If you are like many language students, you might have a problem with procrastination. Perhaps you are slow to do homework or study for a test. Maybe you do not like to study or you become distracted while studying. Whatever the case may be, learning how to focus can help you have more useful study sessions. What are some ways to help you stop procrastinating? In this Education Report, we will explore one method to help you focus: the Pomodoro technique. Francesco Cirillo created the Pomodoro technique in the 1980s. Cirillo was a college student at the time. He used a timer shaped like a tomato to help him focus on his school work. Pomodoro is the Italian word for the fruit, by the way. The technique works like this: you set a timer for 25 minutes and work on a task until the timer rings. Take a short break - around five minutes - then re-set the device. After several 25-minute study sessions, you should take a longer break anywhere from 15-30 minutes, writes Cirillo. Cirillo suggests recording the number of Pomodoro sessions you complete. He also suggests getting organized and planning for future study sessions so that you can complete the most important work first. The important point of this method is to help you focus and stop postponing work.
Title: Improve Your Focus with the Pomodoro Technique
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1917/pomodoro.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Improve Your Focus with the Pomodoro Technique' data-article-id='2434'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7667'>If you are like many language students, you might have a problem with procrastination.</span> <span data-start-time='7667' data-end-time='13500'>Perhaps you are slow to do homework or study for a test.</span> <span data-start-time='13500' data-end-time='21188'>Maybe you do not like to study or you become distracted while studying.</span> <span data-start-time='21188' data-end-time='30708'>Whatever the case may be, learning how to focus can help you have more useful study sessions.</span> <span data-start-time='30708' data-end-time='36042'>What are some ways to help you stop procrastinating?</span> <span data-start-time='36042' data-end-time='45125'>In this Education Report, we will explore one method to help you focus: the Pomodoro technique.</span> <span data-start-time='45125' data-end-time='52292'>Francesco Cirillo created the Pomodoro technique in the 1980s.</span> <span data-start-time='52292' data-end-time='56396'>Cirillo was a college student at the time.</span> <span data-start-time='56396' data-end-time='63479'>He used a timer shaped like a tomato to help him focus on his school work.</span> <span data-start-time='63479' data-end-time='68917'>Pomodoro is the Italian word for the fruit, by the way.</span> <span data-start-time='68917' data-end-time='79792'>The technique works like this: you set a timer for 25 minutes and work on a task until the timer rings.</span> <span data-start-time='79792' data-end-time='86875'>Take a short break - around five minutes - then re-set the device.</span> <span data-start-time='86875' data-end-time='99313'>After several 25-minute study sessions, you should take a longer break anywhere from 15-30 minutes, writes Cirillo.</span> <span data-start-time='99313' data-end-time='105875'>Cirillo suggests recording the number of Pomodoro sessions you complete.</span> <span data-start-time='105875' data-end-time='117417'>He also suggests getting organized and planning for future study sessions so that you can complete the most important work first.</span> <span data-start-time='117417' data-end-time='125083'>The important point of this method is to help you focus and stop postponing work.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1917/pomodoro.png'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=8807 data-hint-location='30708' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1917/what_does_procrastinate_mean.m4a'>What does procrastinate mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='delay'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1917/fidget.m4a'><span>fidget</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1917/delay.m4a'><span>delay</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1917/set_a_timer.m4a'><span>set a timer</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1917/study.m4a'><span>study</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=8808 data-hint-location='117417' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1917/what_is_a_point_of_the_method.m4a'>What is a point of the method?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='learn to focus'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1917/learn_to_focus.m4a'><span>learn to focus</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1917/become_distracted.m4a'><span>become distracted</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1917/use_a_tomato.m4a'><span>use a tomato</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1917/study_longer.m4a'><span>study longer</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=8809 data-hint-location='56396' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1917/he_used_a_timer_shaped_like_a__blank__to_help_him_focus.m4a'>He used a timer shaped like a <span class='blank'>tomato</span> to help him focus.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='tomato'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1917/book.m4a'><span>book</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1917/apple.m4a'><span>apple</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1917/cucumber.m4a'><span>cucumber</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1917/tomato.m4a'><span>tomato</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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