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Your time is precious so onestopenglish is packed with resources to make life easier. All materials are written and edited by our expert team of teachers and authors and are organized into core subject areas such as Skills, Grammar and Vocabulary, Business, Exams and Young Learners, so you’ll always find what you’re looking for.
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New for September 2008
Interactive phonemic chart
New on onestopenglish: Adrian Underhill's interactive phonemic chart! This excellent teaching tool can be played full-screen and gives clear audio examples of the English phoneme set.
Business tasks: Contrast
A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to talk about contrasts, to contrast opposing ideas and to say how things are different from what people believe or expect.
Your English: Idioms: Food
Tim Bowen gives us plenty of food for thought with his interesting explanation of some of the many idioms associated with this yummy subject.
In the house
A song and interactive games on the topic being in the house.
Teen Talk: Give peace a chance
Did you know that 21 September is International Peace Day? Here, Lindsay Clandfield suggests a way of broaching this global issue in a teen-friendly way.
Pronunciation activities: Part 9
The ninth lesson in this series by Adrian Tennant focuses on the distinction between the phonemes /æ/ and /ʌ/.
Live from London: News: Audio and activities
The onestopenglish reporters are back in London, asking locals and visitors questions about their daily lives. We went to Covent Garden and asked people about the news.
Skills transfer
Sally Hirst offers help for those embarking on teacher training for the first time.
Video Dictionary Competition: Your entries
Here is a selection of the fantastic entries we've had so far in the Onestopenglish Video Dictionary Competition.
Games and activities: New this month
Check out the new interactive games and activities added this month for Staff Room users.
Your English: Phrasal verbs: break
Tim Bowen makes a breakthrough in explaining the sometimes confusing phrasal verbs associated with this word.
Video projects: Back to the future
In this instalment of the integrated skills series by Jackie McAvoy, students produce a short video or audio recording of future predictions.
Onestop Phonics: The Letter Rr
This comprehensive lesson contains a flashcard for Ruby Radish, a downloadable podcast, PDF worksheets and teaching notes by Rachel Finnie.
New this week: Weekly news lesson 103: 4th September 2008: The American school where teachers carry a gun
In recent years there has been a disturbing trend of school shootings in the United States. What do you think schools should do to protect their students from these unexpected classroom shootings?
Lesson Share competition poster
Download and print this Lesson Share poster to put up in your staff room!
High kicks in Tajikistan
Thanks to Kevin McCaughey for sharing this unforgettable anecdote that is every teacher's worst nightmare!
Live from London: Music: Audio and activities
The onestopenglish reporters are back in London, asking locals and visitors questions about their daily lives. We went to Covent Garden and asked people about the importance of music in their lives.
What is CLIL?
In the week that we launch our sister site, Onestopclil, Phil Ball analyzes a series of broadly-accepted definitions of CLIL - or Content Language Integrated Learning - as a way of highlighting its most significant characteristics.
TKT practice materials: Module 1: Part 1
These practice materials are designed to help you with Module 1: Part 1: Language skills. In these materials you will think about the four skills of reading, listening, speaking and writing in terms of subskills.
New this month: Half of all primates face extinction
Nearly half of all primate species could soon become extinct, according to a study carried out by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Do you think it is important to preserve rare species of animals and prevent them from becoming extinct?
Competitions
Onestopenglish runs several monthly competitions which give you the opportunity to share your ideas and experiences with other teachers and to win great prizes at the same time.
Onestopenglish Video Dictionary Competition
Bring words and phrases alive by making videos of them in class! Enter the Onestopenglish Video Dictionary Competition for the chance to win a Flip Video Camcorder.
Farmyard fun
Anton Balažovič reminds us of the Hollywood adage, 'Never work with children or animals'!
News lessons: Weekly lessons
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