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Daft doodles

Posted on May 12, 2018 by The Henry Brothers

All language teachers draw a little, we have to. The Instagram page, Daft Doodles, is by one language teacher who is very good at it, Dave McClure. Enjoy.

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Happy 200th birthday Frankenstein

Posted on April 4, 2018 by The Henry Brothers

“My name is Victor Frankenstein.” 2018 is the 200th birthday of the world’s most famous monster, Frankenstein. The book by Mary Shelley was first published in 1818, but even in the early years the story was better known as a … Continue reading →

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Up-Hill – a poem by Christina Rossetti

Posted on July 14, 2017 by The Henry Brothers

Up-Hill Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day’s journey take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend. But is there for the night a resting-place? A roof for … Continue reading →

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

Posted on August 23, 2011 by The Henry Brothers

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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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 →

Posted on August 21, 2011 by The Henry Brothers | 2 Comments

How to write a school play – an example from the late 1500s

Posted on August 14, 2011 by The Henry Brothers

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

Posted on August 3, 2011 by The Henry Brothers

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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“Capability” Brown – landscape gardener. And role model for teachers.

Posted on July 21, 2011 by The Henry Brothers

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 →

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Describing the kangaroo: poetry in the ELT classroom

Posted on July 19, 2011 by The Henry Brothers

“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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The Henry Brothers’ blogroll. Who are these people?

Posted on July 16, 2011 by The Henry Brothers

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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