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    The Prince and the Pauper: Chapter 7

    The audio and activities for this elementary-level Macmillan Reader are now available to all Staff Room members. In Chapter 7, Edward finds himself in trouble in the street again, but this time he is saved by a friendly stranger.

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    The Importance of Being Earnest: Part 8

    The audio and activities for the eighth part of this upper-intermediate-level Macmillan Reader are now available for all Staff Room members. In Part 8, a very strange coincidence has far-reaching consequences for our romantic couples. But will it end happily for them all?

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    Your English: Phrasal verbs: bring (1)

    Tim Bowen brings back memories with a look at these handy phrasal verbs.

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    Macmillan Life Skills: Respect Others – Confrontation

    In this Macmillan Life Skills lesson, students role play mini-conversations about difficult situations at work developing the following life skills: handling criticism, receiving and giving feedback.

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    Your English: Word grammar: budget

    Tim Bowen offers some quality advice as he shows us how to budget.

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    The Prince and the Pauper: Chapter 6

    The audio and activities for this elementary-level Macmillan Reader are now available to all Staff Room members. In Chapter 6, Tom learns how to be a prince; just in time for the Grand Banquet. But terrible news arrives that means Tom won’t be a prince for much longer.

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    Macmillan Education Award for New Talent in Writing

    Nominations for our 2014 writing award have now been announced!

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    Your English: Collocations: glory

    Once again, Tim Bowen covers himself in glory as he explains the collocates of this glorious word.

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    Lesson Share: Bon voyage

    Dan Cornford wins the lesson share competition with a lesson on reading and retelling travel anecdotes.

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    Survival Guide: Surviving technology

    We have put together a list of ten things you need to know to get the most out of technology such as the internet, computers, phones, tablets, email, apps, social networks, blogs and so on, followed by a few ideas on how to use technology inside and outside the classroom. ...

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    The Prince and the Pauper: Chapter 5

    The audio and activities for this elementary-level Macmillan Reader are now available to all Staff Room members. In Chapter 5, while the rest of London is celebrating his Grand Banquet, Prince Edward continues to suffer under Mr Canty’s rule. But when Mr Canty finds himself a wanted criminal, Edward sees ...

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    Macmillan Life Skills: Respect Others – We can’t choose who we work with

    In this Macmillan Life Skills lesson, students role play a conversation about people at work as well as talk about the best people they have worked with developing the following life skills: social development and people management.

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    Guessing and memory game: Personal pronouns

    An activity where students complete sentence stems to practise personal pronouns, play a guessing game in pairs and share information in groups.

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    The Importance of Being Earnest: Part 7

    The audio and activities for the seventh part of this upper-intermediate-level Macmillan Reader are now available for all Staff Room members. In Part 7, disaster is averted as the women forgive their fiancés to be but then an unwelcome visitor threatens to ruin the romantic scene once more …

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    Business Spotlight: When eBay bought Skype

    This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about eBay’s acquisition of Skype. Teacher’s notes cover strategies for looking at the detail of written language. 

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    Business Basics: Entertaining a business visitor

    In this lesson by Rosemary Richey, students practise language for entertaining a business visitor. Exercises include: completing emails with the correct vocabulary, listening to a phone call, writing an itinerary, and role-playing questions and answers.

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    The Prince and the Pauper: Chapter 4

    The audio and activities for this elementary-level Macmillan Reader are now available to all Staff Room members. In Chapter 4, while Edward is struggling with his predicament in the streets of London, Tom is having a very different, but just as troubling, experience in the palace.

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    Your English: Idioms: bend

    Tim Bowen bends over backwards to explain idioms that can drive us round the bend.

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    The Prince and the Pauper: Chapter 3

    The audio and activities for this elementary-level Macmillan Reader are now available to all Staff Room members. In Chapter 3, Prince Edward finds himself out on the street, where everyone thinks he is a beggar boy. How will he get back into the palace?

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    Your English: Phrasal verbs: back

    Tim Bowen refuses to back down over this set of phrasal verbs.