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Explore tips, strategies, and inspiring stories on teaching and learning English. From classroom materials to language acquisition research, discover valuable resources to enhance your English teaching and learning journey.

  • Social reading to engage with global issues

    Social reading to engage with global issues

    Struggling to discuss global issues in language class? Social reading & annotation can help! This post explores an activity using real-world texts to spark deeper discussions & critical thinking. Learn how to bring global issues to life in your classroom!

  • Building community through group discussions

    Building community through group discussions

    Discover how group discussions in English classrooms can enhance learning experiences and foster competence and community among students.

  • What is a Lexile Level anyway?

    What is a Lexile Level anyway?

    There are many different ways to measure how easy or difficult a text is to read, and the Lexile Level system is one tool you can use to compare the difficulty of a text with other texts.