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    6 Useful Vocabulary Websites

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6 Useful Vocabulary Websites

In Closing The Vocabulary Gap by Alex Quigley11/04/20181 Comment

The web is full of websites on vocabulary: good, bad and ugly. Here are six of my favourite free vocabulary websites that I think are useful for teachers and students …

Alex Quigley

I am Director of Huntington Research School, York. I am also a Research School Developer for the EEF, supporting research schools in the north of England.

When I am not doing research school work, I can be found teaching English as well writing edubooks and articles for TES and Teach Secondary magazine.

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The great @sjblakemore on teen risk taking as a normative shift in priorities: "For #adolescents, the social #risk of being rejected by peers outweighs other potentially negative outcomes of decisions" YES https://t.co/lzzamDMNNq

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Our practitioner enquiry evening event is now fully booked, but there are still spaces available in the afternoon for 'Developing a Research Engaged Approach', 3.00 – 4.30pm, University of Strathclyde, Wed 2nd May, 2018 as part of Engage with Strathclyde https://t.co/m9GZTR0KcO

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'This much I know about…metacognition and self-regulation' - ahead of the publication on Friday of our guidance report on the topic, @johntomsett's fishing-inspired blog is worth a read: https://t.co/9Pa8b6XHEL

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Alex Quigley

I am Director of Huntington Research School, York. I am also a Research School Developer for the EEF, supporting research schools in the north of England.

When I am not doing research school work, I can be found teaching English, as well as writing edubooks and articles for TES and Teach Secondary magazine. I am a ResearchED Trustee & a member of the Chartered College of Teaching Impact Journal board.

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