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Resources
12 April, 2012
Kids and stories
On the British Council’s site for young learners - LearnEnglish Kids - there are lots of stories which you can use to motivate your...
Resources
17 November, 2010
Using the Internet with Younger Learners
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...
Resources
10 September, 2010
Kids and poetry
Poetry is a great tool to use with your learners as it helps practise not only listening, speaking, reading and writing skills all together...
Resources
5 May, 2010
Kids and arts and crafts
In this article you will find tips and ideas for using and extending craft activities in the classroom.
Resources
17 February, 2010
My favourite book
Storybooks are a good way to approach topics and introduce vocabulary with young learners. I’ve detailed a few general tips to consider...
Resources
1 February, 2010
Real books
In this comprehensive series of newsletters available to download, Opal Dunn introduced readers to real books to use in the classroom and...
Resources
27 January, 2010
Lesson plans
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...
Resources
4 December, 2009
Kids and the LearnEnglish Kids website
LearnEnglish Kids is the British Council’s website for children aged 5-12 who are learning English as a second or foreign language. Find...
Resources
31 August, 2009
Magic Pencil
The Magic Pencil exhibition and website celebrated children's book illustration and brought together the work of 13 illustrators who...
Resources
2 April, 2009
Using Songs
Children all over the world love listening to songs and most of them love singing too! Using songs to introduce language and revise...
Resources
11 March, 2009
Fairy Tales
Fairy tales provide a wealth of possibilities for teaching English topics. Each fairy tale has its own magical setting and is split into...
Resources
14 January, 2009
Using Arts and Crafts arts in English Lessons
In any English class it's important to vary the activity type to maintain interest. You will always be dealing with different types of...
Resources
2 April, 2008
Kids and songs
There are many activities which you can use with your learners to exploit songs in the classroom. They can be used with specific teaching...
Resources
16 February, 2006
Arts and crafts with young learners
Using arts and crafts in the classroom can be an excellent way to facilitate language learning with young learners. 
Resources
9 November, 2005
Story books in the classroom
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...
Resources
24 February, 2004
Using flash cards with young learners
Flash cards are a simple, versatile, yet often underexploited resource. I would like to offer some reasons for using flash cards and a...
Resources
23 September, 2003
The home-school connection 2
This is the second part of a two-part article where Theresa Zanatta shows us how parents can be encouraged to create opportunities for...
Resources
19 September, 2003
The home-school connection 1
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...
Resources, Integrating ICT
9 September, 2003
Video and young learners 2
This second article concentrates on classroom activities. The way the video is used and the materials prepared for use with the video will...
Resources, Integrating ICT
4 September, 2003
Video and young learners 1
This first article will give an introduction to some of the issues surrounding video with young learners. It will discuss the benefits but...
Resources
12 April, 2012
Kids and stories
On the British Council’s site for young learners - LearnEnglish Kids - there are lots of stories which you can use to motivate your...
Resources
17 November, 2010
Using the Internet with Younger Learners
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...
Resources
10 September, 2010
Kids and poetry
Poetry is a great tool to use with your learners as it helps practise not only listening, speaking, reading and writing skills all together...
Resources
5 May, 2010
Kids and arts and crafts
In this article you will find tips and ideas for using and extending craft activities in the classroom.
Resources
17 February, 2010
My favourite book
Storybooks are a good way to approach topics and introduce vocabulary with young learners. I’ve detailed a few general tips to consider...
Resources
1 February, 2010
Real books
In this comprehensive series of newsletters available to download, Opal Dunn introduced readers to real books to use in the classroom and...
Resources
27 January, 2010
Lesson plans
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...
Resources
4 December, 2009
Kids and the LearnEnglish Kids website
LearnEnglish Kids is the British Council’s website for children aged 5-12 who are learning English as a second or foreign language. Find...
Resources
31 August, 2009
Magic Pencil
The Magic Pencil exhibition and website celebrated children's book illustration and brought together the work of 13 illustrators who...
Resources
2 April, 2009
Using Songs
Children all over the world love listening to songs and most of them love singing too! Using songs to introduce language and revise...
