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      "Santa loses it all" (Practical ideas to work on a short short story by Nancy A. Cavanaugh)

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      Submitted by georginahudson on 22 November, 2010 - 22:17

      Can Christmas be cancelled?

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      Minifiction or the short short story in the classroom

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      Submitted by georginahudson on 13 November, 2010 - 20:06

      Have you ev

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      Extensive reading

      Submitted by TE Editor on 21 July, 2005 - 13:00

      In general, students learning to read in English do not like reading and they rarely read. This is partly due to the way reading is approached in the language class.

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