Helping teens become their own life coaches By Herbert Puchta
Dr Herbert Puchta is a writer of course books and other ELT materials and a professional teacher trainer. For almost three decades, he has researched the practical application of cognitive psychology in EFL-teaching. Herbert has co-authored numerous textbooks and resource books including THiNK, English in Mind and MORE!
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eaching English successfully to secondary school students is a rewarding activity. It develops their ability to communicate well in the world’s most widely spoken language, and provides them with key communicative competencies that they will be able to draw on at various stages, and in various situations, throughout their lives. However, if we want our students to flourish in a challenging and fast-changing world we need to help them develop competencies beyond language, as shown in the Cambridge Life Competencies Framework. We need to help our students to foster their critical and creative thinking potentials, utilize their full potential through learning how to learn, and develop their
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