Resources
11 March, 2009
Fairy Tales
Fairy tales provide a wealth of possibilities for teaching English topics. Each fairy tale has its own magical setting and is split into...
Resources
14 January, 2009
Using Arts and Crafts arts in English Lessons
In any English class it's important to vary the activity type to maintain interest. You will always be dealing with different types of...
Resources
2 April, 2008
Kids and songs
There are many activities which you can use with your learners to exploit songs in the classroom. They can be used with specific teaching...
Resources
16 February, 2006
Arts and crafts with young learners
Using arts and crafts in the classroom can be an excellent way to facilitate language learning with young learners. 
Resources
9 November, 2005
Story books in the classroom
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...
Resources
24 February, 2004
Using flash cards with young learners
Flash cards are a simple, versatile, yet often underexploited resource. I would like to offer some reasons for using flash cards and a...
Resources
23 September, 2003
The home-school connection 2
This is the second part of a two-part article where Theresa Zanatta shows us how parents can be encouraged to create opportunities for...
Resources
19 September, 2003
The home-school connection 1
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...
Resources, Integrating ICT
9 September, 2003
Video and young learners 2
This second article concentrates on classroom activities. The way the video is used and the materials prepared for use with the video will...
Resources, Integrating ICT
4 September, 2003
Video and young learners 1
This first article will give an introduction to some of the issues surrounding video with young learners. It will discuss the benefits but...
Resources
16 February, 2006
Arts and crafts with young learners
Using arts and crafts in the classroom can be an excellent way to facilitate language learning with young learners. 
Resources
11 March, 2009
Fairy Tales
Fairy tales provide a wealth of possibilities for teaching English topics. Each fairy tale has its own magical setting and is split into...
Resources
5 May, 2010
Kids and arts and crafts
In this article you will find tips and ideas for using and extending craft activities in the classroom.
Resources
10 September, 2010
Kids and poetry
Poetry is a great tool to use with your learners as it helps practise not only listening, speaking, reading and writing skills all together...
Resources
2 April, 2008
Kids and songs
There are many activities which you can use with your learners to exploit songs in the classroom. They can be used with specific teaching...
Resources
12 April, 2012
Kids and stories
On the British Council’s site for young learners - LearnEnglish Kids - there are lots of stories which you can use to motivate your...
Resources
4 December, 2009
Kids and the LearnEnglish Kids website
LearnEnglish Kids is the British Council’s website for children aged 5-12 who are learning English as a second or foreign language. Find...
Resources
27 January, 2010
Lesson plans
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...
Resources
31 August, 2009
Magic Pencil
The Magic Pencil exhibition and website celebrated children's book illustration and brought together the work of 13 illustrators who...
Resources
17 February, 2010
My favourite book
Storybooks are a good way to approach topics and introduce vocabulary with young learners. I’ve detailed a few general tips to consider...
Resources
1 February, 2010
Real books
In this comprehensive series of newsletters available to download, Opal Dunn introduced readers to real books to use in the classroom and...
Resources
9 November, 2005
Story books in the classroom
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...
Resources
19 September, 2003
The home-school connection 1
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...
Resources
23 September, 2003
The home-school connection 2
This is the second part of a two-part article where Theresa Zanatta shows us how parents can be encouraged to create opportunities for...
Resources
14 January, 2009
Using Arts and Crafts arts in English Lessons
In any English class it's important to vary the activity type to maintain interest. You will always be dealing with different types of...
Resources
24 February, 2004
Using flash cards with young learners
Flash cards are a simple, versatile, yet often underexploited resource. I would like to offer some reasons for using flash cards and a...
Resources
2 April, 2009
Using Songs
Children all over the world love listening to songs and most of them love singing too! Using songs to introduce language and revise...
Resources
17 November, 2010
Using the Internet with Younger Learners
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...
Resources, Integrating ICT
4 September, 2003
Video and young learners 1
This first article will give an introduction to some of the issues surrounding video with young learners. It will discuss the benefits but...
Resources, Integrating ICT
9 September, 2003
Video and young learners 2
This second article concentrates on classroom activities. The way the video is used and the materials prepared for use with the video will...

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