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Gems on the Web – Storybird
Russell Stannard, winner of the British Council Innovations Award 2010 and owner of teachertrainingvideos.com returns with another useful web tool for language teachers and learners. This time it’s a...
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Creative Writing in the Language Classroom
Jane Spiro, author of Creative Poetry Writing (2004) Storybuilding (2007), looks at how, why, and with what effect we can include creative writing activities in the language classroom. Jane will be...
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Creative Writing in the Language Classroom: 8 Collected Poems
Following a webinar entitled “Creative Writing in the Language Classroom” on 9th and 15th March, Jane Spiro, author of Creative Poetry Writing (2004) and Storybuilding (2007), presents 8 Collected...
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Once upon a time, in the language classroom…
Christina Giannikas owns a chain of private language schools in Southern Greece. Here she talks about teaching through stories. There are many techniques that language teachers can use to keep young...
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Creating opportunities for kids to interact with stories
Erika Osváth, an educator, English teacher and materials writer from Hungary, talks about some different ways for kids to interact with stories. My friend, who teaches English literature at ELTE...
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How To Teach ´Great Openings´ for Presentations In English
Photo via Dries Buytaert under Creative Commons license Christopher Wright has worked as a Business English Teacher and a Business Trainer in the UK, US, Spain and France. In his first guest post for...
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#NationalStorytellingWeek – Top 10 Tools for Expression in the EFL Classroom
In recognition of National Storytelling Week, we thought it might be helpful to gather some of our resources and articles on the blog for aiding language learners in expressing themselves, either...
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Developing listening skills with storytelling | Gareth Davies
Storytelling in ELT is often seen as the preserve of the young learner teacher. Telling a story with lots of repetition, noises, and action is considered far too childish for teen and adult learners....
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Using Video and Story in the classroom | Jamie Keddie
Let’s start with a video – a short film that was commissioned by the Irish Film Board in 2009. Its title is, quite simply, “Teeth”. Perhaps you’ve seen it before? Teeth from Noreen Fitzgerald on...
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