Teaching Matters

Are you one of those teachers who are already starting to worry about plans for the autumn? Just chill and relax! WebEnglish.se promises to have everything ready for you by the time you are meeting your class in August. The Planning Page will be updated and you can let your students "exercise ...

Now that 'King Arthur: Legend of the Sword' is hitting the cinemas around the world, WebEnglish.se presents a new Theme Page of King Arthur with all the usual ingredients for lower intermediate and intermediate level students, i.e. year 5-9 in Swedish Compulsory Schools. The theme page is created around a ...

Several teachers have expressed a need for materials about World War II in English to use in cross-curricular projects with Social Studies. Monday, May 8th is the anniversary of Victory in Europe in 1945 and June 6th is the anniversary of D-Day in 1944, so WebEnglish.se has published a theme page on WW II ...

Saturday, April 22nd is Earth Day. This year the Earth and those who want to save it are facing massive opposition from one of the most influential countries on Earth. It is more important than ever to inspire the next generation to make the Earth safe again for all living ...

This year April Fool's Day is (luckily) on a Saturday, so you may elude your students' pranks, but you may still want to bring up some discussions about the origins, the best pranks or why not the ethicality of it all. * The Spring Break in Scandinavia always takes place around Easter and ...

Environmental perspective is one of the five core tasks mentioned in the Swedish Curriculum that should permeate instruction of all subjects.  WebEnglish.se suggests the time between Earth Hour 25/3 and Earth Day 22/4 to be dedicated to studies about the Earth, sustainable living and the future of our planet. Material can be ...

Bullying seems to be getting normalised both by various reality shows and the acts and words of the latest president of the USA. It is more important than ever to remind our students that no harming - physical nor mental - of another human being is ever ok. This is ...

This year Mardi Gras is celebrated on Tuesday, Feb 28th in New Orleans. You could have your students find out why a French celebration is so popular in an American city. The day is also known as Fat Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day, so you could talk about (over-)eating, ...

WebEnglish.se has updated enough materials for you to celebrate Valentine's Day all through the month of February. You could start by reading a chapter about Friends, continue with a whole theme of Love & Romance and finally learn everything there is to know about Valentine's Day, both for younger and older ...

Friday, January 27th was the Holocaust Remembrance Day.  By apparently pure coincidence the new president of the USA chose the same date to announce his ban on all Muslims originating from seven Islamic countries (where he hasn't got any business interests) from entering the United States. Education is the key to ...

This year week four, the last week in January is the busiest Calendar Week ever, as there are four annual celebrations in a row. Tuesday, January 25th is Burns Night, celebrated for the honour of the Scottish National Poet, Robert Burns, who wrote Auld Lang Syne among other poems. Wednesday, ...

Last year we were marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. Consequently, so many new links and sites were added to WebEnglish.se that they got hard to handle. As we are in the process of updating all the theme pages anyway,  this was a good time to divide Shakespeare materials into ...