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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...

11 (more) tips to encourage unmotivated students
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If you’re struggling with ideas to motivate a discouraged student or learner who can’t see the progress they’re making, we’ve got a few tips to share....

Teaching Shakespeare: Bringing the Bard to Life in the English Classroom
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If you’ve ever thought that someone has had ‘too much of a good thing’, or that something is ‘extraordinary’, then you’ve used language first said by ...

Enhancing Students’ Critical Thinking Skills through Literary Analysis
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The importance of critical thinking in language educationWhen it comes to learning English, there is an important distinction between descriptive spee...

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...

Five things students can learn from an English test
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English tests are not an aim in and of themselves, although they’re sometimes treated as if they were. In fact, there’s a lot that English testing sho...

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...

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 ...

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...

Integrating Social Media into EFL Lessons: Enhancing Communication Skills and Presenting Language in Natural Use Situations
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Social media algorithms are specifically designed to present users with appealing and engaging content. This addictive nature also provides an opportu...