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Storytelling activities for adult learners
Do you teach young adult and adult classes?Continue Reading -
Ideas for International Book Giving Day
We all love giving and receiving books. Do you attach stories to books you were given? Do you remember who gave you a certain book and when, where, and why they decided to?Continue Reading -
10 reasons why folktales are powerful tools in the language classroom
What qualities do you associate with folktales? The first three things that come to my mind are oral tradition, universal wisdom and lots of fun.Continue Reading -
Meet the illustrator: Cristiano Lissoni
When you look at readers illustrated by Cristiano Lissoni, you find yourself in an exciting, colourful world full of adventure.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 -
Book Club and Reading Games: Break the ice and Five prediction activities
Started or thinking of starting a Book Club, but afraid you'll run out of ideas or inspiration to keep your group motivated?Continue Reading -
Mystery at the Mill: Projects and interview
Mystery at the Mill (Blue Readers Fiction, Level 5) takes you on an adventure in space and time, and it also raises some important issues in our society that your students will care about, too. TheContinue Reading -
Reading the classics in class
One of the best qualities of the classics is that we can always rely on them.Continue Reading -
Read and watch stories
Whether you watch the adaptation first and then read the story, or vice versa, there are plenty of benefits to watching film adaptations with your class.Continue Reading