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    How do we write? Or, to be more precise, how do we expect, or require, our students to write? I have recently read an article in El Pais on...

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    I have been ill recently, which gave me plenty of time to read a couple of novels by Colson Whitehead, who is a much-admired black American...

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  • 18 March 2024
    David Ripley
    Reading question types
    I don't see the references you provide, Andrew - can you refer me to the the right page?
  • 18 March 2024
    Andrew Harrison
    Reading question types
    Just wanted to let you know a technical issue I'm having on this page. When hover over the choices within the "writing" menu (e.g. "teaching writing"), the drop down menu kicks to the far right, off the screen, making the sub selections unreadable....
  • 18 March 2024
    David Ripley
    The qBank
    I'm sorry you're having these problems, Annika. A couple of suggestions:1. If "your name" doesn't appear, then perhaps you haven't logged in? Check this - your name + student access should then appear.2. The qBank appears at the bottom of the...
  • 18 March 2024
    David Ripley
    Paper 2 Listening
    In the T/F + justification questions both the T/F element and the justification have to be correct to the mark, Nuria. There are no half marks.And by the way, note that T/F + justification is not used in the listening comprehension exam.

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