story-based language teaching

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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Reading for the environment: Interview with Rosa Tiziana Bruno
In our Reading for the environment blog series, we have a special interview to share. We talked to Rosa Tiziana Bruno, who is an educator, sociologist and writer.
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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 l
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Deborah’s dreams: how stories can make a difference
The graphic novel Jane, the Fox & Me by Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault shows us that books and reading can work as protective shields, safe zones and islands of self-discovery.
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Hooked on stories: Interview with Amy Sutton
We have all met inspiring storytellers who can hold the attention of their audience and make listening to a story an exciting and memorable event.
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Storytelling Activities for Adult Learners
Do you teach young adult and adult classes?
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The Power of Stories
“Stories, great, flapping ribbons of shaped space-time, have been blowing and uncoiling around the universe since the beginning of time. And they have evolved.
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