Dear Sue /British Council

Thank you for the opportunity to grow and learn as a teacher. I'd like to share my challenge, if possible, with Sue. 

I teach one to one, teenagers willing to take International Exams and adults willing to speak English. In the second group, I find  L-CT is easier, needless to say. Though I can´t do group work I encourage them to record themselves and we share projects , reports, ideas, opinions in our blog, thus promoting interaction. Little by little and with a lot of patience!

But when it comes to teaching FCE, let's say, I am doubtful about my planning. I'd like to share this example: Some conversations in the practice tests are really interesting and when I try to develop some follow up discussion, I realize my students don´t know much about the talk, so I conclude that students listen to get clues to answer questions. Some teachers think that doing other activities, like projects, rather than focusing totally on developing the proper skills to PASS, could be distructing for students. Of course, there's the time element. But I'd love to get some feedback on planning when students have to take this kind of exams.

Thank you very much in advance

Debbie