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In this article 'Writing and Young Learners' Wendy Arnold and Rosie Anderson explore ideas around developing writing skills with young learners. They look at why it is important to develop these skills, theories to consider and offer some top tips for for encouraging more engaging writing tasks.
| Teaching teens
2016 sees the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. To mark the occasion we have five new animated videos of Shakespeare's plays in our Literature UK section. There are also activities to check understanding and vocabulary, and topics for discussion.
| Teaching adults
'Amazing facts' is a warmer activity which can be used with Intermediate level learners. It could also be used to generate interest in amazing facts as a lead in to a lesson using comparatives and superlatives.
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'Action plan for teachers' is a 44 page illustrated book on the subject of English Language Teaching which covers the topics of planning and preparing lessons, teaching methodology and classroom practice, as well as using technology in the classroom. The book also includes examples of practical activities for different stages of the lesson.
| Events
Watch a recording of Rachael Roberts' webinar where she looked at a number of motivating writing activities that you can use with your students.This highly informative webinar looked at a number of issues around the theme of writing and Rachael gave several suggestions for engaging, communicative and effective writing activities which students will enjoy doing in class. | Magazine
This new publication 'Early Childhood Education in English for Speakers of Other Languages' will be of interest to practitioners, teacher educators, researchers and families who engage with and/or are interested in the teaching and learning of English in early years settings.
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