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Reading for the environment: Winter
Welcome to our new series of blog posts about the environment.
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Lesson plan: The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton’s classic novel, The Age of Innocence, not only defined the age it described - New York in 1870s - but it wove a fascinating and complex story about love and commitment which raises a nu
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The Green Room: Bring the theatre to the classroom
The popularity of the TV show Glee or the film musicals like Les Misérables and La La Land shows us that the world of the theatre and acting has become an exciting talking poi
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Exploring India with Kim in the English classroom
We are all aware of the benefits of extensive reading, but some of us may feel unsure about how to approach longer texts in class.
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Virginia Woolf Special: An Interactive Lesson Plan
At first glance, reading Modernist fiction with language learners might seem like a challenging idea.
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'Twelve Years a Slave' Interactive Lesson Plan
When 12 Years a Slave, the film adaptation of the 1853 autobiographical slave narrative memoir came out in the cinemas in 2013 (directed by Steve McQueen), it was an immediate success.
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Heart of Darkness - Teaching tips for Conrad's story of discovery
Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (Blue Series, Level 5) takes us on several types of discovery.
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