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Making connections: through sharing ideas
When we thought about the past year, both on this blog and in our daily lives, one thing stood out as being especially important - the connections we forge and keep.Continue Reading -
Reading strategies: Working with genres to unlock texts
What are the most practical reading strategies you can share with your students?Continue Reading -
Using classic fiction to talk about families in the English class
Let's talk about the importance of families and different family models by looking at how each family faces different challenges in life.Continue Reading -
Time detectives – language detectives: using the Time Detectives series to engage your students
Time travel is a fascinating topic for younger and older students alike. Who hasn’t imagined going back in time or travelling into the future?Continue Reading -
Making connections: Language learning and the environment - Interview with Harry Waters
When we thought about the past year, both on this blog and in our daily lives, one thing stood out as being especially important - the connections we forge and keep.Continue Reading -
Reading strategies: Building background knowledge
What are the most practical reading strategies you can share with your students?Continue Reading -
The Railway Children
The Railway Children, written by E Nesbit was published in 1906, is one of the best-loved children's stories of all time.Continue Reading -
Reading with adult learners
If you teach privately or in a language school, you probably have adult English language learners.Continue Reading -
Literary role models
Who was your role model as a child? Do you still have people you look up to and inspire you?Continue Reading -
Music for your reading class
Most of our students love and listen to a lot of music, and will most likely have a favourite song and singer (which is liable to change, of course).Continue Reading -
10 + 1 quotes about reading
We have collected 10 (+1) quotes about reading which inspire us. What are your favourite quotes about reading and education?Continue Reading -
Making connections: Experiences and abstract concepts
When we thought about the past year, both on this blog and in our daily lives, one thing stood out as being especially important - the connections we forge and keep.Continue Reading