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A Way For Getting Questions From Your Students

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In this article, we will look at a way of getting questions from a student in a certain context. This article is one of the ELT snippets that I post regularly. The aim of these snippets is to provide a collection of practical strategies, tactics, ideas, and tips drawn...
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4 Effective Teaching Strategies For ELT Classes

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Here are four effective teaching strategies that can be applied in your English language classes: 1. Brainstorming Brainstorming is a process of generating multiple ideas/options in which judgment is suspended until a maximum number of ideas has been generated. The importance of brainstorming for students: Helping students solve...
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The Ten Principles That Make A Teaching Strategy Effective

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In this article, I’m going to talk about what makes a teaching strategy effective. There are ten principles for a teaching strategy to be effective. Read to recognize them. What Is “Strategy”? Before talking about teaching strategies, we should know what a strategy is. Strategy is a borrowed...
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Four Tips To Create Balance Between Accuracy And Fluency

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In this article, I’m going to give you four tips to create the required balance between accuracy and fluency. Learners With A Disconnect I noticed that a lot of English learners have a “disconnect.” A disconnect means that the language skills are imbalanced in development. It means that...
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Do You Use This Tool In ELT?! It’s Effective!

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They are a major tool in teaching English. They have their place at all levels of teaching but more suitably for beginners. They are Prompts & Cues! They can be used to: Get students to change the mode (e.g. from “Asking a question” to “Repeat” or vice-versa) Introduce...
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