English Resources (page 46)

Shy, unassuming Bilodo is a Montreal postman with a secret. Forsaking physical relationships, he chooses to live vicariously through the personal letters he intercepts and carefully s...

While the much-trumpeted death of the novel doesn`t seem to be happening any time soon, I do have a very real fear that we readers stand on the brink of another literary death. For, n...

If you have children in nursery, pre-school or primary school at the moment, you will no doubt have heard the word phonics. A school or nursery which communicates well might have had ...

Spelling is something which has been the bane of my life. I was in the generation of children whose primary teachers had been trained that spelling should be "caught, not taught", bu...

Whether you are a home educator or your children go to school you are an integral part of your child`s education. Once they get to the teenage years, however, it can be difficult to k...

A theme is an idea that the playwright puts across. There are major and minor themes. A theme is not stated but the reader is supposed to infer from the characters, their actions and ...

In writing The Bell Jar (1963), Sylvia Plath highlights a number of issues that society itself is often afraid to raise: whether as a result of social stigmatisation or otherwise, pro...

'The Wall' by William Sansom encompasses the desensitized attitude adopted by the British people towards the dark realities of World War Two, often existing alongside a sense of ...

What is English? It can be suggested that the term, 'What is English' is rather broad and branches out into many different areas, but it is important to gain some basic understandi...

Grammar. It is a necessary evil. Many students underestimate the necessity of grammar. For example, I am currently teaching a student, and her first language is Italian. Wanting to le...