All Speaking articles – Page 54

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Lesson Share: Grammar: Glastonbury Festival

Becky Sparks wins the May 2007 Festivals Lesson Share Competition with a lesson about Glastonbury - Britain's most famous annual music festival.

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Global warming

A comprehensive lesson plan by Adrian Tennant on the topical issue of global warming. There are vocabulary and reading exercises and role cards to start a lively debate on the subject which is now firmly back on the agenda with recent weather events around the world.

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Business skills bank: Preparing for a first meeting: Part 2

A lesson to help review and practise language for leading and participating in meetings.

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Lesson Share: Discussions: Unbelievable stories

Students guess which news stories are true and which one is fictional.

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Please leave a message after the beep

A lesson to help students practise taking and leaving messages on the phone.

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Speaking matters: Developing fluency

Adrian Tennant presents an article covering various aspects of teaching fluency in speaking, including sections on what is meant by fluency, why students find fluency difficult and the role of the teacher in fluency activities.

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Tom Sawyer: Chapters 9 & 10: Audio and activities

The ninth and tenth chapters of this beginner-level Macmillan Reader are now available for all Staff Room members. Tom and Joe decide to become pirates, then attend a funeral and a trial...

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Branches of law

A lesson to equip students with the knowledge and language to discuss the different branches of law in England and Wales, and to compare these to the legal system in their own countries.

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Lesson Share: Encouraging students to speak

This article by Paul Charles aims to narrow the communicative approach into some practical steps towards successful speaking lessons.

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Socializing in English

In this basic business skills lesson by Sara Helm, students use a modal verb wheel to create sentences and practise functional dialogues they can use in a social context.

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The History of Chocolate

A topic-based lesson about the history and manufacture of chocolate.

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Speaking matters: Developing and dealing with accuracy

Adrian Tennant presents an article covering what we mean by accuracy and how it can be developed effectively. The article rounds off with some practical ideas for the classroom.

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Lesson Share: Grammar: Yoga in the classroom

An original take on teaching imperatives. This active drama lesson provides a great opportunity for bodily-kinaesthetic learners in the classroom.

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Tom Sawyer: Chapters 7 & 8: Audio and activities

The seventh and eighth chapters of this beginner-level Macmillan Reader are now available for all Staff Room members. Tom and Huck write their promise in blood and Muff Potter is sent to jail...

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Lesson Share: Grammar: Past tense practice with hilarity

A fun way to learn and practise new verbs in the past tense.

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Grammar: Doctor Who?

Here are four games from Jim Scrivener based around the theme of finding out who someone is or who did something. Great for five-minute fillers, or end-of-term lessons!

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Lesson Share: Grammar: Let me talk about my life

A lesson plan to give students written and oral practice of using the present perfect to talk about experiences.

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Reading lesson plans: Santa

Students complete a series of activities based on a text about Santa, in this lesson available at two language levels (Pre-intermediate and Intermediate +).

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ESP bank: Hospitality and tourism: Handling guest complaints in hotels

This lesson aims to equip students with the language they will need when transferring the skill of handling guest complaints effectively from their own language to English.

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Cambridge English Preliminary: Speaking Part 3

Guidance for teachers preparing candidates for Part 3 of the Speaking paper of the Cambridge Preliminary Exam.