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    Mobile English: Digital word banks

    Students create individual or class image banks to record the vocabulary they study in class.

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    Lesson Share: Grammar: Memories of the past

    Simon Mumford wins the Lesson Share competition with a unique way to help students remember irregular past tense forms.

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    Second Best: Part 1

    This advanced-level story, by D H Lawrence, is set in the British countryside in the early 1900s. It is about a young woman who is looking for love after a disappointing affair. It is told in two parts; each part contains audio and an accompanying lesson plan written by Daniel ...

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    The Shadow and the Flash: Part 4

    In Part 4 of this science fiction story, we are told how the two scientists finally succeed in creating invisibility. In this lesson, the students will: recall the story so far; discuss the possible effects of invisibility; listen for gist; improve their awareness of the relationship between punctuation and pronunciation; ...

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    Business Spotlight: Powers in the East

    In this lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, two businessmen, one from Japan, the other from China, talk about the economic challenges Japan and China are facing and dealing with. 

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    Lesson Share: Integrated skills: B-movies and film stars

    Dimitra Eleftheriou-Ernst’s lesson allows students to develop their fluency as well as spark their imaginations by role-playing movie stars at a party.

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    Business Top Trumps: An Introduction

    Check out this original set of Business Top Trumps cards and twelve complete lesson plans and inject some fun into your Business English classes.

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    Mobile English: Mobile phone dictation

    A short activity that can be used as a warmer or filler to review language that has already been covered in class. Any model of mobile phone can be used for this activity.

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    Mobile English: Ideal phone

    Have your elementary-level students use their imagination and design their ideal phone.

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    The Shadow and the Flash: Part 3

    In Part 3 of this science fiction story, the men explain the science behind their diverging approaches and reveal that they are already some way to achieving the impossible. In this lesson, the students will: recap the story so far; do a science quiz about the properties of light; listen ...

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    Lesson Share: Grammar: Active listening

    Gabrielle Jones wins the competition with lesson that practises using question tags and asking follow-up questions.  

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    A ghost's guide to London: Christmas special: Part 2

    Lord Jeffrey, the Ghost of London, takes students on a thrilling audio tour of London at Christmas time. In the second and concluding part, students will: learn about Christmas traditions in Britain; practise listening for gist and reconstructing audio stories from memory; focus on the meaning, form and use of ...

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    A ghost's guide to London: Christmas special: Part 1

    In the first part of this two-part special, students will learn about the Christmas lights of Oxford Street and practise listening for gist.

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    The Shadow and the Flash: Part 2

    In Part 2 of this science fiction story, we learn about the two men’s different theories of invisibility as they continue to be locked in a fierce battle for success. In this lesson, the students will: talk about invisible characters in fiction; listen for gist; discuss the anachronistic racist labelling ...

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    Topics: Christmas

    Use this jolly instalment of Adrian Tennant’s popular series and get your students into the holiday spirit.

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    Business Spotlight: Dressing for success

    This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about the importance of appropriate dress for certain business occasions. 

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    Meet the Grammarman team

    Our very own dynamic duo, author Brian Boyd and story contributor Thom Kiddle, join forces to unveil (but not unmask!) the characters featured in the Grammarman comic strip.

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    The Shadow and the Flash: Part 1

    This advanced-level story, by Jack London, was first published in 1903. In it, two competitive scientists take different routes to achieving invisibility, with tragic results. The story is told in five parts. Each part contains audio and an accompanying lesson plan written by Daniel Barber, which includes teacher’s notes, student ...

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    Tech Tools for Teachers: Blogging

    Nik Peachey looks at blogging and explores how we can use it as a tool to support language learning both inside and outside the classroom.

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    Topics: Museums

    Students are introduced to the topic of museums in this instalment of Adrian Tennant’s Topics series. The lesson is available at two language levels (Pre-intermediate and Intermediate +) and gives students practice in reading, listening and speaking skills, as well as exercises focusing on grammar and vocabulary.