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A few years ago, I sat in on a teacher’s lesson, and before class, I remember asking him about his teaching approach. “Oh, I do CLT,” he said, with the confidence of someone telling me he breathed oxygen.

The lesson started. Students opened their books. They did a gap-fill on the second conditional. Then they read sentences aloud in closed pairs. Then they did another gap-fill. Then the class f

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	Lesson Planning for Language Teachers: Evidence-Based Techniques for Busy Teachers (Language Teaching Essentials Book 1) 4.17 avg rating — 24 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essential Classroom Management: Systems and strategies that create communities (Language Teaching Essentials Book 2) 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ChatGPT for Language Teachers: The Ultimate Prompt Handbook for AI Productivity (Language Teaching Essentials 4) 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Stop Procrastinating: Master Your Emotions, Mind, Environment And Time To Conquer Procrastination 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Storytelling for Language Teachers: Story frameworks, activities, and techniques (Language Teaching Essentials Book 3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reflective Teaching Journal: Improve Your Teaching in 5 Minutes a Day it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric

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London Journal, 1762 - 1763

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