All Speaking articles – Page 45

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    Brush your Teeth

    A song and interactive games on the subject of brushing your teeth.

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    Experiments: Gone with a bang

    In this experiment, students make a banger and use this to learn how energy can be released and turned into sound waves. The accompanying activities practise reading instructions and linking words. Key vocabulary and practical teacher's notes are included.

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    Experiments: 360-degree periscope

    In this experiment, students build a periscope and explore the effects of mirrors on the passage of light. The accompanying activities practise preposition phrases and writing a scientific report. Students predict the results of the experiment using future tense. Key vocabulary and practical teacher’s notes are included.

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    Experiments: Build a sail-car of the future

    In this experiment, students make a sail-car and learn how to harness the energy from the wind to power it. The accompanying activities practise the first and second conditional and modals of prediction. Students then design their own car of the future and talk about it using the future tense. ...

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    Onestop Phonics: Long vowel sounds 1

    This comprehensive lesson on long vowel sounds contains a flashcard, a downloadable podcast, PDF worksheets and teaching notes by Rachel Finnie.

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    Teaching materials: Teaching with the help of songs

    This article by Paul Ashe suggests grammar activities and project work based around listening to music in the classroom.

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    Business Spotlight: End and beginning

    This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, deals with the problematic but essential Business English topic of losing a job. 

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    Using art in the classroom

    A series of articles by Jamie Keddie containing lesson plans, teaching tips, and suggestions for using art in the classroom. 

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    Dominoes: since and for

    A domino game at upper intermediate level to practise using since and for with time expressions.

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    Business Spotlight: Career focus: Recruiter for love

    In this lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight magazine, Sophia McDonald talks about her company and how her people skills helped her become a successful matchmaker.

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    Underneath the Sea

    A song video and interactive games on the topic of the ocean.

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    Experiments: Rocket mice

    This fun experiment reinforces vocabulary and concepts associated with forces. Students make a rocket mouse and learn how to make it fly with the help of a plastic bottle. Matching and gap-fill activities help students revise and consolidate concepts connected to forces. Students then talk about their experiment and write ...

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    Business Spotlight: What I've learned: 50 Cent

    In this lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight magazine, the American rapper 50 Cent talks to the author Robert Greene about his life, career and business decisions.

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    Then and Now

    A song video and interactive games on comparing the past to the present.

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    Lesson Share: CLIL: Making sense of road signs

    In this fun, hands-on lesson by Gabriela Grigoroiu, students identify and categorize a variety of road signs and then match them with their corresponding words in English.

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    Business Spotlight: Planning the future

    In this lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight magazine, two students who study abroad talk about matters that are important to them, such as tuition fees and future job prospects. 

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    Board game: can (ability)

    A fluency-based board game at elementary level to practise can in statements, negatives and questions.

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    Selections Grade 2: I Want Chocolate

    Get your young learners to talk about their favourite food and create their perfect menu with this lesson by Adrian Tennant.

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    Body Rock

    A song video and interactive games on the subject of exercise.

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    Onestop Phonics: Short vowel sounds

    This comprehensive lesson on short vowel sounds contains a flashcard, a downloadable podcast, PDF worksheets and teaching notes by Rachel Finnie.