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Subway hero – a true story (with activities for the ELT classroom)
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
ELT traveller’s tales – R. B. McKerrow in Japan, 1898
Cambridge scholar R. B. McKerrow told a funny story from the time he spent teaching English in Tokyo from 1897 to 1900, where he also learnt Japanese, wrote a textbook on English phonology (in Japanese), and had his own printing … Continue reading
How to write a school play – an example from the late 1500s
In the Times Literary Supplement of July 1st Shakespeare Institute lecturer Martin Wiggins reports that the Elizabethan Club of Yale University has recently acquired the manuscript of Oedipus – a play for schoolchildren written in the late 16th century (the … Continue reading
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Tagged Drama in schools, ELT, English language, Oedipus, Poetry
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How I Met Myself – a reflection on the use of graded readers in ELT….
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
“Capability” Brown – landscape gardener. And role model for teachers.
The train from London Stansted Airport to Cambridge passes the 17th century country house of Audley End, at one time a palace of King Charles II. Today the house is open to the public and in summer there are picnics … Continue reading
Describing the kangaroo: poetry in the ELT classroom
“Poetry is a form of writing that, among other things, deliberately employs puzzles as a means of engaging the reader in the pleasure of solving them.” (Poet and critic John Fuller in his new book “Who is Ozymandias? And other … Continue reading
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Tagged ELT, John Fuller, Ozymandias, Poetry, Shelley
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The Henry Brothers’ blogroll. Who are these people?
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
Who are the Henry Brothers?
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
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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Tagged Cambridge University Press, ELT, Kid's Box, Playway to English, Primary Colours, the Henry Brothers
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B2 or not B2? Shakespeare in the ELT classroom
What does the language of William Shakespeare have to offer to the learner of English as a foreign language? Many have at least a curiosity about the words of the best known poet and playwright in the English language. Also … Continue reading
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Tagged David Crystal, Drama in schools, ELT, Poetry, Shakespeare, The English Language
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