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David Bish

David Bish, an educator for over 20 years, is senior academic at EF for our younger learner courses. His research interests include use of classroom technology, project and task-based learning. He lives in Switzerland where he likes to run both up and down mountains.

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David Bish breaks down blended learning

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We sat down with EF senior academic David Bish to find out more about blended learning and how it’s used in the classroom.David, how would you introdu...

Relearning the power of positive teaching

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While it’s been a long time since I read Yvonne Bender’s book “The power of positive teaching,” I do know all about the benefits of positive feedback ...

How to write award-winning ELT materials

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Our academic team is no stranger to innovation – and now, our course book Fast Track 5 has been nominated for an ELTon award. When creating materials ...

Are native English speaking teachers better?

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Some students and schools believe that the only good teacher is a Native English Speaking Teacher (sometimes referred to as a NEST or Mother Tongue sp...