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Making Learning Outcomes Visible and Successful

21 March 2025 Alex Warren Teaching Adults 2 comments

In this blog, NGL academic and training development manager Alex Warren looks at how teachers can best incorporate a visible learning philosophy into the English language classroom to empower students to reach their full potential. Before we get going, take a moment to pause and reflect. What do you think

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Motivating Teen English Learners: Fresh Ideas for Teaching Grammar

7 March 2025 Joan Kang Shin Teaching Teens One comment

Teenagers can be efficient language learners. They have the cognitive ability to understand grammar abstractly, yet they still retain their childlike playfulness. Although they can understand grammar rules, teenagers need more than just grammar-based exercises in order to be able to use grammar to communicate effectively in English. They need

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Ask Our Experts: Tips for Teaching Teen English Learners with Dr. Joan Kang Shin 

10 February 2025 Joan Kang Shin Teaching Teens 2 comments

If you teach teen English learners, you probably have many questions – about keeping their attention in class, helping them engage with the course material, or even showing them that learning English is worthwhile!   Last year, educators from around the world shared their questions about teaching teens with us, and

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Promoting Learner Autonomy by Giving Students Choice

10 June 2024 Joan Kang Shin and Jodi Crandall Teaching Teens 4 comments

Teaching English to young teenagers can be challenging, but it can also be exciting and rewarding. Remember that young teens are actually very efficient language learners. They still have some characteristics of young learners and retain their childlike playfulness, but they also have the adult-like ability to hypothesize and think

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Activities to Inspire Your Impact Learners

6 March 2024 National Geographic Learning 21st Century Learners, Teaching Teens Leave a comment

Impact is a six-level series for teenage English learners that is designed to inspire future global citizens. Sign up now to receive updates and teaching tips related to the new edition! Today’s learners are exposed to vast amounts of information. That means that now, more than ever, it is vital that students gain

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Teaching Real-World Communication in the English Classroom

26 January 2024 Delia Kidd Teaching Adults, Teaching Teens 4 comments

In the constantly evolving landscape of English language teaching, the necessity to focus on real-life communication over rote learning has gained much more prominence in recent years. Many researchers and practitioners have emphasized vocabulary acquisition and its role in fostering fluency and natural language use. This blog post explores the

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Thinking Skills for Young Learner Sustainable Development Education

23 October 2023 Ellen Setterfield Young Learners 2 comments

As we approach the 2030 target date for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, we’re seeing increasing focus on these in our classrooms. As Irina Bokova, former Director-General of UNESCO, explains, “Education is at the heart of our efforts both to adapt to change and to transform the world

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Lessons for english language teaching from “Clickbait”

11 December 2020 Christien Lee Academic Skills, Teaching Adults, Teaching Teens Leave a comment

Top doctor reveals the 3 worst things most people eat every day 12 unbelievable pet rescue stories. You’ll cry when you read #9! We’ve all seen online links like these, often accompanied by an eye-catching photo of an attractive person, a load of cash, a cute animal, or perhaps something

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Engage, Build, Consolidate: An Effective Framework for Lesson Planning

11 November 2020 Andre Hedlund Teaching Teens One comment

Lesson planning is key when we aim at attaining positive student learning outcomes. However, teachers’ task of anticipating different situations while considering every student’s individual needs, the resources available in the classroom or online, as well as how to help students stay on task is an enormous challenge. In this

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What if? Motivating students in all classrooms with critical incidents

23 October 2020 Chia Suan Chong Teaching Adults, Teaching Teens Leave a comment

It can be tricky motivating learners even in a face-to-face classroom. Each learner has their own interests, their own personalities, their own reasons for being in class, and sometimes, finding an activity that gets everyone engaged and talking can be difficult. This problem is compounded in a virtual classroom where

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