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<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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