In this article, experienced writers Katherine Bilsborough and Cheryl Palin discuss their strategies for writing stories for primary and...
5 September, 2018
26 August, 2015
In this blog I intend to share my experience of engaging my groups of Young Learners of English (YLE) into a crafting activity with a final...
12 April, 2012
On the British Council’s site for young learners - LearnEnglish Kids - there are lots of stories which you can use to motivate your...
17 November, 2010
When I first started teaching, the schools I worked in had ‘a’ computer that a few classes shared. Here are a few tips for activities using...
10 September, 2010
Poetry is a great tool to use with your learners as it helps practise not only listening, speaking, reading and writing skills all together...
5 May, 2010
In this article you will find tips and ideas for using and extending craft activities in the classroom.
17 February, 2010
Storybooks are a good way to approach topics and introduce vocabulary with young learners. I’ve detailed a few general tips to consider...
1 February, 2010
In this comprehensive series of newsletters available to download, Opal Dunn introduced readers to real books to use in the classroom and...
27 January, 2010
Why should I write a plan? The best option is always to be prepared. Once you have prepared your lesson you will feel much more confident...
4 December, 2009
LearnEnglish Kids is the British Council’s website for children aged 5-12 who are learning English as a second or foreign language. Find...
31 August, 2009
The Magic Pencil exhibition and website celebrated children's book illustration and brought together the work of 13 illustrators who...
2 April, 2009
Children all over the world love listening to songs and most of them love singing too! Using songs to introduce language and revise...
11 March, 2009
Fairy tales provide a wealth of possibilities for teaching English topics. Each fairy tale has its own magical setting and is split into...
14 January, 2009
In any English class it's important to vary the activity type to maintain interest. You will always be dealing with different types of...
2 April, 2008
There are many activities which you can use with your learners to exploit songs in the classroom. They can be used with specific teaching...
16 February, 2006
Using arts and crafts in the classroom can be an excellent way to facilitate language learning with young learners.
9 November, 2005
In this article I would like to highlight the value of using story books in a Young Learner classroom. I will look at its strengths and...
24 February, 2004
Flash cards are a simple, versatile, yet often underexploited resource. I would like to offer some reasons for using flash cards and a...
23 September, 2003
This is the second part of a two-part article where Theresa Zanatta shows us how parents can be encouraged to create opportunities for...
19 September, 2003
This is the first part of a two-part article where Theresa Zanatta shows us how parents can be encouraged to create opportunities for their...
9 September, 2003
This second article concentrates on classroom activities. The way the video is used and the materials prepared for use with the video will...
4 September, 2003
This first article will give an introduction to some of the issues surrounding video with young learners. It will discuss the benefits but...
8 July, 2003
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...
5 September, 2018
In this article, experienced writers Katherine Bilsborough and Cheryl Palin discuss their strategies for writing stories for primary and...
26 August, 2015
In this blog I intend to share my experience of engaging my groups of Young Learners of English (YLE) into a crafting activity with a final...
12 April, 2012
On the British Council’s site for young learners - LearnEnglish Kids - there are lots of stories which you can use to motivate your...
17 November, 2010
When I first started teaching, the schools I worked in had ‘a’ computer that a few classes shared. Here are a few tips for activities using...
10 September, 2010
Poetry is a great tool to use with your learners as it helps practise not only listening, speaking, reading and writing skills all together...
5 May, 2010
In this article you will find tips and ideas for using and extending craft activities in the classroom.
17 February, 2010
Storybooks are a good way to approach topics and introduce vocabulary with young learners. I’ve detailed a few general tips to consider...
1 February, 2010
In this comprehensive series of newsletters available to download, Opal Dunn introduced readers to real books to use in the classroom and...
27 January, 2010
Why should I write a plan? The best option is always to be prepared. Once you have prepared your lesson you will feel much more confident...
4 December, 2009
LearnEnglish Kids is the British Council’s website for children aged 5-12 who are learning English as a second or foreign language. Find...
31 August, 2009
The Magic Pencil exhibition and website celebrated children's book illustration and brought together the work of 13 illustrators who...
