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Customizing Learning without Building Custom Content assessment authentic materials homework vocabulary Feb 20, 2023

Adult learners often have very specific ideas about how they’ll use English as their foreign language and why they need it. That, in turn, leads to sometimes specific requests. Sometimes they’re REALLY specific– intellectual property legal terms? Salmon farming vocabulary?...

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The TEFL Lab’s B1 Curriculum Structure authentic materials homework listening reading stt Nov 14, 2022

If you’re anything like us, you’re hyped to hear that the B1 curriculum is ready to go straight into the classroom with you (right after you’ve checked the teacher notes, of course)! But if you’ve already taught with our A1 and A2 level materials, you’ll notice some...

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How to Encourage Frustrated Learners adult learners authentic materials error correction praise vocabulary Oct 24, 2022

Language learning as an adult is a huge challenge to undertake. It doesn’t help that there is tons of marketing out there, from institutes to apps and everything in between, that says there is a proven, painless method. For those of us that work in language education, and especially those...

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The TEFL Lab’s Guide to Teaching with Authentic Materials activity adult learners authentic materials homework listening reading vocabulary Sep 05, 2022

If you’ve been in the classroom for any amount of time, you’ve probably heard from other teachers, your own teacher training, or other places that authentic material is a must for English language classes. But what actually counts as authentic material, and how can you use it...

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