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Literature, Managing resources
1 October, 2014
Using literature - an introduction
The purpose of this article is to provide some guidance through the wealth of available materials and support, to provide a platform for...
Literature, Knowing the subject
30 September, 2014
Audio and text
Using audio with text is the easiest extension from just using text. In its most effective form this consists of a recording being made of...
Literature, Knowing the subject
29 September, 2014
Text and activity
The 'Text and Activities' method is the most common approach to using fiction and poetry in the classroom. It is low tech in that all we...
Literature, Knowing the subject
27 February, 2014
Dylan Thomas - Under Milk Wood
The work of Dylan Thomas is meaningful for us in a range of ways. In working with the English language, the writing of Dylan Thomas not...
Literature, Knowing the subject
27 February, 2014
Dylan Thomas - Life and legacy
Dylan Thomas once noted, late in his all-too-brief life, that “A good poem is a contribution to reality.” Throughout his literary career he...
Literature, Knowing the subject
27 February, 2014
Dylan Thomas - Overview: the poems
Dylan Thomas began his now globally recognised career by writing poems. His poetry was published from 1936 until his death in 1953. A...
Literature, Knowing the subject
22 July, 2013
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey, like Pride and Prejudice, features a range of characters who behave heroically and those who behave more villainously.
Literature, Knowing the subject
22 July, 2013
Persuasion
The last novel that Jane Austen had published was Persuasion.
Literature, Knowing the subject
22 July, 2013
Sense and Sensibility
Rather like Austen’s most famous novel, this book’s title immediately lets us know that it’s a story about emotion and reason, ethics and...
Literature, Knowing the subject
6 June, 2013
Emma
Like Pride and Prejudice, Emma is a novel that cleverly explores human relationships, and the infinitely varied, day-to-day choices in how...
Literature, Knowing the subject
5 June, 2013
Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park is Jane Austen’s third published novel and many readers and scholars think that it is her highest accomplishment.
Literature, Knowing the subject
28 January, 2013
Pride and Prejudice and the art of conversation
When we talk to each other we reveal a great deal about how we think and how we feel about the subject at hand and the world around us.
Literature, Knowing the subject
28 January, 2013
Pride and Prejudice and the idea of love
Pride and Prejudice is now one of the most well-known literary love stories, with people encountering it either as a novel or a tv series...
Literature, Knowing the subject
24 January, 2013
Pride and Prejudice and the regency world
Like many novelists, part of what they write about relates to the wider world they see around them.
Literature, Knowing the subject
24 January, 2013
The heroes and villains of Pride and Prejudice
Like all characters in fiction, there are those we can think of as heroes and those we can think of as villains.
Literature, Knowing the subject
23 January, 2013
The real places of Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice is set in a number of rural settings. For much of her life Jane Austen lived at the family home in Chawton in Hampshire...
Literature, Managing resources
6 March, 2012
Using Dickens in class
Charles Dickens was born in 1812 and the British Council has been helping to celebrate his 200th birthday. One way that we have done this...
Literature, Knowing the subject
19 January, 2012
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...
Literature, Understanding educational policies and practices
30 June, 2010
A Spice Island
Our guest walked down the aircraft steps onto the tarmac and was greeted by a small band and a few dancers dressed in traditional costume...
Creating a class play - literature article
Literature, Using inclusive practices
21 May, 2004
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.
Motivating pupils to read - literature article
Literature, Understanding learners
15 May, 2003
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...
Motivating pupils to read 2 - literature article
Literature, Understanding learners
15 May, 2003
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...
Literature, Managing resources
1 October, 2014
Using literature - an introduction
The purpose of this article is to provide some guidance through the wealth of available materials and support, to provide a platform for...
Literature, Knowing the subject
30 September, 2014
Audio and text
Using audio with text is the easiest extension from just using text. In its most effective form this consists of a recording being made of...
Literature, Knowing the subject
29 September, 2014
Text and activity
The 'Text and Activities' method is the most common approach to using fiction and poetry in the classroom. It is low tech in that all we...
Literature, Knowing the subject
27 February, 2014
Dylan Thomas - Under Milk Wood
The work of Dylan Thomas is meaningful for us in a range of ways. In working with the English language, the writing of Dylan Thomas not...
Literature, Knowing the subject
27 February, 2014
Dylan Thomas - Life and legacy
Dylan Thomas once noted, late in his all-too-brief life, that “A good poem is a contribution to reality.” Throughout his literary career he...
Literature, Knowing the subject
27 February, 2014
Dylan Thomas - Overview: the poems
Dylan Thomas began his now globally recognised career by writing poems. His poetry was published from 1936 until his death in 1953. A...
Literature, Knowing the subject
22 July, 2013
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey, like Pride and Prejudice, features a range of characters who behave heroically and those who behave more villainously.
Literature, Knowing the subject
22 July, 2013
Persuasion
The last novel that Jane Austen had published was Persuasion.
Literature, Knowing the subject
22 July, 2013
Sense and Sensibility
Rather like Austen’s most famous novel, this book’s title immediately lets us know that it’s a story about emotion and reason, ethics and...
Literature, Knowing the subject
6 June, 2013
Emma
Like Pride and Prejudice, Emma is a novel that cleverly explores human relationships, and the infinitely varied, day-to-day choices in how...
