Tag Archives: Cambridge University Press

Vampires – Down at the Hotel Dread

Posted on October 10, 2011 by

Here at Henry Towers we’re getting more than a little excited about the imminent arrival of hallowe’en. Any excuse to dress-up, and we’ve been planning our costumes for months. As we do every year, we’ll be hollowing out pumpkins, concocting blood cocktails, baking … Continue reading →

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Hallowe’en – A Dark Dark Wood, Witches, Warlocks and Ghouls!

Posted on October 9, 2011 by

The last night in October was thought to be the most haunted night of the year. It was the night when witches, hobgobblins, wizards, and evil spirits came back to earth to cast their magic spells, enchantments and curses. Hallowe’en … Continue reading →

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Subway hero – a true story (with activities for the ELT classroom)

Posted on August 23, 2011 by

This is an amazing and inspiring true story that we want to share with you. It’s a story that everyone should read (and below you can find clips of television news and interviews about the incident). We found it in … Continue reading →

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How I Met Myself – a reflection on the use of graded readers in ELT….

Posted on August 3, 2011 by

When Cambridge University Press began publishing graded readers in the late 90s we took a decision not to sell the abridged versions of classic or popular novels that were the bulk of most publishers’ lists. We chose instead to make … Continue reading →

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The Henry Brothers’ blogroll. Who are these people?

Posted on July 16, 2011 by

Like many bloggers we’ve included a “blogroll”, a list of links to other blogs and websites we think you may enjoy. But we wanted to give you a little more information about them than can be found in the basic … Continue reading →

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Who are the Henry Brothers?

Posted on July 11, 2011 by

John Henry Moorcroft and Paul Henry Zarraga are English teachers involved in ELT publishing in Turkey, currently working for Cambridge University Press and also touring the country giving workshops and presentations to English teachers, mainly on the use of poetry, … Continue reading →

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Our Cambridge English primary costumes

Posted on June 19, 2011 by

As well as appearing at events for ELT teachers the Henry Brothers also visit schools to entertain children, wearing the costumes of the characters in Cambridge University Press ELT course books for primary school learners. Our costumes are: Monty and … Continue reading →

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The Power of Image – a presentation for ELT teachers

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

A good visual image can of course add great power to a presentation or teaching activity, and we’d like to share some favourites from our own presentations: The classroom cliche “I’m not a walking dictionary” raises a smile especially when … Continue reading →

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Cakes and Cider – An Urban Myth.

Posted on May 15, 2011 by

Paul found this urban myth in Erik K. Taylor’s ‘Using Folktales’, published by Cambridge University Press, and thought it would be right up our proverbial street – John being the Press manager for Turkey. This is a true story that … Continue reading →

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