is a twenty-first century skill that has been around for thousands of years....
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July 11, 2018
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21st century skills
Digital literacy and secondary education
Phrases like ‘digital native’ and ‘the smartphone generation’ have become part of our everyday vocabulary...
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Anna Roslaniec
June 15, 2018
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21st century skills
Seven essential 21st century skills for secondary learners
The world of work and communication is changing rapidly. As teachers we need to prepare...
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English Teaching Trends
Wrangling teenagers in class – 3 approaches that can help
The chasm gapes before us, and yet it must be crossed—the gap between teaching teenagers...
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Our Stories
Celebrating the new FOCUS Global Upper Secondary course
We’re delighted to announce the launch of FOCUS Global British English edition, our new flagship...
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Kate Fitzpatrick
February 24, 2016
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