All British English articles – Page 61
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ArticleMetaphors: Happy and sad
A lesson plan by Lindsay Clandfield to highlight the metaphorical meanings of several words or phrases related to the emotions of happiness and sadness.
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Metaphors: Honesty and dishonesty
A lesson plan by Lindsay Clandfield to highlight the metaphorical meanings of several words and phrases related to honesty and dishonesty.
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Metaphors: Illness and disease
A lesson plan by Lindsay Clandfield to highlight some of the metaphors in English that surround the treatment of diseases like AIDS and cancer.
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Metaphors: Anger is heat
A lesson plan by Linsday Clandfield to highlight the metaphorical meanings of several words and phrases related to anger.
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Metaphors: It's all in your mind
A lesson plan by LIndsay Clandfield to highlight the metaphorical meanings of several words related to the mind.
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ArticleTOEIC Reading & Listening: Part 7 – Reading comprehension
This lesson helps students improve their reading speeds, to assist them with Part 7 of the reading section in the TOEIC Reading and Listening test.
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ArticleTOEIC Reading & Listening: Part 2 – Question-Response
This lesson links the language used in initial meetings with Part 2 of the listening section of the TOEIC Listening & Reading test.
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ESP Marketing: Market Research
Students are introduced to the topic of market research in this instalment of David Baker's Marketing series.
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ArticleBusiness Spotlight: Should networking sites be banned from work?
In this lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight magazine, two experts offer differing opinions on whether social networking should be used at work.
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Live from London: The economy
Onestopenglish visits the Houses of Parliament to find out whether locals and tourists are worried about the world's economic situation.
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River action
Show students how ox-bow lakes are formed while teaching them key subject vocabulary such as meander, erosion and alluvium.
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Guessing game: used to
A guessing activity at intermediate level to practise used to in affirmative and negative sentences and questions.
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LessonSelections Grade 4: Hurricane Helen
How tidy or messy are your young learners' bedrooms? Talk about this and "actual" hurricanes with this lesson by Adrian Tennant.
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Mount Teide
A worksheet with reading and discussion activities about the volcano on the Spanish island of Tenerife.
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Experiments: Magnetic pennies
A fun Science Museum experiment that gets students thinking about magnets and how they work. The step by step teaching notes and worksheets help teachers and pupils get the most from the experiment and develop language learning skills. The lesson culminates in an open-ended investigation. Key vocabulary and practical teacher’s ...
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Experiments: Energy Pairs
This simple experiment reinforces vocabulary and concepts associated with energy. Students match sentences halves to make statements on energy or ‘energy pairs’. Matching and gap-fill activities help students revise and consolidate concepts connected to energy, including renewable and non-renewable sources and how we use energy in our everyday lives. Students ...
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Experiments: Ear gongs
In this experiment, pupils see how sounds travel much more effectively through materials such as metal and string than through air. Matching and gap-fill activities help students revise relevant vocabulary and verbs in the imperative. Students then complete a report using present and past tenses. Key vocabulary and practical teacher’s ...
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Experiments: Conductors and insulators
Which materials are good conductors and which are good insulators? This experiment uses polystyrene foam, metal, wood, glass and plastic to explore the properties of conductors and insulators. Step by step teaching notes and student worksheets help teachers and students get the most from the experiment and develop language learning ...
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Experiments: 3D shadows
In this experiment, pupils learn how to produce the illusion of a 3D shadow using two different coloured light sources and colour-filtered glasses. Matching and gap-fill activities help students revise related vocabulary and prepositional phrases. Students then discuss the outcome of the experiment with a partner and write a report ...