09 May 2021

Effective discussion skills - useful language

 

Discussion is one of the most useful and important strategies for a teacher, and this includes English Language and English Literature teachers. Discussion is also integral to human interaction, and while we are all born to converse, we need to learn to discuss. This session reviews useful language for a discussion skills programme.

06 May 2021

Short Story "Her First Ball" by Katherine Mansfield

 

Our four-part series on this work for students, teachers and those interested in literature. This text comes from the Cambridge English Literature book list, and is also appropriate for IB Language. Literature and Lang&Lit programmes.

Essay "Ha'penny" by Alan Paton

Our four-part series on this work for students, teachers and those interested in literature. This text comes from the Cambridge English Literature book list, and is also appropriate for other Language, Literature and Lang&Lit programmes.

05 May 2021

Get the test you pay for

Diagnostic assessments rarely are (if ever!), while placement assessments can only be done by people familiar with your programme. What you need is a Level Test, telling you where your students are.

01 May 2021

Short Story "The Widow’s Might" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Our four-part series on this work for students, teachers and those interested in literature. This text comes from the Cambridge English Literature book list, and is also appropriate for IB Language. Literature and Lang&Lit programmes.

29 April 2021

Short Story "The Furnished Room" by O Henry

 

Our four-part series on this work for students, teachers and those interested in literature. This text comes from the Cambridge English Literature book list, and is also appropriate for IB Language. Literature and Lang&Lit programmes.

27 April 2021

Short Story "Dr Heidegger’s Experiment" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

 

Our four-part series this work for students, teachers and those interested in literature. This text comes from the Cambridge English Literature book list, and is also appropriate for other Language. Literature and Lang&Lit programmes.

26 April 2021

Poetry "The City Planners" by Margaret Atwood

This amusing and provocative poem should be included in every High School English Language and Literature programme, including EFL. The work also appears in the Cambridge Literature syllabus, and so is appropriate for IBMYP, IB Dip and AP.

22 April 2021

Advanced Use of English Vocabulary : Speech - direct, reported, indirect

"He said, she said". Not the most engaging of dialogues. "He asked, she answered" is marginally better. Advanced students and users can beautify their reporting, and open a whole new stylistic, linguistic wardrobe, by using indirect reporting. What is this? Find out through this one-hour exploration.