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Tips on choosing graded readers for teens and adults
During the holidays and the school term, we should always be ready to recommend books based on our students’ language needs, levels and interests.Continue Reading -
Cats in fiction and in the classroom
How many famous cats can you list off the top of your head? As we started thinking about our favourite fictional and real feline friends, we realized that there are quite a lot of them.Continue Reading -
Writing with role-play: get inspired by the Brontë sisters
As I was reading the ‘Letters to the Editor‘ section in the Times Literary Supplement in early September, I noticed a thread of comments on the 200th anniversary special issue about Emily&nbContinue Reading -
Tips on choosing a young reader
During the holidays and the school term, it is important to have a clear picture of the reading possibilities of our young learners.Continue Reading -
Promoting learner autonomy in young learners
Learning to be responsible for their own learning is an indispensable skill for all language learners no matter how old they are.Continue Reading -
Promoting learner autonomy in teen and adult learners
Taking control of our own learning - in other words, autonomous learning - is something that most of our students are already practising without even realising it, both in their first and second languContinue Reading -
Best of holiday reading: Higher levels
School is out, and while we want our students to relax and enjoy their free time, we'd also like them to keep their English up during these weeks and, who knows, maybe pick up some new wordsContinue Reading -
Best of holiday reading 2020: Lower levels
School is out, and while we want our students to relax and enjoy their free time, we'd also like them to keep their English up during these weeks and, who knows, maybe pick up some new wordsContinue Reading -
It’s our world: a month for the environment
Taking action to protect our environment has become an essential part of most teachers’ and students’ agendas.Continue Reading -
Lighting up Children’s Lit: Maurice Sendak
“Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters — sometimes very hastily — but this one I lingered over.Continue Reading -
Inspiring teachers: Reading flipbooks
In this series we talk to inspiring teachers who use storytelling to set up creative projects, set up reading programmes, and use the arts and literature to develop their students' language and lContinue Reading -
Tea in fiction and language
When you start learning English, the familiar cup of tea, present in every corner of the world, gains new meanings. Tea becomes more than something you drink in the morning or when you feel poorly.Continue Reading