All Pair Work articles – Page 35
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World trip: going to
Students take part in a pairwork and mingling travel game to practise using going to.
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ArticleMatura: Writing: Nature and Environment
In this lesson focusing on nature and the environment, students can build their vocabulary and learn how to write about the natural world using descriptive language.
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ArticleBusiness Spotlight: Should staff have unlimited holidays?
This lesson, which is based on an article from Business Spotlight, explores the question of unlimited holidays for staff.
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Macmillan Life Skills: People Management – Problems with people
In this Macmillan Life Skills lesson, students discuss some problems at work and then report on the discussions developing the following life skills: giving advice and stating your opinions.
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Lesson Share: Fairyland reloaded
Bálint Gyimesi wins the Lesson Share competition with this fantasy-themed activity designed to help students improve their communicative competence and acquire vocabulary.
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ArticleMatura: Writing: Sport
In this lesson focusing on sport, students learn how to describe the benefits of sport and how to use persuasive language.
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ArticleBusiness Spotlight: Geek-in-chief
This lesson, which is based on an article from Business Spotlight, focuses on Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo. Students discuss women in top positions and the character traits of their ideal boss.
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Last week: past simple
Students take part in a small group, information-gap and puzzle-solving activity to practise the past simple.
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Lesson Share: TV and film
Catherine Zgouras wins the Lesson Share competition with this entertainment-based activity in which students can learn about TV and film, and practise irregular verbs and the past simple.
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ArticleBusiness Spotlight: An impossible dream?
This lesson, which is based on an article from Business Spotlight, focuses on the American Dream and life in the USA.
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100 years ago: Was / were
Students take part in a team competition to practise was, were, wasn’t and weren’t.
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ArticleMatura: Writing: Tourism
In this lesson focusing on writing reports, students learn how to summarize information, and to compare and contrast the information in tourism reports.
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Macmillan Life Skills: Critical Thinking – Reviews
In this Macmillan Life Skills lesson, students brainstorm vocabulary for writing a restaurant review, read some example reviews and write their own developing the following life skills: expressing an opinion, critical thinking (analysis and evaluation).
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Macmillan Life Skills: Time Management – What are you doing next week?
In this Macmillan Life Skills lesson, students make plans for the following week using an agenda developing the following life skills: time management and planning.
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Lesson Share: Selling a winning idea
Gabrielle Jones wins the Lesson Share competition with this marketing-based activity in which students can learn to describe a process, ask and answer questions about a product, and practise being persuasive.
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Reading maze: Third conditional
Students take part in a small-group reading maze game to practise the third conditional.
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ArticleMatura: Writing: World of Work
In this lesson focusing on writing emails, students learn to spot differences between formal and informal emails, and pick up useful phrases in an interview exercise.
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ArticleBusiness Spotlight: When Superman died
This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, focuses on the well-known comic figure, Superman, and the creators’ daring decision to kill him off to improve sales.
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Macmillan Life Skills: Time Management – Time is money
In this Macmillan Life Skills lesson, students discuss the metaphor time is money and other time-related expressions developing the following life skills: time management and prioritisation.
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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.