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. 

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.

23 September 2024

October 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. 

October 2024 Chilean English Teachers’ Private Lesson Fees Survey

Our October 2024 Biannual Chilean English Teachers Private Lesson Fee Survey closes 15 October. Complete the survey and you can have a copy of the results. Last April saw an increase in what Chilean private English teachers charge. What about the last six months?

14 September 2024

Teaching Writing in the Reception (Early Years and G1 - 2) Levels

Children generally begin learning to write in the Early Years (known in EFL as Very Young Learners and elsewhere as Early Childhood and/or PreSchool) or in the first grades of Lower Primary (known variously as Reception, Infant School and even Grammar School). However, writing at this level is not so much writing (composition) as it is writing (handwriting) and so should be seen by educators as a combination of fine-motor development with emerging literacy and numeracy rather than as language acquisition and development.

Writing methodology - news reports

Using a worked example, join us as we review a quick-and-easy structure and approach for producing a news report (as distinct from an "article").

07 September 2024

Writing methodology - Advanced Editing & Proofreading Practice & Feedback

If you enjoyed our introductory / middle school / B1 - B2 session on editing and profreading, you'll love this Advanced session. This easily replicable model is ready-to-use, plug-and-play, student-centred and at the same time, a great personal challenge for teachers.

04 September 2024

Writing methodology - student editing


One of the most effective tools in teaching writing, or in developing as a writer, is for writers to be able to proofread and to edit their own production. This plug-and-play lesson reviews two short texts and a simple student-centred teacher-friendly editing task.