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10 Tips to Keep Your Young Readers Enthusiastic
When young children start learning English, their parents want the best opportunities for them.Continue Reading -
Literary Time Travel 3: Back to mid-19th century London with Charles Dickens and Oliver Twist
In our Literary Time Travel series after visiting the 18th century with Jonathan Swift and Lemuel Gulliver, the early 19th century with Jane Austen and Emma, we are now in the mid-19th century rContinue Reading -
10 bookish things to do in December
December has arrived and Christmas is just around the corner. And temperatures are falling for those of us in the Northern hemisphere.Continue Reading -
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'Twas the night before Christmas...
Let's read this poem together before Christmas. This poem was written by the American author and professor Clement Clarke Moore, and it was published on 23rd December in 1823.Continue Reading -
Literary Meals Part 1: Cooking up a reading class
One of my first cooking adventures was inspired by a picture book, and of course it was followed by some English course book pancake recipes.Continue Reading -
The Power of Imagination in Children's Books: An Interview with Andrés Pi Andreu
How do children use their imagination to understand new life situations?Continue Reading -
'Twelve Years a Slave' Interactive Lesson Plan
When 12 Years a Slave, the film adaptation of the 1853 autobiographical slave narrative memoir came out in the cinemas in 2013 (directed by Steve McQueen), it was an immediate success.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 -
Reading levels and book selection tips
Finding the right reading level You know your students’ proficiency levels very well, but deciding their reading level based on classroom or unit test performance can be misleading.Continue Reading -
5 + 5 Tips on Extensive Reading in the Classroom
Classroom reading programmes involving your whole class can be the simplest and most powerful initiatives you carry out in your English class.Continue Reading -
The Green Room: an Interview with Robert Campbell
The Extensive Reading Foundation is a not-for-profit charitable organisation that promotes extensive reading across the globe.Continue Reading