Students’ Attention | How To Get It & Keep It

In the world of adolescents, teachers are a drag. Well, they can be and most usually are. How to battle this without seeming to try too hard? How do you get around all the prejudice? How do you manage Read more

CSE Texts’ Topics VWO | Reading Comprehension

Topics On Recent Exams English VWO

This is a list with topics which were in the past exams. If revision on other subjects or doing yet another exam gets too much, it might be wise to select any of Read more

John Donne | The Sun Rising [1633]

  • Read the poem aloud or listen to the video.
  • Have students take out their Iphones, Androids or tablets and start looking up the unfamiliair words. This can be done in pairs or groups.
  • Then have them discuss the meaning Read more

Dulce et Decorum Est | Wilfred Owen

  • First have the student read the poem quietly to themselves.
  • Secondly, read it together. Recite it yourself and pause for extra emphasis.
  • Have students refrain from asking questions on unknown vocab. We’ll deal with that later on. First, the Read more

CITO Texts Tips ‘n Tricks

How do you handle texts? Here's a short "how to" list so you won't fall into any of the traps CITO sets. Read more

Understanding Texts ‘n Grammar

Grammar is perhaps the most important systematic framework in language analysis because it allows you to examine the component parts of language and see how they are working.

This involves taking the whole framework to pieces, just like the Read more