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'The Heart of Darkness' on Tour in Japan: Illustrators Exhibition Tour 2014
Here at Helbling Languages we pay careful attention to the illustrations in our readers. Choosing the right style for each story is an exciting and important step in the book preparation process.Continue Reading -
Become aware of your own reading, be a reading teacher
When we talk about extensive reading, we mainly focus on students' reading.Continue Reading -
Bring peace to the classroom
Peace education is a subject that should be integral to our curriculum as an important educational objective.Continue Reading -
Lesson plan: Virginia Woolf
At first glance, reading Modernist fiction with language learners might seem like a challenging idea.Continue Reading -
Classic literary friendships
Who would be your literary friend? Anne Shirley? Huckleberry Finn? Dr Watson? Have you ever thought about what it would be like to meet these fictional characters?Continue Reading -
Approaches in reading education: theories in practice
Let's start with a simple but effective question. Why do we read? We might have different personal reasons (fun, knowledge), but when we read in school, we read to learn.Continue Reading -
Create Graphic Stories in Class
The project If you are looking for a multi-layered, creative and fun learning project for your classes, start a graphic story project with them.Continue Reading -
Write your own story
Do you feel like sharing your own stories with your students? Would you like to just get creative and write in English?Continue Reading -
10 things to do during the holidays
The holidays are here, and after a busy year at school, and for many of us the challenges of online teaching, we all need some time to relax.Continue Reading -
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 -
Explore North America
From New York to L.A. and Miami up to Alaska, your students are most likely fascinated by North America.Continue Reading -
Book Club and Reading Games: Book quiz and Book talk
Book quiz Here is a short, fun quiz for your classroom or book club based on some of our classic Blue Readers.Continue Reading