All British English articles – Page 62

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    Mingling puzzle: Past perfect and past simple

    A mingling game at upper intermediate level to practise the past perfect and past simple.

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    Board game: Frequency adverbs

    A board game at elementary level to practise the present simple with frequency adverbs and time expressions for groups of three to four students.

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    Business Spotlight: Specialist or generalist?

    In this lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight magazine, an American career coach discusses why we should consider becoming specialists (rather than generalists). 

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    Who can you trust?

    In this lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight magazine, an American career coach talks about practices and methods used to tell when someone is lying. 

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    Symbols on maps

    A labelling activity familiarises pupils with the common icons and geographical symbols found on maps, while consolidating vocabulary such as: church, museum, monument and bus stop.

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    Map reading

    Helps young learners develop map-reading skills and spatial awareness. Pupils use a grid map and cardinal directions to measure distances and find places in a town. Teacher’s notes provide step-by-step instructions and suggestions for additional map-reading exercises and classroom activities.

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    Geography expert quiz

    Pairwork information-gap activity in which students label a map of the world with well-known rivers, mountains, deserts, seas and oceans. They compare answers with a partner to find out how good their knowledge of geography really is!

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    Tourism in Less Economically Developed Countries (LEDCs)

    Students are introduced to the term ‘LEDC’ and asked to consider the implications of tourism in this thought-provoking worksheet. Group and pair work encourages students to think about the different areas of life affected by tourism and talk about their own experiences. Full teacher’s notes accompany these exercises.

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    Changes in Tourism in Western Europe

    Through listening to an interview, students are introduced to how money, mobility and air travel have affected tourism in Western Europe. Teacher’s notes accompany the listening and writing exercises and include the interview script.

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    Football fanatics

    This mini-play features a father and son from Yorkshire, who are on a long-distance journey to a football match. The lesson contains a downloadable MP3 audio file and a PDF with student worksheets and teacher's notes.

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    Selections Grade 3: It's a disaster, I tell you!

    Get your students talking about a terrible day they had with this lesson by Adrian Tennant.

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    Quiz: Present passives

    A card game at upper intermediate level to practise using present passives that can be played as a group game or a team game.

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    Celebrities

    This mini-play features two workmen, who are sitting in a roadworks truck near Dartford, reading the paper. The lesson contains a downloadable MP3 audio file and a PDF with student worksheets and teacher's notes.

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    Business Spotlight: My home is my castle

    This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, talks about the Indian government’s use of satellite images of slums and to what ends this information may be used. 

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    Selections Grade 6: The Long Walk Home

    Motivate your students to take a walk in the wild and share their experiences with this lesson by Adrian Tennant.

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    Mini Plays: The Clothes Shop

    Boost your students' listening skills with this mini-play of two friends shopping in Manchester.

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    Small can be very, very strong!

    A worksheet with reading and vocabulary activities on the topic of the strengths of different animals.

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    Experiments: Roller-coaster ride

    In this experiment, students construct a track for marbles to collide on in order to compare the energy stored in a stationary object to the energy of one that is in motion. Matching and gap-fill activities help students revise vocabulary related to movement. Students then complete a table and read ...

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    Picture game: Second conditional

    A picture and guessing game at upper intermediate level which involves students using their imagination to complete sentences in order to practise the second conditional.

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    Business Spotlight: Is it ever OK to lie in a job interview?

    In this lesson, based on two articles from Business Spotlight magazine, a former recruitment director and a director of an employment website discuss whether candidates should lie in job interviews.