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What to consider when teaching introverts
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Most teachers are aware of multiple intelligences theory and may have an interest in how personality frameworks translate to the classroom. One such p...

Eight ways to use your students’ own devices in class
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Setting foot in a classroom today where students don’t have at least one piece of technology on them is nearly impossible. Accepting that our devices ...

Top 10 TV series to learn English with
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Your students may have heard stories of celebrities like actress Mila Kunis learning English just from watching TV shows. And although it’s not the no...

The Power of Authentic Experiences: Incorporating Video into English Classes
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When we use language, we’re not just getting meaning from the words we hear. We also use visual cues to tell us what is happening. These could be the ...

How should we use technology in the classroom?
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If these past few years have taught us anything, it’s that the question should never be whether to use technology in our classrooms, but rather how we...

Help your students learn phrasal verbs effectively
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For many people, one of the most challenging aspects of learning English is the use of phrasal verbs. There are, literally, thousands of them, and no ...

Flipping the language classroom
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Learning another language may represent a challenge that every student adjusts to differently. The flipped classroom approach may be the answer you’re...

Eight excellent digital resources for English language learners
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I frequently have students asking for advice on how to improve different areas in which they are struggling. These are my top eight digital resources ...

Academics answer: What is blended learning?
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Education is constantly evolving, introducing teachers to new or different techniques to employ in class. Here, we invited the EF academic team to tal...

Got an unmotivated student? Try these 12 tips
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No matter how cohesive the class, there’s usually one student who just isn’t, let’s say, feeling it. But what can you do with an unmotivated student? ...

Got a gifted student? Here’s what you need to know
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One of the great challenges of teaching is adapting to the needs of dozens of students, all of them with unique personalities, interests, world views,...

Four ideas for project work in the language classroom
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Projects take students’ noses out of their workbooks and help them foster writing, speaking, listening, reading, vocabulary, grammar, and researching ...