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Lighting up Children's Lit: The Brothers Grimm
"For storytelling is always the art of repeating stories, and this art is lost when the stories are no longer retained.Continue 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 -
4 Resources Model of Reading: The basics
It's easy to get lost in the maze of reading strategies, skills, practices, cycles, models and methodologies. How do you approach reading in the classroom?Continue Reading -
Behind the Scenes 1: Adapting Stories
Have you ever wondered how graded readers are put together? Who writes them? What is it like to adapt stories?Continue Reading -
Hooked on words: interview with Julie Moore, lexicographer and corpus researcher
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 -
Lighting up Children's Lit: Roald Dahl
The people who made a difference "And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.Continue Reading -
Talking Sense and Sensibility in the English class
We are all aware of the benefits of extensive reading, but some of us may feel unsure about how to approach longer texts in class.Continue Reading -
Three projects with Peter Pan
"Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning." The story of Peter Pan, Wendy, and Tinker Bell is an all-time favourite for many readers, both young and old, and its numerous adaptations hContinue Reading -
"The more, the merrier": extensive reading in the classroom
The more I talk to my students and colleagues, the more I am convinced that good readers make good language learners across the skills.Continue Reading -
Hooked on Books: Writing stories with Paul Davenport
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 -
The Secret Agent in the English classroom
We are all aware of the benefits of extensive reading, but some of us may feel unsure about how to approach longer texts in class.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