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Interactive reading: learn, think and play with The Thinking Train series
Among the multitude of benefits of reading stories in the language class, we would like to point out the importance of interaction during reading sessions.
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Looking together: word and image interplay in picture books
Picture books are rich resources for language development as well as visual literacy development, regardless of the age of your students.
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Deborah’s dreams: how stories can make a difference
The graphic novel Jane, the Fox & Me by Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault shows us that books and reading can work as protective shields, safe zones and islands of self-discovery.
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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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Looking together: visual storytelling in The Thinking Train stories
How do the visual elements in our picture book series, The Thinking Train influence reading experience and meaning-making?
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Meet the illustrator: Manuela Scarfò
What is it like to bring a character to life? How do you start working on a picture book for children? What inspires an illustrator?
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Talking philosophy with children through stories
"Philosophy, if it cannot answer so many questions as we could wish, has at least the power of asking questions which increase the interest of the world, and show the strangeness and wonder lying just
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The Dark in the Box: engaging with emotions through stories
We have all most likely experienced what it is like to be afraid of the dark, either in our own childhood or through the eyes of a child we care for.
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Hooked on Books: Picturebooks in ELT with Sandie Mourão
In this series of interviews we talk to teachers, ELT writers, visual artists and researchers about the importance of using literature in the language classroom.
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The Thinking Train: Reading and Learning with Stories
We start developing a love of books and reading well before we are independent readers, and why should it be different when we are learning a second language?
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