28 October 2024

Promote English in your school with Armistice Day


At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month
The guns fell silent.

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

Click on the event title(s) below for more information. Leave your questions or comments below, or contact us for registration information. The events below are open group sessions from our Seminars, Advanced Use of English and Professional Conversation programmes; contact us to ask about scheduling open on-demand or closed private programmes. 

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")

Remember remember
The fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot

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


As you are an educated, cultured and sophisticated person, you need to have read certain essays. As you are an effective, caring and influential educator, your advanced and/or upper level students need to read certain essays.

We've got you covered. 

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.