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Cambridge English Proficiency: Reading and Use of English Part 3
Guidance for teachers preparing candidates for Part 3 of the Reading and Use of English paper of the Cambridge Proficiency Exam, with a worksheet taken from Mark Harrison's New Proficiency Testbuilder.
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Word of the week: Booze
Know any good boozers? Been to any lively booze-ups recently? Tim Bowen explains how this informal word can be traced back as far as the 13th century.
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Northanger Abbey: Chapter 12: Audio and activities
The twelfth chapter of this beginner-level Macmillan Reader is now available for all Staff Room members. Catherine receives a rather upsetting letter from her brother...
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Northanger Abbey: Chapter 11: Audio and activities
The eleventh chapter of this beginner-level Macmillan Reader is now available for all Staff Room members. Catherine's over-active imagination gets the better of her...
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Word of the week: Quack
If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck - or could you be dealing with a 'quack'? Find out by reading this Word of the week by Tim Bowen.
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Word of the week: Plonk
Do you plonk yourself down on the sofa after a long day and crack open some cheap plonk? Only plonkers would miss out on this Word of the week!
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Northanger Abbey: Chapter 10: Audio and activities
The tenth chapter of this beginner-level Macmillan Reader is now available for all Staff Room members. Catherine visits Northanger Abbey and believes she has discovered some secret papers...
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Lesson Share: Grammar: Glastonbury Festival
Becky Sparks wins the May 2007 Festivals Lesson Share Competition with a lesson about Glastonbury - Britain's most famous annual music festival.
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Outsourcing
Nick Southey introduces a lesson on the practice of outsourcing: when companies employ external contractors to do certain tasks.
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ArticleReading lesson plans: Maritime mysteries
This month Jackie McAvoy asks students to compare modern and ancient mysteries at sea.
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Writing matters: Developing accuracy
Accuracy in written work is important, but how can we help our students to become accurate writers? In this article, Adrian Tennant tries to answer this question and provides some practical activities that focus on accuracy.
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Business skills bank: Preparing for a first meeting: Part 3
In this lesson students participate in a business meeting, while the teacher observes and takes notes for a performance review.
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Cambridge English Advanced: Reading and Use of English Part 1
This lesson aims to help students prepare for part 1 of the Advanced Reading and Use of English paper.
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Methodology: Teaching with video
Have you had some interesting experiences when attempting to integrate video into your lessons? Jamie Keddie answers a question on how to get the most out of film-related resources.
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Northanger Abbey: Chapter 9: Audio and activities
The ninth chapter of this beginner-level Macmillan Reader is now available for all Staff Room members. Catherine wonders why Captain Tilney is always near Isabella...
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TKT Tip 01: Module 1 – Types of nouns
Jim Scrivener looks in detail at a question from Module 1 of TKT – Language and background to language learning and teaching.
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Word of the week: Grotty
Feeling a bit grotty today? Had a Hard Day's Night? Tim Bowen explains the colourful origins of this Word of the week which first appeared in the UK after it was used by the Beatles.