All Integrated Skills articles – Page 47
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The Secret Garden: Chapter 2
The audio and activities for the second chapter of this pre-intermediate-level Macmillan Reader are now available for all Staff Room members. Mary explores her new home and meets some interesting characters …
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ArticleBusiness Spotlight: Do women need quotas to get to the top?
In this lesson, based on two articles from Business Spotlight magazine, two professionals offer their opinions on whether quotas are necessary to help women get to the top of their professions.
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Marketing strategy
Students are introduced to the topic of marketing strategy in this instalment of David Baker's Marketing series. Students read a text about European low-cost airlines and listen to a conversation between a marketing manager and an intern about marketing strategy.
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ArticleBusiness Spotlight: All together now
This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight magazine, looks at the reality of multi-generational workplaces and the methods that can be adopted to keep everyone happy.
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Warmer/FillerSpeaking Games: The Christmas Stocking Board Game
Get your students in the Christmas spirit and help them improve their oral fluency with Lindsay Clandfield’s fun & festive board game.
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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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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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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 ...
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ArticleBusiness Spotlight: Emotional roller coaster
This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight magazine, looks at the personal conflicts two managers faced as they took the most difficult management decisions of their careers.
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Live from London: Art
We went to Trafalgar Square to find out what tourists and visitors of the National Gallery had to say about art.
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LessonSelections Grade 2: Anna's first day
Encourage your young learners to talk about their first day of school with this lesson by Adrian Tennant.
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LessonSelections Grade 5: The Science Fair Gadget
Boost your students' creativity and imagination while discussing their favourite inventions with this lesson by Adrian Tennant.
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ArticleBusiness 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).