Literature, Knowing the subject
5 June, 2013
Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park is Jane Austen’s third published novel and many readers and scholars think that it is her highest accomplishment.
Literature, Knowing the subject
28 January, 2013
Pride and Prejudice and the art of conversation
When we talk to each other we reveal a great deal about how we think and how we feel about the subject at hand and the world around us.
Literature, Knowing the subject
28 January, 2013
Pride and Prejudice and the idea of love
Pride and Prejudice is now one of the most well-known literary love stories, with people encountering it either as a novel or a tv series...
Literature, Knowing the subject
24 January, 2013
Pride and Prejudice and the regency world
Like many novelists, part of what they write about relates to the wider world they see around them.
Literature, Knowing the subject
24 January, 2013
The heroes and villains of Pride and Prejudice
Like all characters in fiction, there are those we can think of as heroes and those we can think of as villains.
Literature, Knowing the subject
23 January, 2013
The real places of Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice is set in a number of rural settings. For much of her life Jane Austen lived at the family home in Chawton in Hampshire...
Literature, Managing resources
6 March, 2012
Using Dickens in class
Charles Dickens was born in 1812 and the British Council has been helping to celebrate his 200th birthday. One way that we have done this...
Literature, Knowing the subject
19 January, 2012
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...
Literature, Understanding educational policies and practices
30 June, 2010
A Spice Island
Our guest walked down the aircraft steps onto the tarmac and was greeted by a small band and a few dancers dressed in traditional costume...
Creating a class play - literature article
Literature, Using inclusive practices
21 May, 2004
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.
Motivating pupils to read - literature article
Literature, Understanding learners
15 May, 2003
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...
Motivating pupils to read 2 - literature article
Literature, Understanding learners
15 May, 2003
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...
Literature, Understanding educational policies and practices
30 June, 2010
A Spice Island
Our guest walked down the aircraft steps onto the tarmac and was greeted by a small band and a few dancers dressed in traditional costume...
Literature, Knowing the subject
30 September, 2014
Audio and text
Using audio with text is the easiest extension from just using text. In its most effective form this consists of a recording being made of...
Creating a class play - literature article
Literature, Using inclusive practices
21 May, 2004
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.
Literature, Knowing the subject
27 February, 2014
Dylan Thomas - Life and legacy
Dylan Thomas once noted, late in his all-too-brief life, that “A good poem is a contribution to reality.” Throughout his literary career he...
Literature, Knowing the subject
27 February, 2014
Dylan Thomas - Overview: the poems
Dylan Thomas began his now globally recognised career by writing poems. His poetry was published from 1936 until his death in 1953. A...
Literature, Knowing the subject
27 February, 2014
Dylan Thomas - Under Milk Wood
The work of Dylan Thomas is meaningful for us in a range of ways. In working with the English language, the writing of Dylan Thomas not...
Literature, Knowing the subject
6 June, 2013
Emma
Like Pride and Prejudice, Emma is a novel that cleverly explores human relationships, and the infinitely varied, day-to-day choices in how...
Literature, Knowing the subject
5 June, 2013
Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park is Jane Austen’s third published novel and many readers and scholars think that it is her highest accomplishment.
Motivating pupils to read - literature article
Literature, Understanding learners
15 May, 2003
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...
Motivating pupils to read 2 - literature article
Literature, Understanding learners
15 May, 2003
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...
Literature, Knowing the subject
22 July, 2013
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey, like Pride and Prejudice, features a range of characters who behave heroically and those who behave more villainously.
Literature, Knowing the subject
22 July, 2013
Persuasion
The last novel that Jane Austen had published was Persuasion.
Literature, Knowing the subject
28 January, 2013
Pride and Prejudice and the art of conversation
When we talk to each other we reveal a great deal about how we think and how we feel about the subject at hand and the world around us.
Literature, Knowing the subject
28 January, 2013
Pride and Prejudice and the idea of love
Pride and Prejudice is now one of the most well-known literary love stories, with people encountering it either as a novel or a tv series...
Literature, Knowing the subject
24 January, 2013
Pride and Prejudice and the regency world
Like many novelists, part of what they write about relates to the wider world they see around them.
Literature, Knowing the subject
22 July, 2013
Sense and Sensibility
Rather like Austen’s most famous novel, this book’s title immediately lets us know that it’s a story about emotion and reason, ethics and...
Literature, Knowing the subject
29 September, 2014
Text and activity
The 'Text and Activities' method is the most common approach to using fiction and poetry in the classroom. It is low tech in that all we...
Literature, Knowing the subject
24 January, 2013
The heroes and villains of Pride and Prejudice
Like all characters in fiction, there are those we can think of as heroes and those we can think of as villains.
Literature, Knowing the subject
23 January, 2013
The real places of Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice is set in a number of rural settings. For much of her life Jane Austen lived at the family home in Chawton in Hampshire...
Literature, Managing resources
6 March, 2012
Using Dickens in class
Charles Dickens was born in 1812 and the British Council has been helping to celebrate his 200th birthday. One way that we have done this...
Literature, Managing resources
1 October, 2014
Using literature - an introduction
The purpose of this article is to provide some guidance through the wealth of available materials and support, to provide a platform for...
Literature, Knowing the subject
19 January, 2012
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...

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