Skills development
Celebrate World Poetry Day 2021
"A tough life needs a tough language – and that is what poetry is. That is what literature offers – a language powerful enough to say how it is. It isn’t a hiding place.
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The adventures continue: more Maze Readers for your teen readers
There are three great new stories in the Helbling Maze Stories series to engage your teen readers.
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Collaborative projects online
Some important aspects of language development have emerged in the current situation of distance/online learning.
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A class project - a sequel to Next Door
We are glad to share this class project as an excellent example of using our readings to develop creative writing skills with your students.
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Listening in the reading class
Among the many skills we aim at developing in the language class, listening has a special role.
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Building dialogues in the reading class
Dialogue and learning
What are your most memorable experiences of learning something new?
Thinking back, you may recall a given context (who was present or what the light was like, for exa
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Inspiring projects: Read, speak and upload!
We often talk about the use of technology in the language classroom, and it’s always inspiring to see real projects in which students use their digital and technical skills to create something new, ba
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Seven stories for a better school day
Young children often face big questions at school.
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Inspiring teachers: reading and dramatization in Germany
In this series we talk to inspiring teachers who use stories and storytelling to set up reading programmes and creative projects, and use the arts and literature to develop their students’ langua
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Stories that support language and thinking development
A need for stories
Stories help us meaningfully organize our experiences, no matter how old we are or what language we speak.
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Young readers, young listeners
Rhymes, chants and songs
If you started learning a second language as a child, it is most likely that you still remember the rhymes and chants you used to practise the alphabet, the parts of the bo
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The audio experience: listen to graded readers
Have you ever listened to a good story? Most of us will say, 'yes, of course', and we will probably think about bedtime storytelling, something we much enjoyed as children.
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