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Teaching Tips

Teaching Tips and Tricks. Keep up the learning and engagement with these helpful classroom teaching tips

The “They only play in this school’’ problem

Recently, I have spent a lot of hours in my office trying to write new lesson plans, new activities, and new STEAM challenges having my students in mind –how to help them become better people and lifelong learners. The truth is that over the past year I have seen more and more schools changing their curriculum and their teaching methods. I’ve noticed that...

Professional development: long and short courses that can make the difference in your teaching

Professional development refers to continuing education and career training after a person has entered the workforce in order to help them develop new skills, stay up-to-date on current trends, and advance their career. A common misconception about professional development is that it only helps you. It’s important to remember that investing in yourself as...

The Science of Reading

The Science of ReadingDoes reading really matter that much now that we’re in the digital age? Yes! In fact, in the digital age, when we encounter so many different texts and messages every day, our critical and analytical abilities may even matter more than ever. Without a rich vocabulary and background knowledge that we can apply and utilize, we will get tripped up in the...

Graded Reading for Grades: How Graded Readers can help with Exam Preparation

Preparing students for tests is a burden all teachers must bear. Test preparation can be taxing and take away valuable learning time from students as well as the enjoyment of learning a new language. However, learners want to know how well they are doing, and schools need to know who is making progress and who is falling behind. The problem of preparing...

My students complain that reading texts are too long and difficult to deal with… What should I do?

My students complain that reading texts are too long and difficult to deal withText by: Dimitris Primalis   Whether you teach a traditional EFL (English as a Foreign Language) class, or a class with CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) books, your students may come across long and more demanding texts in terms of vocabulary, structure. CLIL texts are usually different in terms of task types (e.g. students may have to...