YoungEnglishChile
26 November 2024
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10 November 2024
Creating and Analysing Blogs in the English class
Although there is no road-code or rulebook for blogging, there are general features both for creators and for readers and/or analysts. As a teacher, you likely want your students to respond to and/or analyse blogs, if not actually to produce posts. Here are those features.
28 October 2024
Promote English in your school with Armistice Day
Every year on the eleventh of November, people all over the world gather to remember the end of the Great War in the hope that it will not be repeated. Lest we forget. Join us as we explore this significant date in human history.
November 2024
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27 October 2024
ABC (insert English certificate name here) is not for life
Someone somewhere sometime in the past, in the world of selling certifications (and possibly books, materials and courses), made a smart decision. S/he would start promoting this certification as "for life", and so a myth was born. Sadly, this is at best misleading, if not verging on the untrue.
22 October 2024
Promote English in your school with Guy Fawkes Day (aka "Bonfire Night")
Every year on the fifth of November, people all over the world gather to remember democracy, the monarchy, the British system of government and protest with bonfires, fireworks and the burning of effigies. Join us as we explore this curiosity of Britishness.
17 October 2024
Poetry "A Poison Tree" by William Blake
Unknown and/or poorly regarded during his life, William Blake has posthumously become recognised as one of Engliand's greatest poets. Join us as we review one of his works which everyone should know. Suitable for advanced EFL students and teachers, and frequently included in GCSE and IGCSE Literature text lists.
12 October 2024
Essays you need to read
08 October 2024
Plug-and-Play Reading Comprehension / Literature lesson : Essay "The Death of the Moth" by Virginia Woolf
Our four-part series on this work by one of the most important and influential feminist literary voices is for students, teachers and advanced users of English. This text, widely regarded as one of the most significant twentieth-centiury essays and which should be read and discussed by all, is also suitable for Cambridge and IB Language, Literature and Lang&Lit programmes.
29 September 2024
Promote English in your school with World Decimal / World Metric Day
The tenth of October, or "10 /10", provides you with a great opportunity for language acquisition and development, to have a bit of fun and to promote English at the same time. Join us as we run through 10 (what else?) topic areas associated with ten from decimals to 10-codes to idiomatic expressions, for all levels G1 - 12 and all levels beginners to advanced, you can use to raise the profile of English in your community.