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'The Heart of Darkness' on Tour in Japan: Illustrators Exhibition Tour 2014
Here at Helbling Languages we pay careful attention to the illustrations in our readers. Choosing the right style for each story is an exciting and important step in the book preparation process.Continue Reading -
Become aware of your own reading, be a reading teacher
When we talk about extensive reading, we mainly focus on students' reading.Continue Reading -
Bring peace to the classroom
Peace education is a subject that should be integral to our curriculum as an important educational objective.Continue Reading -
Lesson plan: Virginia Woolf
At first glance, reading Modernist fiction with language learners might seem like a challenging idea.Continue Reading -
Classic literary friendships
Who would be your literary friend? Anne Shirley? Huckleberry Finn? Dr Watson? Have you ever thought about what it would be like to meet these fictional characters?Continue Reading -
Approaches in reading education: theories in practice
Let's start with a simple but effective question. Why do we read? We might have different personal reasons (fun, knowledge), but when we read in school, we read to learn.Continue Reading -
Create Graphic Stories in Class
The project If you are looking for a multi-layered, creative and fun learning project for your classes, start a graphic story project with them.Continue Reading -
8 Literary Costume Ideas for Halloween
If you are running a Book Club or you simply plan to have some Halloween fun with your classes, organise a fancy dress party in your classes.Continue Reading -
10 bookish things to do in November
November feels like the perfect month to spend more time in the company of books (to be honest, which month doesn't?). So why not give yourself and your classes a bookish to-do list for this month?Continue Reading -
Write your own story: writing tips and editorial checklist
In our two previous posts we have looked at ways to get started and boost your writing process. What are the major points you should pay attention to while creating your story?Continue Reading -
Write your own story: 7 ideas to boost your writing process
If you've been thinking of writing your own story or graded reader, you will need to develop other skills too, to boost your writing process, improve your writing style and edit your text.Continue Reading