That’s the question. Spin classes are an interesting way of improving our English vocabulary. This is one of the techniques taught to us by EF’s teachers. Current Events gets us to look at what’s up around the world, and at the same time, we’re learning to recognize words that some of us have never heard before. Depending on how many spin classes you take per week you usually get one or two interesting articles to debate with your fellow classmates while, at the same time, getting your brain to think about such topics as "Who should be teaching kids about sexuality - schools or parents?"

I attended this class one Wednesday morning and this is what we did: We all got to read a paragraph from the article. Afterwards, we discussed with the teacher the new words that we might encounter, which helps us learn new and interesting vocabulary. We were paired with fellow classmates and then we discussed our point of view about the article. That can sometimes be a very new learning experience: as you all know, we don’t always share the same point of view. But the outcome was a good one, as we got to know what each of us was about, which helped us understand where we are coming from and what we think about "that" Current Event. As you might already know, this spin class is for students from levels 6 to 8. Ken Tupper, who is one of our spin class teachers, feels that we need to be exposed to the real native language and the importance of what’s going on around the world and how the media works to influence our points of view. In my opinion, it is a very entertaining spin class. Ken has a feel for which topics are interesting for the students and how to make them talk.

So now, the question is whether to let your head spin or not to spin. I think we will leave that up to you!