verb · academic
facilitate
/fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/fa·CIL·i·tate
to make an action or process easier or more likely to happen
Examples
“Group activities facilitate peer learning.”
“The library facilitates student research by providing access to journals.”
“Good classroom management facilitates productive lessons.”
Band 8 sentence
“Small group tasks facilitate deeper discussion and help students articulate their thinking more clearly.”
Collocations
- facilitate learning
- facilitate discussion
- help facilitate
Word family
Common mistakes
This tool facilitate to learning.→This tool facilitates learning.
Teachers facilitate students to discuss.→Teachers facilitate discussion / Teachers help students to discuss.
Say it for a higher band
5help→6enable→7+facilitate
Synonyms
enable
Easily confused
enable
“The software will enable students to access materials offline.”
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