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    Question loops

    Your pupils will love these easy, fun and effective speaking activities that consolidate knowledge of popular CLIL topics such as animals, the human body and plants.

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    Your English: Collocations: bring

    Tim Bowen brings a smile to our faces with his article on the verb bring and its collocates.

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    CLIL teaching tips

    Practical advice and ideas from Keith Kelly on using video in class, and from Carol Read on integrating CLIL into the Primary Classroom. This section also features a CLIL factsheet and some useful tips and suggestions for helping students learn and practise vocabulary.

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    CLIL articles

    A selection of methodology articles from CLIL experts and teachers discussing issues surrounding CLIL teaching and covering topics including content-based learning, working with words and lesson-planning.

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    Onestop Phonics - Sounds

    This series features specific letter sounds and letter combinations using a fun poem and pictures to illustrate the sounds. Each lesson has its own flashcard, audio, worksheet and teaching notes. 

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    Onestop Phonics: Short vowel sounds

    This comprehensive lesson on short vowel sounds contains a flashcard, a downloadable podcast, PDF worksheets and teaching notes by Rachel Finnie.

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    Make and do: Practising expressions

    A matching activity for small groups that focuses on accuracy and practises the correct use of make and do.

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    Editorial: Getting hands on!

    This month Keith explores the range of fabulous resources - new and old - that help learners learn by 'doing'. From practical experiments to presentations; whole class speaking activities to colouring and cuts outs - there's a lot to engage and excite your kinaesthetic learners.

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    Business Spotlight: The art doctor

    In this lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight magazine, a businessman talks about his decision to dramatically change his career path and the consequences it had on his life.

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    Live from Andalucía: Stereotypes

    The onestopenglish reporters travelled to Córdoba and Seville in Andalucía, Spain, and asked people the question, “What stereotypes about Spain and Spanish people annoy you?”

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    TKT: LOTS and HOTS: Lower Order Thinking Skills and Higher Order Thinking Skills

    In the second article of her series on language for CLIL, Kay Bentley explains what 'Lower Order' and 'Higher Order' thinking skills' are and how they should be taught.

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    Event hospitality

    The fifth lesson plan in this series by Keith Harding is available at two levels - elementary and intermediate - and contains comprehensive teacher's notes and student worksheets. The elementary lesson practices phrases and vocabulary on topics such as offering help and serving food, while the intermediate lesson practises more detailed language relating to team-building and event planning.

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    Dictionary skills: Science and technology

    A dictionary skills lesson by Tim Bowen about science and technology. Learners practice using dictionaries to check meaning and for vocabulary development.

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    Assessment matters: Portfolios

    Adrian Tennant explains how student portfolios can be organized and maintained, and outlines some of the advantages and disadvantages of using them for assessment.

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    Your English: Idioms: crime and the law

    It's been murder waiting for Tim Bowen's latest instalment of idioms, but it's here now!

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    Cook to the Beat

    A song video and interactive games on the subject of cooking.

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    Your English: Phrasal verbs: some lonely phrasal verbs 4

    For all those who have been hankering afterTim Bowen's lonely phrasal verbs, here is his latest instalment in which he talks about the railways in Britain.

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    My favourite onestopclil resource is ...

    A selection of your favourite onestopclil resources. Why not try out something different this month?

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    Study skills for CLIL

    This series explores study skills that equip students when learning curriculum subjects through the medium of English. Cognitive, academic, thinking and process skills are developed alongside language skills in the CLIL classroom, providing students with life-long learning skills. This series of articles and practical examples will help you to incorporate ...

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    I like onestopclil because ...

    "... it is revolutionary and enhances my lessons in a way learners can profit tremendously from content and language learning."