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Short, useful writing on vocabulary, classroom practice, and English at home.
For Parents · 5 min
A Nine-Day English Plan for the November Break
Turkish schools break from 16 to 20 November 2026. A nine-day plan of 10 to 15 minutes a day keeps September and October's English words from slipping away.
1 October 2026
For Parents · 5 min
Helping With English When You Don't Speak It
You can help your child learn English vocabulary without speaking English yourself. Your job is not to teach it. It is to ask, listen and keep it regular.
1 October 2026
Confused Words · 5 min
False Friends Between English and Turkish
False friends are English words that look Turkish but mean something else. Fourteen that trip up Turkish children, from pasta to college, and how to teach them.
1 October 2026
For Teachers · 6 min
Correcting Mistakes Without Crushing Confidence
Correcting a child's English mistakes does not have to silence them. Seven correction techniques, backed by research, that you can use in class tomorrow.
1 October 2026
Learning Vocabulary · 4 min
Words Before Rules
A student with grammar and no vocabulary can build a perfect sentence about nothing. Where the balance should sit, especially before exams.
29 August 2026
For Parents · 4 min
Why Your Child Forgets English Words
Your child studied twenty words on Sunday and knew four of them by Thursday. That isn't laziness. Here is what is actually happening, and what fixes it.
29 August 2026
For Teachers · 5 min
What Spelling Mistakes Actually Tell You
A child who writes 'skul' has told you something specific. Reading spelling errors as evidence rather than carelessness, for English teachers.
29 August 2026
Learning Vocabulary · 5 min
Vocabulary Memorisation: The Techniques That Actually Work
Writing a word twenty times feels like studying and teaches almost nothing. What separates the methods that work from the ones that only feel productive.
29 August 2026
For Parents · 5 min
Twelve Minutes a Day: An After-School English Routine
Short and regular beats long and rare. A weekly plan for English practice at home that survives homework, football practice, and tired evenings.
29 August 2026
For Teachers · 5 min
Turning a Word List Into Homework Worth Setting
Learn these twenty words for Friday is not homework, it is a wish. How to choose what to set, and what to stop setting.
29 August 2026
Learning Vocabulary · 4 min
The Ear Learns the Word First
A word learned only from a page is a word that cannot be heard in a sentence or said out loud. Why listening should come before writing.
29 August 2026
For Teachers · 5 min
Seven Vocabulary Games That Wake Up a Smart Board Lesson
Most smart boards are used as expensive projectors. Seven vocabulary activities that use the screen as something the whole class competes on.
29 August 2026
For Parents · 5 min
Screen Time: When Does Learning Through Games Actually Work?
Some educational games teach. Others are entertainment wearing a school uniform. Four things to look for before you count it as study.
29 August 2026
For Parents · 4 min
Learning While Playing, or Just Playing?
Your child is enjoying it, which proves nothing either way. Three things to watch for that tell you whether the play is doing any work.
29 August 2026
Confused Words · 5 min
Kitchen or Chicken? 15 Word Pairs Turkish Students Mix Up
The child who writes 'My mother is in the chicken' knows both words. Fifteen pairs Turkish learners collide, and a way to separate each one.
29 August 2026
Learning Vocabulary · 4 min
Does a Vocabulary Notebook Actually Work?
Most vocabulary notebooks are beautiful and useless. What separates one that helps from one that is just a record of words you met once.
29 August 2026
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