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Making connections: through sharing ideas
When we thought about the past year, both on this blog and in our daily lives, one thing stood out as being especially important - the connections we forge and keep.
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City life: stories and language tasks
Cities have always been exciting, vibrant places that offer a lot to their inhabitants and visitors.
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Building dialogues in the reading class
Dialogue and learning
What are your most memorable experiences of learning something new?
Thinking back, you may recall a given context (who was present or what the light was like, for exa
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Conversation starters for reading lessons and book clubs
Have you ever experienced how miraculously a good question can kick-start a classroom discussion or your Book Club session? What kind of questions and statements work better than others?
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Read to Speak: Improving Speaking Skills in the Reading Class
In an earlier post we have looked at using graded readers to improve writing skills.
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Reading in the classroom: role plays
The end of the term is getting closer and you might find that your students need something fun after long months of hard work.
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