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Halloween

A few ideas! Fun and simple poetry Acrostics H AUNTED HOUSES HERE AND THERE A UTUMN FUN EVERYWHERE L OOKING AT MONSTERS CREEPING TO SCARE L ANTERNS LIGHTING UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS O WLS GROWLING IN THE NIGHT W ITCHES SPOOK IN THE DARK , DARK LIGHT E VERY

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AI AND ELT: IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT ACRONYMS. 

by Paolo Tancredi According to Francesco Marchesani, we are potentially witnessing the dawn of a new Industrial Revolution: the generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) one. In the past, many novelists and screenwriters had imagined a future world where sentient machines would be integral parts of men’s everyday life: from Isaac Asimov

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Listen carefully!

English is a global language of communication, but the spelling system can be illogical, tricky and un-phonetic. This is the first of a series of short articles dedicated to a topic which has always been part of my learning and teaching journey. English for kids Listen carefully! The first step in the phonics journey is

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The Brown Hallowe’en Owl

Playing with Hallowe’en Sounds Circle or colour the combination of letters that make the ‘ow’ sound. The sound of a brown Halloween Owl Outside my house in a small tree. It’s Halloween! Our house, our lovely brown house! It’s Halloween! Does the owl growl or howl? It makes a funny sound the little

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