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Teaching English as a Foreign Script – Part 3: Reading and Handwriting
In the last of his series of posts on teaching in Libya, Jon Naunton, co-author of Business Result and Oil and Gas 2 in the Oxford English for Careers series, discusses how his students progressed in...
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Let them choose!
Ahead of his talk at IATEFL 2012 about encouraging students to read, Verissimo Toste, an Oxford teacher trainer, talks about the importance of allowing students to choose what they want to read. Most...
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Text selection for in-work and pre-work learners
How important is text selection in business English? Louis Rogers, co-author of Skills for Business Studies, discusses the challenge of choosing the right texts for pre-work and in-work learners....
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Free fun reading for the primary classroom
Originally posted on Erika Osváth’s blog, and re-posted here with her permission, this article explores free reading materials and activities for children. By Erika Osváth. It all started with my...
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Reading: Language you can put your finger on
Peter Redpath, co-author of Incredible English second edition, takes a look at reading and how it can be used in the classroom. There are two productive skills, speaking and writing, and two receptive...
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Using Graded Readers with Young Learners: Choosing a Reader
In his first guest post, David Dodgson, a teacher to young learners in Ankara, Turkey, gives his advice on how choose a Graded Reader that is not only suitable for young language learners, but will...
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Are teenagers really reluctant readers?
Ahead of her talk at IATEFL 2011 in Brighton entitled ‘Getting students into extensive reading painlessly: A threefold solution’, Sue Parminter, series co-editor of the Dominoes Readers series,...
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Using Graded Readers with Young Learners: Before you Read
Having given us some advice on choosing a reader, David Dodgson, a teacher to young learners in Ankara, Turkey, now introduces us to some pre-reading activities to encourage young learners to engage...
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Using Graded Readers with Young Learners: Supporting Reading
Having chosen a reader to use with your young learners and helped them engage with the characters and story through pre-reading activities, David Dodgson now shares some tips on how to support their...
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Reading for pleasure: appealing to learners, not readers
Verissimo Toste, an Oxford teacher trainer, outlines the benefits of extensive reading and how to convince learners it’s worth doing. “Teacher, why should I read in English when I don’t read in my own...
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Five things I think I know about teaching reading
Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto, co-author of Let’s Go, shares five principles for teaching reading effectively in the classroom. I’ve tried quite a few different approaches to teaching literacy over the...
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Reading for Pleasure – Students make their own word games
Continuing the Reading for Pleasure series, Verissimo Toste, an Oxford teacher trainer, looks at ways of keeping students reading for pleasure. You have set up the class library and started your...
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Receptive Skills: Resources for Independent Learning
Helen Stepanova is an English language teacher, teacher trainer and author, currently working as a Business English teacher in Latvia. In this guest post, she looks at some of the resources available...
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Reading for pleasure – Coming Soon to a Cinema Near You!
Continuing the Reading for Pleasure series, Verissimo Toste, an Oxford teacher trainer, looks at how students can make movie posters to keep them engaged with reading. Reading appeals to a student’s...
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Reading for Pleasure – Making Triangles, Sharing Opinions
Continuing the Reading for Pleasure series, Verissimo Toste, an Oxford teacher trainer, looks at how students can make triangles to keep them interested in reading. This month’s activity is...
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Writing texts in the Primary classroom
Sarah Phillips, co-author of Incredible English second edition, looks at how you can help your students produce a good piece of writing step by step. She will be hosting a webinar on the same topic on...
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#qskills – How can I help my students understand words in a reading passage?
Today’s question for the Q: Skills for Success authors: How can I help my students understand words in a reading passage? Scott Roy Douglas responds. We are no longer taking questions. Thank you to...
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Bottom-up decoding: reading and listening for the future
Image source: http://images.cdn.fotopedia.com/flickr-281194868-hd.jpg Mark Bartram, a teacher trainer and materials writer, explores different approaches for processing written and spoken text, and how...
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What are the building blocks of skills teaching?
What are the building blocks of skills teaching and how can these help your learners listen and read for tomorrow? Take a look at this infographic to find out more. Navigate is a brand new General...
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insight Top 10 Tips: Reading
Students often find it difficult to engage with reading and writing instruction and practice, particularly when large, intimidating texts are involved. This is the first in our series of insight blog...
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