Articles, strategies, and insights — for teachers, by teachers.
Originally published 2021 by Marc Helgesen on iTDi.pro. Updated May 2026. Why Happiness Matters for Language Teachers There are many short, simple activities we can do to make ourselves and others happier. Dr. Laurie Santos of Yale University and The
Originally published 2016 by Zhenya Polosatova on iTDi.pro. Updated May 2026. What Reflective Practice Actually Means In preparation for writing this post I was re-reading ‘Reflective Teaching’ by Thomas S. C. Farrell. One of the four principles of reflection outlined
Originally published 2013 by Vladimira Chalyova on iTDi.pro. Updated May 2026. What I learned from young learners I have little experience with teaching young kids but I think this could be the reason why teaching them from time to time
Originally published 2013 by Alexandra Chistyakova on iTDi.pro. Updated May 2026. What My Young Learners Have Taught Me I started teaching kids very early in my teaching career. At that time I wasn’t a certified English teacher yet but just
Originally published 2013 by Victoria Ostankova on iTDi.pro. Updated Ma 2026. When Nothing Seems to Work Although I’ve been teaching young learners quite happily and successfully since 1999, several years ago I had a particularly challenging group who caused me
Originally published 2013 by Adam Simpson on iTDi.pro. Updated May 2026. Young learners born between Generation Y and Z have grown up with technology that helps them engage with a constant flow of information and data. Yet the constant question