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How to set up an FCE speaking task
English Language Teacher Martin Wilson explains how you can best set up an FCE speaking task.
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IELTS Reading – Tips and common mistakes to avoid
English Language Teacher Martin Wilson explains how you can best help your students tackle the IELTS Reading task.
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Teaching Your Native Language
This International Mother Language Day we’re discussing the complexities of teaching your native language as a second language.
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Important information for schools in Scotland
Scholastic have been accepted onto the Scotland Excel tender SXL 06-17.
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Win a £50 John Lewis voucher
This World Book Day, we’re offering you the chance to win a £50 John Lewis voucher with We Are Writers.
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Our top rated resources from Scholastic Resource Bank
Discover some of our best reviewed teaching resources and find out how they can save you time and inspire your classes.
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Current state of ELT in UK
English Language Teacher Martin Wilson looks at how various external forces have impacted on the state of ELT in the UK.
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Michael Rosen is supporting We Are Writers
We want to turn more pupils than ever into published authors – and Michael Rosen is here to help us do it!
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Stories and anecdotes from the ELT Classroom
English Language Teacher Martin Wilson tells us funny stories that the quirks of the English language have caused in his classroom.
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ELT Readers – Festive Favourites
Our ELT Readers are a series of graded readers for English learners. Featuring best-loved stories and characters, they are a great way to inspire your students.
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IELTS Listening – Tips and common mistakes to avoid
English Language Teacher Martin Wilson gives advice on helping students to tackle the IELTS Listening task.
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Poetry and Performance with Paul Cookson
Author and poet Paul Cookson went on tour to Northern Irish schools, performing his poetry and encouraging children to get into reading, writing and performing themselves!
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European Day of Languages Competition
For European Day of Languages we asked you how you inspired your students to learn languages and here’s what you had to say!
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Empathy, imagination and children’s stories
Primary school teacher Jonny Walker talks empathy, imagination and the power of children’s books to allow us to gaze at life’s complexities in great detail, but from a safe distance.
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Tips on how to help students cope with stress during exams
English Language Teacher Martin Wilson gives advice on helping students to cope with stress as they prepare for their IELTS exams.
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Best-loved ELT Readers
Our ELT Readers are a series of graded readers for English learners. Featuring best-loved stories and characters, they are a great way to inspire your students.
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IELTS Writing Task 2 – Tips and common mistakes to avoid
In his latest post, Martin Wilson gives advice on the second IELTS writing task and offers tips on how to answer the essay question to allow candidates to obtain the highest possible grade.
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Top 10 Stand Alones for Teens
We asked teachers their top books for teenagers and these are their top rated stand alones!
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Top 10 Series for Teens
We asked teachers their top books for teenagers and these are their top rated series!
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Top 3 Fun Facts
We asked teachers their top books and the results poured in but here are some things you may not know about the top three books for teenagers!
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Ideas for every teacher with our Lollies shortlist!
In her latest post for us, education expert Jodie Lopez shares her ideas for teaching the Laugh Out Loud Book Awards shortlist in the classroom.
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IELTS Writing Task 1 – Tips and common mistakes to avoid
In his latest post, Martin Wilson gives advice on the first IELTS writing task, offering tips to avoid some of the most common pitfalls that prevent candidates from obtaining the highest possible grade.
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ELT Reader of the Month – Smurfs: The Lost Village
Our ELT Readers are a series of graded readers for young English learners. This month, the spotlight is on Smurfs: The Lost Village, a Level 3 ELT Reader based on the latest film in the much-loved Smurfs series.
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Make life easier with Language Lab
Looking for ways to make your language teaching easier? Take a look at our top five reasons to start using Language Lab.
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IELTS Exam Speaking Section – Common Mistakes
Experienced English Language teacher Martin Wilson discusses the common mistakes made by students when preparing for the IELTS English speaking exam.
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Tricks and tips to ensure an engaging lesson
In Martin Wilson’s latest blog, find out how to keep your students engaged using the ELT expert’s top tips.
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A Year of Reading: Indexing Books
In Dr Kornel Kossuth’s tenth post for us as he continues on in his challenge to promote reading for pleasure during the school day, he discusses the censorship of books, and whether it’s something we should consider when…
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ELT Reader of the Month – Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie
Our ELT Readers are a series of graded readers for young English learners. This month, the spotlight is on Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie, a Level 1 ELT Reader based on the classic Peanuts series.
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The Education Insider: Who are we even doing this for?!
In her latest post for us, education expert Jodie Lopez discusses the importance of changing the SLT conversation so that teachers know exactly who their assessment data is for.
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The Education Insider: Can summative assessment become formative?
In her latest post for us, education expert Jodie Lopez discusses looking at testing in a positive way; using children’s results as a basis for delivering targeted support.
