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Enhancing Writing Skills: Effective Strategies for Peer Editing and Revision
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“The secret to good writing is rewriting.” William Zissner, American writerWhen you write something, whether it’s a story or an email, it’s unlikely t...

19 ways to challenge yourself as a teacher
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In education, we often talk about how to challenge our students—but what about ourselves as teachers? In a teaching career, it’s normal to find yourse...

Creating Authentic Assessments
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Every teacher has a go-to approach to evaluating students' progress. Whether it’s through formal testing or taking the time for conversations with...

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...

How my students benefited from studying a language abroad
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Mara Reynoso is a teacher living and working in Mexico. During her career she has gone on several overseas group travel trips with her students. Here,...

Building the Foundations of Differentiation: Helping Students to Set Clear Goals
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Most teachers at some point have struggled to cope with the range of abilities and backgrounds of students in a class. Tailoring instructional methods...

Laying the foundation of a successful school year
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As the new school year starts to unfold, both veteran and new teachers will face new challenges (or old ones in different clothes), both in- and outsi...

Teaching English Grammar Effectively: Exploring the Difference Between Explicit and Implicit Grammar Teaching
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IntroductionThe decades-old debate between explicit and implicit grammar teaching is one of the most divisive in language education.Advocates of expli...

Technology in the classroom
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Technology in the classroomLearning technologies have been essential for teachers and students for decades, if not centuries. In fact, at one point, e...

15 must-remember tips for new language teachers
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Whether working in the Northern or Southern hemisphere, there’s one thing the teaching community has in common: new semester nerves. And we know how t...

Exploring Multicultural Literature: Embracing Diverse Voices in the English Language Classroom
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Studying diverse voices and experiences which represent a wide range of backgrounds doesn’t just promote cross-cultural understanding, but also enable...

13 fail-safe icebreakers to use in class today
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It doesn’t matter whether students have started studying together, or whether they have known each other for years, there’s never a bad time to do an ...