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Hooked on Books: Extensive Reading with Jack Scholes
In this series of interviews we talk to teachers, ELT writers, visual artists and researchers about the importance of using literature in the language classroom.Continue Reading -
Reading for the environment: FASHION
Welcome to the eleventh post in our ‘Reading for the environment’ series.Continue Reading -
Lighting up Children's Lit: Astrid Lindgren
"I want to write for a readership that can create miracles. Children create miracles when they read.Continue Reading -
Building and expanding vocabulary in your reading class
A recurring question every language teacher gets asked is "How can I learn new words?", along with questions about the best ways to build vocabulary with children, teens, and adults.Continue Reading -
Summary writing tips for reading classes
Being able to give a good summary of a story is an important skill for several reasons.Continue Reading -
Reading for the environment: TREES
Welcome to the eleventh post in our ‘Reading for the environment’ series.Continue Reading -
Build vocabulary with young learners: tips and resources
The building blocks of our language are words: words that children love learning.Continue Reading -
Stories and Projects for World Cities Day
The United Nations celebrates World Cities Day on 31st October.Continue Reading -
Reading for the environment: Interview with Rosa Tiziana Bruno
In our Reading for the environment blog series, we have a special interview to share. We talked to Rosa Tiziana Bruno, who is an educator, sociologist and writer.Continue Reading -
Two plays on identity: Twelfth Night and Othello
Twelfth Night and Othello both bring exciting contemporary topics and language resources to your English language classes.Continue Reading -
Found in Translation
Translation in the language class: why and how? Translation has had a bad reputation in English language teaching for some time. Quite unreasonably and undeservedly if we really think about it.Continue Reading -
To be or not to be: relativity in the language class
Illustration by Valentina Russello from the ERF-winning reader, The Green Room written by Robert Campbell.Continue Reading