Chiara Bruzzano

What are the real-life consequences of language tests? With an ever-growing focus on standardised language testing, should we move on from simply considering validity to adopting a critical perspective on language assessment? Read on to find out how.

Gerhard Erasmus

Whether we are teachers, trainers, managers, or other staff in schools, we are bound to experience stress at some point in time. Gerhards explores the effects of stress, as well as how we can manage our own stress and how we can support those around us experiencing stress.

Imagine introducing a language point in class, or getting learners to read a dialogue in pairs or even a part of a lesson where you are working on word stress with your class… these are all familiar scenarios that can happen face to face or live online. And, in each one, you and/or learners are, in a sense, performers, using storytelling, role-play and voice exercises, with the classroom acting as your rehearsal space.

How important is it for young learners to have a love of stories? Should teachers be responsible for encouraging their students to think critically from a young age? These are the questions that inspire and define The Thinking Train series from Helbling Languages.