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Reading Images: Illustration-based language practice
Illustrations in readers are excellent resources for a language teacher.Continue Reading -
Dealing with dyslexia in the English classroom
We could say that dyslexia is as much of a learning difficulty as a teaching difficulty, and not only in the English classroom.Continue Reading -
6 Strategies for Reading with Young Learners
Young learners love stories, and reading with young learners typically involves including a wide range of activities along with the reading itself.Continue Reading -
Arts and Crafts activities for your Book Club
In our digital world we can easily forget how much fun we can have with arts and crafts activities in the classroom or in a book club.Continue Reading -
Help your students become critical readers – Critical thinking and reading in the ELT classroom
Improving your students' critical thinking skills will help them achieve their learning objectives more easily, and it will also make reading a more successful and enjoyable activity.Continue Reading -
Book Club and Reading Games: Guess the object and the book and Change a page
This month we have an easy and fun Book Club game, and a more challenging vocabulary and reading game for you and your class.Continue Reading -
Brontë sisters film projects: Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre
Reading classic readers can be a fun discovery for teenagers, but it's often helpful if they can find connections with the texts; bridges, and paths that will help them find a way into the text.Continue Reading -
Heart of Darkness - Teaching tips for Conrad's story of discovery
Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (Blue Series, Level 5) takes us on several types of discovery.Continue Reading -
Involve the family in reading projects
Parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, and friends play an important role in our students' reading education and experience.Continue Reading -
Book Club and Reading Games: Snowball Fight and Cast a Reader
The holidays are getting closer, so this month you can try two easy but fun games in your Book Club or reading class. Snowball Fight Snowball Fight involves some action and noise, and will makeContinue Reading -
A Christmas Lesson with Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol Special
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, adapted by Elspeth Rawstron, illustrated by Valentina Mai.Continue Reading -
Reading resolutions for the New Year
It's a new year with new plans, objectives, and determination. We have had a relaxing and energizing holiday, and now we are ready to roll again.Continue Reading