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Still reluctant? – 5 classroom solutions to build reading stamina
Readers blog
Teaching reading often feels like training students for a sports competition. The most challenging part can be the beginning and finding the right method for each student, even the reluctant ones.
We still hear students claim that they never read,…
Detectives in the English language classroom
Readers blog
Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Jules Maigret, Phillip Marlowe and Miss Marple are probably the most famous classic detectives we know from fiction. Our students may be familiar with some of them, and will definitely have heard the…
Let's talk about Henry James: New meets old in Daisy Miller
Readers blog
Henry James, who was born in New York City on 15 April in 1843, is in the great group of British authors who can be considered 'outsiders' arriving from various cultural and national backgrounds into the British literary scene. As John McRae reminds…
Are you a serial reader? Meet Dan Parks, the teenage detective
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What’s better than a good story? Simple, a series of good stories! Just think of the immense popularity of TV series and the excitement you feel before buying the next comic book in a series. In our post about serialisation, Frances Mariani explains…
Celebrate World Poetry Day
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"A tough life needs a tough language – and that is what poetry is. That is what literature offers – a language powerful enough to say how it is. It isn’t a hiding place. It is a finding place." - Jeanette Winterson
What is the easiest source of…
What is the easiest source of…
Read to Speak: Improving Speaking Skills in the Reading Class
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In an earlier post we have looked at using graded readers to improve writing skills. This time we will connect reading with another fundamental language skill: speaking. We write stories, we read stories, we listen to stories, and then we tell stories…
Lighting up Children’s Lit: Maurice Sendak
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“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. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, “Dear…
Turning Japanese with Momotarō and Elly Nagaoka
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What interests you most about Japan? How much do your students know about the country? Although we all have an image of Japan in our minds, and we all have some knowledge of Japanese culture, history, traditions and geography, there is a lot more to…
World Poetry Day with our favourite poems
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Poetry should be treasured every day of the year, but especially on March 21st, World Poetry Day. We have asked some of our favourite authors to send us their favourite poems and tell us what they mean to them, and we have also added our…
Detective Stories Special: Sherlock Holmes, Meet Richard MacAndrew, Book Lists
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To celebrate Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's birthday on May 22nd we have a Detective Special with:
A focus on Sherlock Holmes and Classical Detective Stories
An interview with Richard MacAndrew, the author of Dan and the Missing Dogs.
Detective and…
A focus on Sherlock Holmes and Classical Detective Stories
An interview with Richard MacAndrew, the author of Dan and the Missing Dogs.
Detective and…