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Should Thai Parents Speak English at Home, or Will It Damage Both Languages?

The argument every parent group is having right now, answered with what bilingual research actually shows. Your child won't get confused the way you fear, but the quality of the language they hear matters far more than the quantity.

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The Classroom English Corner: A Small Space That Keeps English Alive All Day

English shouldn't only come alive for two periods a week. How to build an English corner out of things your classroom already has, and the routine that stops it going quiet after two weeks.

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Make Your Own Flashcards for Nothing, and Get More Out of Them Than the Paper Cost

You don't need to buy vocabulary cards. Leftover card and a marker pen will do. Here's a recipe for flashcards that survive a whole term, plus 6 games you can run off a single set, whatever topic you happen to be teaching.

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English Homework Children Actually Do Themselves, Not Homework the Parents Finish

Homework that is too hard ends up done by a parent, and homework that is too easy gets copied off a friend. How to design homework for Grades 1 to 3 that fits the child's own hands, plus the nightly amount the research supports.

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One Class, Fluent Children and Complete Beginners: How to Teach It Without Leaving Anyone Behind

The classic problem in primary English: your strongest children are bored and your weakest have dropped off. Three layered tasks, a buddy system and levelled worksheets for teaching a mixed ability class.

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One Vocabulary Notebook: The Tool That Takes Words From Lasting a Lesson to Lasting a Year

Half the words taught in a lesson are gone within a week if nothing holds on to them. How to set up a personal vocabulary notebook a primary child can keep up alone and will actually want to open again.

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Reads Every Word, Understands None of It: First Steps in Comprehension for Grades 2 and 3

Some children sound out every word perfectly and still can't say what the story was about. Here is the gap between decoding and understanding, and a three step sequence of activities that carries children across it.

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5 English Spelling Techniques That Beat Writing the Word Out Ten Times

Copying a word over and over sticks far less than you'd hope. Five spelling techniques that put several parts of the brain to work, including Look-Cover-Write-Check, building words from letter tiles, and flower hangman.

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4 Techniques That Get All 40 Children Speaking English in a Single Lesson

A big class is no reason for children to sit in silence. Four techniques that give every pupil dozens of chances to speak in one lesson, from whole class chorus work to question and answer in pairs.

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