All Teaching Notes articles – Page 19

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    Bang, bang!

    This inventive speaking skills lesson by Karen Richardson gives students practice in describing an incident.

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    Using YouTube in CLIL lessons

    A simple activity for getting students to use YouTube for CLIL purposes but without the need for any recording in class!

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    Talking

    A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to use common expressions to describe ways of communicating.

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    Studying and learning

    A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to talk about subjects of study and to discuss going to college or university.

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    Obama's 2008 victory speech

    This comprehensive lesson plan by Rosie McAndrew, available at intermediate and advanced levels, focuses on the final part of Barack Obama's presidential victory speech. Students complete pre- and post-listening activities, including a focus on the literary style of the speech and Internet-based research tasks.

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    Article: Content-based learning in the Primary classroom

    Carol Read offers practical guidance on content-based learning, including tips for choosing suitable cross-curricular topics and activities.

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    Business tasks: Probability: Lesson plan

    A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to practise talking about probability: to talk about things you expect or don’t expect to happen, and to say whether things are likely or unlikely.

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    Getting and losing jobs

    A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to practise talking about looking for, finding and getting jobs, changing jobs and being promoted and leaving and losing jobs.

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    TKT: Module 1 – Aspects of the learner

    These materials are designed to help trainees prepare for module 1 of the exam, in particular the learner characteristics aspect of the ‘Background to language learning’ section.

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    Contrast

    A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to talk about contrasts, to contrast opposing ideas and to say how things are different from what people believe or expect.

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    TKT: Module 1: Part 1: Language skills: Lesson plan

    These practice materials are designed to help you with Module 1: Part 1: Language skills. In these materials you will think about the four skills of reading, listening, speaking and writing in terms of subskills.

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    Chance and opportunity

    A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to practise talking about available opportunities, taking and missing opportunities and about scope for doing things.

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    Decisions

    A comprehensive lesson by Adrian Doff, for students to talk about decisions they have made and to say whether people are good at making decisions.

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    Knowledge

    A comprehensive lesson by Adrian Doff for students to practise using common expressions for talking about knowledge and expertise.

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    Risk and danger

    A lesson for students to learn and practise common expressions for talking about risk and danger and to talk about whether or not to take risks.

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    TKT: Module 2 – Appropriacy of aims

    These materials are designed to help trainees prepare for module 2 of the exam, in particular the lesson aims aspect of the ‘Planning and preparing a lesson or sequence of lessons’ section.

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    Business tasks: Success and failure

    This lesson will equip students with some common expressions for talking about their successes and failures.

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    Contact

    A lesson to help students to use common expressions for talking about contacting people and keeping in touch.

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    Grammar: have got

    Scott Thornbury explains how 'have got' came to have its modern meaning and usage.

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    Cambridge English Preliminary: Writing

    Guidance for teachers preparing candidates for the Writing paper of the Cambridge Preliminary Exam.