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Students in Pakistan speaking together in class

Personal and creative storytelling: From folk tales to our own stories

David Heathfield explains how to use folk tales in class to encourage your learners to become tellers of their own stories.

Should you be developing your own materials?

In this article, Vicky Saumell looks at some considerations for developing your own materials.

Celebrating Traditions

How can we prepare students for a shrinking world, while teaching them language?

The ‘superpowers’ of the graphic novel

Originated from comics, and possessing the natural attraction provided by the combination of arts, the graphic novel has survived and evolved for almost 50 years. Time to reserve a special place for it in our lessons.

Talking about Future Professions with Young Adults.

Planning a broad outline for a sequence of lessons may be highly motivational!

Writing ELT stories for primary

In this article, experienced writers Katherine Bilsborough and Cheryl Palin discuss their strategies for writing stories for primary and offer some advice to anyone wanting to start.

Beyond Language

What can we do to add value with higher levels?

Card games for Literacy (A0)

Reading can be quite boring, and very teacher-centered as monitoring is necessary.

Everyday Activities Adapted for A0

When I first started teaching A0, one of the greatest challenges was not knowing what to do with the students.