2 April, 2009
Children all over the world love listening to songs and most of them love singing too! Using songs to introduce language and revise...
11 March, 2009
Fairy tales provide a wealth of possibilities for teaching English topics. Each fairy tale has its own magical setting and is split into...
14 January, 2009
In any English class it's important to vary the activity type to maintain interest. You will always be dealing with different types of...
2 April, 2008
There are many activities which you can use with your learners to exploit songs in the classroom. They can be used with specific teaching...
16 February, 2006
Using arts and crafts in the classroom can be an excellent way to facilitate language learning with young learners.
9 November, 2005
In this article I would like to highlight the value of using story books in a Young Learner classroom. I will look at its strengths and...
24 February, 2004
Flash cards are a simple, versatile, yet often underexploited resource. I would like to offer some reasons for using flash cards and a...
23 September, 2003
This is the second part of a two-part article where Theresa Zanatta shows us how parents can be encouraged to create opportunities for...
19 September, 2003
This is the first part of a two-part article where Theresa Zanatta shows us how parents can be encouraged to create opportunities for their...
9 September, 2003
This second article concentrates on classroom activities. The way the video is used and the materials prepared for use with the video will...
4 September, 2003
This first article will give an introduction to some of the issues surrounding video with young learners. It will discuss the benefits but...
8 July, 2003
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...
16 February, 2006
Using arts and crafts in the classroom can be an excellent way to facilitate language learning with young learners.
11 March, 2009
Fairy tales provide a wealth of possibilities for teaching English topics. Each fairy tale has its own magical setting and is split into...
5 May, 2010
In this article you will find tips and ideas for using and extending craft activities in the classroom.
10 September, 2010
Poetry is a great tool to use with your learners as it helps practise not only listening, speaking, reading and writing skills all together...
2 April, 2008
There are many activities which you can use with your learners to exploit songs in the classroom. They can be used with specific teaching...
12 April, 2012
On the British Council’s site for young learners - LearnEnglish Kids - there are lots of stories which you can use to motivate your...
4 December, 2009
LearnEnglish Kids is the British Council’s website for children aged 5-12 who are learning English as a second or foreign language. Find...
27 January, 2010
Why should I write a plan? The best option is always to be prepared. Once you have prepared your lesson you will feel much more confident...
31 August, 2009
The Magic Pencil exhibition and website celebrated children's book illustration and brought together the work of 13 illustrators who...
17 February, 2010
Storybooks are a good way to approach topics and introduce vocabulary with young learners. I’ve detailed a few general tips to consider...
1 February, 2010
In this comprehensive series of newsletters available to download, Opal Dunn introduced readers to real books to use in the classroom and...
9 November, 2005
In this article I would like to highlight the value of using story books in a Young Learner classroom. I will look at its strengths and...
8 July, 2003
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...
19 September, 2003
This is the first part of a two-part article where Theresa Zanatta shows us how parents can be encouraged to create opportunities for their...
23 September, 2003
This is the second part of a two-part article where Theresa Zanatta shows us how parents can be encouraged to create opportunities for...
14 January, 2009
In any English class it's important to vary the activity type to maintain interest. You will always be dealing with different types of...
24 February, 2004
Flash cards are a simple, versatile, yet often underexploited resource. I would like to offer some reasons for using flash cards and a...
2 April, 2009
Children all over the world love listening to songs and most of them love singing too! Using songs to introduce language and revise...
17 November, 2010
When I first started teaching, the schools I worked in had ‘a’ computer that a few classes shared. Here are a few tips for activities using...
4 September, 2003
This first article will give an introduction to some of the issues surrounding video with young learners. It will discuss the benefits but...
9 September, 2003
This second article concentrates on classroom activities. The way the video is used and the materials prepared for use with the video will...
5 September, 2018
In this article, experienced writers Katherine Bilsborough and Cheryl Palin discuss their strategies for writing stories for primary and...
26 August, 2015
In this blog I intend to share my experience of engaging my groups of Young Learners of English (YLE) into a crafting activity with a final...