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    Article: Skills for CLIL

    In this article John Clegg outlines the language and learning skills which a learner learning a subject through the medium of English as a second language (L2) requires.

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    Editorial: A focus on vocabulary

    In this month's editorial Keith Kelly takes you through the range of resources on onestopclil that help you support your student's subject-specific language development. He also reviews the new resources available this month.

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    TKT: Content-obligatory language

    In the first part of her series on language for CLIL, Kay Bentley explains what content-obligatory language is, how it affects CLIL teaching and what do you need to know about content-obligatory language for TKT: CLIL.

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    Your English: Collocations: run

    Shall we run Tim Bowen's latest article on the word run and its collocates? Oh, go on then!

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    Process skills and data-handling for CLIL

    Jean Brewster looks at how learners have to develop process skills to interact successfully with content. The benefits of using graphic organizers is explored with practical examples and accompanying worksheets to help you try out some of the techniques examined.

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    TKT CLIL Language

    In this series, Kay Bentley focuses on one item in the TKT: CLIL Glossary, explaining - with examples - what the term means and why it is important in the CLIL context.

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    The language dimension of CLIL

    Keith Kelly argues that language, and an explicit focus on it, is at the heart of CLIL methodology.

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    Holiday reps

    The fourth 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 gives students practice using the present simple for duties and routines, and describing job skills, while the intermediate lesson practises dealing with problems and difficulties, and softening angry language.

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    Business Spotlight: Moving down under

    In this lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight magazine, Nerida Frost talks about how she made the move from Germany to New Zealand with her family.

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    Adjective dominoes: Order of adjectives

    A domino game at intermediate level to practise using adjectives in the correct order that can be played as a group game or a mingling game.

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    Pronunciation skills: Stress in compound nouns

    This lesson focuses on stress patterns in compound nouns. Students form compounds to fit definitions then practise them by asking questions.

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    Speaking and listening: Sing the colours

    This illuminating lesson plan by Lisa Dold helps young learners to understand and produce the colours, to learn the structure I can..., to sing the nursery song I Can Sing a Rainbow and to complete a listening activity based on the vocabulary.

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    Spot on news lessons for teens: Homecoming hero

    This month's Spot on news lesson catches up with American teenage sailor Zac Sunderland, as he embarks on the home stretch of his round-the-world voyage.

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    Your English: Idioms: weather

    Tim Bowen's latest article on idioms associated with weather is going to go down a storm.

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    Your English: Phrasal verbs: hack

    You don't have to hack into Tim Bowen's computer to access his article on hack as a phrasal verb – it's available right here.

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    Assessment matters: Assessing tasks and lessons

    Adrian Tennant looks at ways in which teachers can assess lessons in order to judge the success of both their classroom delivery and students’ learning.

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    Did you ever Wonder?

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

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    Your English: Word grammar: down

    There's no need to feel down because Tim Bowen is back with another excellent word grammar article.

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    Your English: Collocations: clear

    Tim Bowen clears the way for the verb clear and its collocates.

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    Training CLIL Teachers: The Zurich Approach

    A brief look at key skills for training CLIL subject and language teachers in the context of Zurich‘s University of Teacher Education