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	Get lit up: literature as a teacher's best friend
Literature. Quite a divisive word, that. Throw it through an open window into a room full of language teachers and most will dive behind furniture, fingers in their ears and looks of horror on their faces. Average: 4.3 (16 votes) Articles literature Login or register to post comments Read more

	Using poems to develop receptive skills
I like to bring poetry into the classroom because I believe that it is important and motivating for students to work with authentic texts. Average: 3.4 (28 votes) Poems poetry receptive skills Articles literature Login or register to post comments Read more

	Complete poetry resuscitation
A lot of teachers get the same look - the sigh, the rolling eye, the slump. *"We're going to be doing poetry in the next few classes".* You cringe through it, they cringe through it. Average: 3.6 (13 votes) Articles literature Login or register to post comments Read more

	Using poems to develop productive skills
You and your students might already enjoy reading and listening to poetry in your own language and perhaps in English too. Poems are, after all, authentic texts. Average: 3.9 (21 votes) Poems poetry productive skills Articles literature Login or register to post comments Read more

	Creating a class play
In this article a teacher reflects on his experiences of creating plays and using them to help motivate students to develop their English. Average: 3.8 (8 votes) Articles literature Login or register to post comments Read more

	Storytelling - benefits and tips
We often give stories to our students to read, but how often do we tell them a story? This article looks at the benefits of storytelling and gives advice on performance skills Average: 3.7 (23 votes) Articles literature 2 comments Read more

	Motivating pupils to read
This is the first of two articles that look at ways to apply the process model of motivation as proposed by Dornyei (2001) to a number of suggestions and techniques for making the challenge of reading authentic literature accessible and motivating. Average: 3 (5 votes) Articles literature Login or register to post comments Read more

Motivating pupils to read 2

This is the second of two articles that look at ways to apply the process model of motivation as proposed by Dornyei (2001) to a number of suggestions and techniques for making the challenge of reading authentic literature accessible and motivating.

	Learning English through children's literature
This article is about the British Council's Young Learners Centre in Paris and how they use children's literature in their teaching of English Average: 3.3 (15 votes) Articles literature Login or register to post comments Read more

Using drama texts in the classroom

In this article, I try to define what I mean by language learning through drama/theatre texts, outline some of the benefits it can bring to the language learning classroom and some of the differing methods and approaches that can be utilised to fully exploit the potential of drama and theatre texts.