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Behind the Scenes Interview: Making children’s books with Maria Cleary
Reading Maria Cleary's stories makes you wonder how she invents her loveable and funny characters, and how she comes up with such memorable stories.Continue Reading -
Get creative: offline and online projects for language learners
Creative projects, when designed well, can be exciting and motivating for language learners.Continue Reading -
Inspiring teachers: teaching Shakespeare with Deborah J. Ellis
In this series we talk to inspiring teachers who use literature and storytelling to set up reading programmes and use the arts and literature to develop their students’ language and literacyContinue Reading -
Explore Great Expectations in 6 steps
Teaching Dickens is like having access to the best available source to teach English culture and language.Continue Reading -
From reading to performing: 3 Shakespeare plays in the language class
Bringing Shakespeare into the English class Whether our students know it or not, they may already be using Shakespeare's language. Not consciously, of course.Continue Reading -
6 Activities for English Language Day
English Language Day at the United Nations is celebrated on 23 April, the date traditionally observed as the birthday of William Shakespeare (1564).Continue Reading -
10 fun bookish things to do
What do you feel when you are surrounded by books? Excitement? Curiosity? A sense of adventure?Continue Reading -
Celebrate Earth Day: reading lists and teaching resources
Earth Day (celebrated on April 22nd) gives us an excellent opportunity to talk about protecting the environment, being more eco-friendly, and more aware of our responsibilities as inhabitants of the EContinue Reading -
Explore the forest of Robin Hood
Say the name Robin Hood, and a series of ideas, images and connotations immediately come to mind.Continue Reading