All Listening articles – Page 8

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A Scandal in Bohemia

In Chapter 1, Holmes receives a mysterious letter advising him of an imminent visitor.

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Sherlock: The Second Stain: Chapters 6 & 7

In the final chapters, Holmes visits Hope’s house and the scene of the crime.

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Sherlock: The Second Stain

In the final chapters, Holmes visits Hope’s house and the scene of the crime.

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Sherlock: The Second Stain: Chapter 5

In Chapter 5, Holmes solves a puzzle at the scene of the crime.

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Sherlock: The Second Stain: Chapter 4

In Chapter 4, Holmes has only one concern: to save Europe from war.

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Sherlock: The Second Stain: Chapter 3

In Chapter 3, Holmes still hopes to intercept the terrible letter, and he has a lead.

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Sherlock: The Second Stain: Chapter 2

In Chapter 2, Bellinger is persuaded to disclose the contents of the missing letter.

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Lesson Share: An interview with Daniel Radcliffe

Colm Boyd wins the Lesson Share competition with this interview-based activity, designed to help teenagers and adults practise writing questions and improve real-life listening.

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Sherlock: The Second Stain: Chapter 1

In Chapter 1, the Prime Minister needs help with a very delicate matter.

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Sherlock: The Norwood Builder: Chapter 4

In Chapter 4, Holmes is feeling a lot more cheerful, believing he now understands the crime. With the help of Watson and the police, he sets a trap. It is not long before the police have the criminal in their custody and the story is clear for all. But how did Holmes figure it out?

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Sherlock: The Norwood Builder: Chapter 3

In Chapter 3, Holmes is confused after visiting McFarlane’s parents and Oldacre’s house in Norwood. Then, a telegram arrives from Inspector Lestrade, and Holmes and Watson hurry back to the scene of the crime, where fresh evidence makes both detectives believe they are right. What does Holmes know that Lestrade doesn’t?

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Farming in Britain

Students match agricultural terms with their definitions before reading about or listening to a British farmer and his son talk about the differences between farming now and in 1950.

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Recent trends and patterns in Western European tourism

Through listening to or reading an interview, students learn about some of the reasons behind the recent changes in the way Western Europeans travel.

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Tourism in Thailand: Upper intermediate

Students are given the chance to critically assess the difference between advertising and reality in the tourist industry.

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Tourism in Thailand: Intermediate

Students are given the chance to critically assess the difference between advertising and reality in the tourist industry.

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Sherlock: The Norwood Builder: Chapter 2

In Chapter 2, Inspector Lestrade arrests McFarlane in Holmes’s apartment, but Holmes asks the inspector to let McFarlane speak before they take him away. Lestrade gives him just half an hour to tell his side of the story.

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Sherlock: The Norwood Builder

In Chapter 1, McFarlane bursts into Holmes’s apartment on Baker Street and begs him for help. The police are chasing him but he has just enough time to pique Holmes’s interest before Inspector Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, rushes in.

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Lesson Share: Macmillan Life Skills: Study Skills – Short answer questions

In this Macmillan Life Skills lesson, students become experts on obscure topics and practice skimming to find answers to questions their classmates have written developing the following life skills: analysing and extracting key information, evaluating content of a reply or argument, and time management.

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Full Circle: Part 8

This advanced-level story is about two writers who were once friends. Their lives have taken very different directions since they left university. One has become a successful novelist; the other is poor and out of work. An advertisement in the paper brings the two together in a new relationship, one ...

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Full Circle: Part 7

This advanced-level story is about two writers who were once friends. Their lives have taken very different directions since they left university. One has become a successful novelist; the other is poor and out of work. An advertisement in the paper brings the two together in a new relationship, one ...