We’ve all experienced it: two students who sit side by side in class, one making rapid progress while the other still struggles with last year’s material. What makes some students make rapid progress, while others make somewhat glacial progress and ‘plateau’ at a relatively low level?
What generalisable lessons can we draw from a student who has made rapid progress? What habits and practices can other students emulate? In this case, the student arrived in the UK with an A1 level but is now, about 24 months later, comfortable in a B2 class and seems to be moving . . .
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