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Hooked on Books: Drama in the ELT classroom with Susan Hillyard
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 -
Hooked on Books: Illustrating the Classics with Viola Niccolai
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 -
Key Figures in Education: Lev Vygotsky
In this series we introduce key figures in education, and take a look at pivotal areas of their thinking.Continue Reading -
Language and CLIL Projects for World Food Day
'Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too.' World Food Day, an event promoted by the United Nations' World Agricultural Organisation is held on October 16th.Continue Reading -
Meet our favourite classic ghosts
Ghosts might be scary, but we all enjoy reading tales of the supernatural and are captured by the thrills and mystery of good ghost stories.Continue Reading -
To be or not to be: relativity in the language class
Have you seen the film Arrival (directed by Villenevuve, 2016)? Then you may share some of our musings today.Continue Reading -
Themes in fiction for teens and adults 1: Houses and homes
This is a new series which takes a theme-based approach to the teen and adult reading class. In our first post we'll take a look at houses and homes in 15 classic novels.Continue Reading -
Key Figures in Education: Maria Montessori
In this series we introduce key figures in education, and take a look at pivotal areas of their thinking.Continue Reading -
All about adaptations: speaking and writing tasks to have fun with adaptations
This week we have been looking at various aspects of adaptations.Continue Reading -
Quick Guide to Children’s Books 5: Children's poetry
The world of children’s literature is an enchanting place that often looks like a colourful maze with imaginary creatures in fantastic worlds.Continue Reading -
Quick Guide to Children’s Books 6: Fairy and folk tales
The world of children’s literature is an enchanting place that often looks like a colourful maze with imaginary creatures in fantastic worlds.Continue Reading -
The Dark in the Box: engaging with emotions through stories
We have all most likely experienced what it is like to be afraid of the dark, either in our own childhood or through the eyes of a child we care for.Continue Reading