Teaching and Learning resources
Writing conclusions
Writing good conclusions is frequently cited by examiners as an element that many - perhaps even most students - struggle with. Typically, conclusions will simply re-state things that have already been...
Teaching and Learning resources
Presentation Skills: the Pecha Kucha
Whether preparing for the course’s oral assessments, or asking students to present on an aspect of a text as part of their learning, it is important to include explicit focus on the skills required for...
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Happy New Year Free
For last year's words belong to last year's languageAnd next year's words await another voice. Are you one for new year’s resolutions? Browsing around for inspirational quotations, I come across this...
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A Christmas Present Free
A Child's Christmas in Wales Here's a Christmas present for you: Dylan Thomas reading his story, A Child’s Christmas in Wales. Find below this virtual Christmas tree, a link to a recording of the poet...
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Remember, remember, the Fifth of November... Free
Several, somewhat unconnected things... Interesting article in the UK’s Guardian newspaper today: famous writers/artists making recommendations of their favourite graphic novels. If anyone knows some...
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Easter 1916
This, one of Yeats' most famous poems, is an important one to explore for a wealth of reasons. One of the first is that it marks a significant departure from the style of his earlier work - presenting...
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The Song of Wandering Aengus
The Song of Wandering Aengus is another of Yeats' early poems that places a stamp on his interest in 'romantic' Celtic mysticism and myth. However, it is also a poem that invites consideration of his...
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The New Course (2019): the story so far… Free
Change is coming. Writing those three simple words, it is hard not to think of the motto of House Stark - “Winter is coming” - and the armies of White Walkers marching (very slowly as it turns out)...
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The Stolen Child
This poem, from Yeats' collection, The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems is a good one to use as a means to introduce students to his early period - sometimes referred to as his 'Celtic Twilight' phase....
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Introductory activities
There are a great many ways in which you could introduce the study of Yeats' poetry. There is a strong argument, for instance, for delving into his biography or the political context in which he was...