Features of Just English Explorer Magazine

• Target readers – For students 10 – 15 years old
• Frequency - A bimonthly magazine (6 issues per year)
• Articles - Cover the whole spectrum of reading genres:
  • Reports (scientific, information, sports, newspaper)
  • Narratives (extracts, short story, poem, classical, traditional tale, legend)
  • Recounts (stories describing a series of events - personal experiences/biography, historical, factual, literary, poetic)
  • Procedure (instruction or method of doing or making something)
  • Description (poem, everyday life experience, animals)
• The articles are graded (elementary, intermediate, advanced) – different levels for reading compatibility and level check.
• At the end of most articles are:
  • A summary to aid understanding
  • A glossary of a list of difficult words and their definitions to guide students
  • Grammar tools used in the article
  • Reading comprehension questions to guide students and teachers in understanding the article
  • Suggested activities for further practices
• Fun language exercises from Just English Language & Study Guide and games, such as word search and spot the difference to end the magazine.

Usefulness - For classroom or self-study:

• Teachers: ‘An excellent resource for classroom teaching – for developing reading and writing skills!’
• Students: ‘Interesting articles. I have learnt so much. I can think and write more creatively now. Reading is fun!’

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Features of Just English Explorer Online

• To make learning complete, the JEX Online http://explorer.justenglish.com provides students and teachers with resources to complement the JEX magazine:
• Worksheets (downloadable) – especially designed to enable students and teachers to check understanding of article.

  

• Teacher's notes (downloadable)
  
  • Answers to the worksheets are provided to assist teachers in teaching or as a self-check tool for self-learning.
  • Suggested comments/explanations are provided for topic-discussions.
  • Samples of how completed suggested activities look like.

  
  Answers to multiple choice questions.

  
  Suggested answers.

  
  Sample of activity.

• Audio (downloadable) - for correct pronunciation, listening pleasure or reading along to the articles in the JEX magazine.
• Interactive games such as Pair Up, Drag and Drop, Hangman, Spot the Difference, Word Search and more are provided to make learning English in a fun and exciting way!

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Reading Level Guide

Your guide to the graded English used in this website.

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Useful Tips

1. All teacher's notes, student's worksheets and audio files in articles can be downloaded.

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