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		<title>Mythology is everywhere again</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Gator Guy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 14:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Nolan&#8217;s movie adaptation of Homer&#8217;s The Oddessy, mythology is all over the media. I know there are many Mushroomer students who are deeply interested in mythology so I would like to share a website created by an academic I know for the benefit of his students: https://tellmeohmuse.com/]]></description>
		
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		<title>A useful website for reading about our world</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Gator Guy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 06:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic English]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Issues]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Check out the Ducksters website for plenty of reading about different topics. This is a useful resource for ELA/ESL/EFL students to help build their English vocabulary range and learn basic knowledge about our world. https://www.ducksters.com/ Happy reading and vocabulary building!]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Website for Use of English Grammar and Vocabulary Testing and Learning</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Mushroom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 05:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Grammar]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is a useful website for those of you who need to practise your grammar and vocabulary: Use of English &#8211; Test-English How to use the site Select your test (A1 is easiest, then A2, B1, B2 and C1 is the most difficult). After you select your answers, click the &#8216;Check Answers&#8217; button and you&#8217;ll ... <a title="A Website for Use of English Grammar and Vocabulary Testing and Learning" class="read-more" href="https://mushroom-scholars.org/a-website-for-use-of-english-grammar-and-vocabulary-testing-and-learning/" aria-label="Read more about A Website for Use of English Grammar and Vocabulary Testing and Learning">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>🎄 🎁 Getting Christmassy 🎄 🎁</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Gator Guy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Art 'n' Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seasons and Festivals]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been a bit late getting the Christmas season started at home this year, but here&#8217;s last year&#8217;s seasonal painting: I&#8217;ll be painting a cheeky new picture this year and will share once it&#8217;s completed.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Another Gator Artwork</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Gator Guy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 12:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bizarre beasts & curious creatures & menacing monsters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House Teams]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This art was inspired by an old pizza delivery box that I used to protect the floor during a previous painting project. Since the bulk of the pigment that had bled onto the box was GREEN, I thought it might make a nice background for a GREEN GATORS artwork. Twenty minutes later, the crudely sketched ... <a title="Another Gator Artwork" class="read-more" href="https://mushroom-scholars.org/another-gator-artwork/" aria-label="Read more about Another Gator Artwork">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Reading for Writing Strategy &#8211; IELTS Preparation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Mushroom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 08:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This article presents a self-study strategy for students preparaing for the IELTS Writing test by reading about the common topics and studying the language typically used to discuss those subjects. Whilst I intend to do more research into this and publish the results to help my students, the recent advances in AI tools means this ... <a title="Reading for Writing Strategy &#8211; IELTS Preparation" class="read-more" href="https://mushroom-scholars.org/reading-for-writing-strategy-ielts-preparation/" aria-label="Read more about Reading for Writing Strategy &#8211; IELTS Preparation">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>We Must Improve Education for Rural Children in India</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darren]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2024 00:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Education is a basic right, but many poor children in rural India do not get a good education &#8230; Picture Source: https://www.forbesindia.com/article/briefing/primary-education-in-india-needs-a-fix/35287/1 Problem Education is a basic right, but many poor children in rural India do not get a good education. This is a big problem for the children and for the future of the ... <a title="We Must Improve Education for Rural Children in India" class="read-more" href="https://mushroom-scholars.org/we-must-improve-education-for-rural-children-in-india/" aria-label="Read more about We Must Improve Education for Rural Children in India">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Seminars</title>
		<link>https://mushroom-scholars.org/seminars/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Mushroom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2024 07:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have been doing a lot of research into assessing student-led seminars recently. Here is a QR code that can take you to an article I wrote about this research. My latest seminar sessions have been as productive as the earlier ones and working with students who are readily able to articulate their ideas in ... <a title="Seminars" class="read-more" href="https://mushroom-scholars.org/seminars/" aria-label="Read more about Seminars">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Promoting Student Empowerment through Student-led Seminar Sessions</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MAT 马特]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2022 14:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic English]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This post introduces a pedagogical approach I have been pioneering that might usefully contribute to discussions of transforming learning spaces to increase student ownership within the English for Academic Purposes (EAP) classroom.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Exploring Academic Vocabulary with BAWE</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Mushroom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2022 06:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This page is set up to help students explore the use of the BAWE corpus as a tool for informing vocabulary choices in academic writing. The examples below come from either common errors in student writing or questions my students have asked about specific lexicogrammar features of English. If you search for words or phrases ... <a title="Exploring Academic Vocabulary with BAWE" class="read-more" href="https://mushroom-scholars.org/exploring-academic-vocabulary-with-bawe/" aria-label="Read more about Exploring Academic Vocabulary with BAWE">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Reading 11 &#8211; Friendship</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MAT 马特]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 08:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reading]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is additional reading material for the Animation degree programme at QUST/Bradford It is uncontroversial to say that reading is probably the best way to extend your vocabulary and the more you read, the greater your vocabulary will be This week&#8217;s reading text features various quotes and expressions so does not contain so much AWL ... <a title="Reading 11 &#8211; Friendship" class="read-more" href="https://mushroom-scholars.org/reading-11-friendship/" aria-label="Read more about Reading 11 &#8211; Friendship">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>AWL Exercises 11</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MAT 马特]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 08:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The exercises below are intended to help students learn the words from the first four sublists of the AWL Choose the correct form of the word to complete the passage The gaps are all words from the AWL sublists 1-5; the words in blue bold are also from the AWL These exercises focus on the correct ... <a title="AWL Exercises 11" class="read-more" href="https://mushroom-scholars.org/awl-exercises-11/" aria-label="Read more about AWL Exercises 11">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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