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Help your students become critical readers – Critical thinking and reading in the ELT classroom
Improving your students' critical thinking skills will help them achieve their learning objectives more easily, and it will also make reading a more successful and enjoyable activity.Continue Reading -
Graphic stories in language education
Graphic stories, comic books, cartoons and manga have long been incorporated in language teaching programmes, and we do not need to spend too much time on convincing teachers of the benefits of theseContinue Reading -
Getting Grimm with young children
Both children and adults love reading folk and fairy tales, although often they appreciate different aspects of them.Continue Reading -
Ideas for International Book Giving Day
We all love giving and receiving books. Do you attach stories to books you were given? Do you remember who gave you a certain book and when, where, and why they decided to?Continue Reading -
The Great Gatsby in the English class
The film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby by Baz Luhrmann (2013), featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire has become a successful achievement.Continue Reading -
Four new titles in The Thinking Train series
We have added a brand new level F to our award-winning picture book series for young learners.Continue Reading -
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Eight stories about fantasy in The Thinking Train series
We never seem to tire of fairy tales, fantasy novels, and science fiction. From early childhood, these stories enchant their readers and fire their imagination.Continue Reading -
Six literary Christmas scenes
When we think of Christmas, our memories often get mixed with scenes that we have read in books, poems, or seen in films.Continue Reading -
Five classic authors to read in January
January is full of great author birthdays, both classic and contemporary.Continue Reading -
Film Quest for Your Book Club and Reading Class
Go on a cultural excursion and cheer up your students with a film-related quest.Continue Reading -
Fairies, flutes and flowers...
Lusmore and the Fairies - an Irish folktale What are the first things that come to your mind when you think of Ireland and Irish folktales?Continue Reading