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Make the most out of PM
PM is the largest and most finely levelled reading programme in the UK, with a pedagogically sound, proven approach to making every child a successful, balanced reader. To help you to make the best use of PM resources, we…
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Top 5 dos and don’ts for an English Language Teacher
In his second post for us, experienced English language teacher Martin Wilson shares best practice for fellow ELT professionals – from adapting lesson plans to teaching with a smile.
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The Education Insider: A light at the end of the tunnel?
In her latest post for us, education expert Jodie Lopez discusses the Education Select Committee’s latest report on primary assessment and sets out the key points you need to know.
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Connectors: ‘A Walk In My Shoes’ by Kate Chandulal
Diagnosed with scoliosis at birth and contracting meningitis aged 5, life has been anything but ordinary for Kate Chandulal. As part of our ‘Connectors’ series, we’re publishing Kate’s story, ‘A Walk In My Shoes’, where…
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Why don’t English Language Teachers have all the answers?
In his first post for us, experienced English language teacher Martin Wilson discusses the irregularities of English – and how even teachers of the language don’t have all the answers.
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The Education Insider: This is not the data you are looking for
In her fourteenth post for us, education expert Jodie Lopez discusses why it’s so important to devote some time to gap analysis in a life after levels.
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Running a Book Club Part 2: Cannon Park Primary School
We asked Nicola Cleveland, school librarian at Cannon Park Primary School, to blog about her experience of running a Scholastic Book Club. In her second post, she talks about what happens after the children receive their…
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A Year of Reading: Guided Reading
In Dr Kornel Kossuth’s eighth post for us as he continues on in his challenge to promote reading for pleasure during the school day, he discusses guided reading; what it actually means, and how it can help your pupils…
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Our top picks for teaching children English
Our Popcorn ELT Readers are a series of low-level, graded readers aimed at students in the early stages of learning English. We believe that learning English should be fun, so every Reader is based on a popular film, TV…
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Top 100 Children’s Books for Teachers – ages 9-11
In our final post in the Top 100 series, discover the top picks for children aged 9-11.
Earlier this academic year, we conducted a survey with over 1000 book-loving teachers across the UK and Ireland to find out which…
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Top 100 Children’s Books for Teachers – ages 7-9
In our third post in the Top 100 series, discover the top picks for children aged 7-9.
Earlier this academic year, we conducted a survey with over 1000 book-loving teachers across the UK and Ireland to find out which…
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Top 100 Children’s Books for Teachers – ages 5-7
In our second post in the Top 100 series, discover the top picks for children ages 5-7.
Earlier this academic year, we conducted a survey with over 1000 book-loving teachers across the UK and Ireland to find out which…
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Top 100 Children’s Books for Teachers – ages 3-5
After the Childwise 2016 report published yesterday highlighted that parents spend £8 on books for their preschool daughters a month but only £6 on their preschool son’s books, we asked parent of a pre-schooler and digital…
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Our top Modern Foreign Language resources: February
The Mary Glasgow Magazines resource bank is home to over 14,000 resources in French, Spanish, German and English. Every magazine subscription comes with free, unlimited downloads from the resource bank for a whole year –...
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Who was Mary Glasgow?
You may know Mary Glasgow Magazines as a range of fun language-learning magazines for teenagers, but what about the face behind the famous name?
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Teachers call for greater Department for Education commitment to languages in schools – new Scholastic survey
London, 29th September 2016 – Teachers are calling for the Department for Education to place more importance on modern foreign languages (MFL), according to new research published by Mary Glasgow Magazines, part of…
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The short guide to the new education reforms
This week’s budget revealed plans for major reforms to education in England over the next five years – read on for a short summary of the main points you need to know, and how they could affect your child.
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Summer Reading: Rainy Day Activities
It’s summer, and you’re going to be met with the inevitable rainy day. But don’t worry! There are plenty of fun indoor activities to do that make reading fun.
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Summer Reading: Out and About
It’s not a surprise that sitting inside reading may not be the most appealing idea for kids during the summer holidays. The good news is that there’s also plenty of reading to do outdoors.
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Summer Reading: Tips for Raising Lifelong Readers
Giving children the freedom to read what they want, when they want can become one of the highlights of the summer holidays, and can establish a lifelong love of reading.
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Summer Reading: How to Beat the Summer Slide
With the holidays just around the corner, how can you help stop the summer slide but still let the kids (and you!) enjoy a well-deserved break?
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Our Favourite Fictional Dads
With Father’s Day only a few days away, we’ve been chatting a lot around the office about our favourite fictional dads. From lawyers and wizards, to foxes and bears, here’s our list celebrating dads of all shapes, sizes…
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Scholastic is the new distributor of the Marie Clay Collection
The collection is the most trusted guidance for teachers managing early literacy including Reading Recovery.
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Bringing Books to Life: Take a Look Inside the Ultimate Minecraft Bedroom
We were blown away when we were sent pictures of this incredible Minecraft bedroom. Read the story behind the makeover!
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May the 4th be with you
What better way to celebrate Star Wars Day than with a whole load of books?!