Joanna Buckle

Incorporating extensive reading into your course design

How can you get learners to like reading? Can you use modern technology to help? Is their a role for poetry? Joanna Buckle suggests a wide range of ideas for developing some good reading habits.

Preparing Middle-Eastern students for IELTS 1

Joanna Buckle believes that preparation and managing expectations are key.

Preparing Middle-Eastern students for IELTS 2

Joanna Buckle reflects on preparing Arabic-speaking students for the IELTS exam and suggests ways to help them gain as many marks as possible in the reading and listening tests.