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      Lesson plans give you a series of activities to use in your classroom, including procedure and worksheets to download.

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      Branding and brand names

      This is an integrated skills lesson which involves some discussion, reading and writing. It explores the area of 'brands' and the associations we have with particular brand names.

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      A night out in Newcastle

      Reading can sometimes be a very solitary experience and many teachers prefer to get students to do it at home, but with the right kind of text and the right tasks, reading can be turned into a fun, collaborative and communicative experience.

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      Shopping - different shops

      This lesson reviews vocabulary relating to everyday shopping and introduces different shop names. Students practise speaking and listening using these items in a meaningful context. They then write short sentences about different shops.

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      Shopping - habits

      This lesson reviews vocabulary relating to shops and food. It provides a model of an opinion about a supermarket. Students write their own brief opinion of a supermarket.

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      Shopping – in a Café

      This lesson presents vocabulary relating to cafés. They also practise reading and ordering instructions and a short dialogue. They practise a short role-play.

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      We use the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) to indicate the levels of our resources. Many lesson plans and activities are flexible and suitable for students learning at different levels.

      If you are not familiar with the CEFR, this is an approximate explanation using terms common in many staffrooms:

      A1: beginner

      A2: elementary

      B1: lower intermediate

      B2: higher intermediate

      C1: lower advanced

      C2: higher advanced

      A2

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      All about me

      This lesson provides students with a live listening on the topic of the teacher’s personal interests and opinions. The students then use this as a model to chat about similar topics with their classmates using basic tenses and a variety of structures.

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      Card games

      What card games do you know? Do you like playing games? In this lesson, students read about how to play a card game called ‘Snap’. They practise expressions for playing games and then have the chance to write instructions for a game. You need at least one pack of playing cards for this lesson.

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      Class journals

      This lesson plan looks at one way class journals might be set up in order to introduce students to the idea and to get them working with journals 

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      Is it because?

      This is a series of activities and related worksheets for you to download and use with the storybook Is it because? It forms part of the Promoting diversity through children’s literature series, produced by the British Council Teaching Centre in Paris.

      Age group:  9/10

      Level: A2

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      It’s 12.00 O’clock! A speaking lesson with no materials

      This is a drawing and speaking activity that is fun to use with primary classes to revise the present continuous form. It is easy to set up and requires no preparation or materials, except a board and a board pen.

      B1

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      A Content and Language Integrated Learning Lesson

      In previous methodology articles I have outlined the theory behind Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) and provided a framework for CLIL-type lessons, particularly suited to learners studying content-based subjects in English or as part of a bilingual education programme.

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      Advertisement storyboard

      In this lesson students produce a storyboard for an advertisement. It's suitable for pre-intermediate level and above.

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      All about me

      This lesson provides students with a live listening on the topic of the teacher’s personal interests and opinions. The students then use this as a model to chat about similar topics with their classmates using basic tenses and a variety of structures.

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      April Fool

      This lesson gives students the opportunity to find out about what happens on April Fool’s Day, April 1st, in the UK. It’s the one day of the year when it’s acceptable to play jokes on your friends and colleagues.

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      Big numbers!

      Lots of our students have problems with big numbers. Sometimes they don’t know where to say ‘and’. Sometimes they confuse numbers like ‘sixteen’ and ‘sixty’. In this lesson students revise big numbers in a fun way. First they play a guessing game, then they play Bingo! They finish with a pair work jigsaw reading activity.

      B2

      3.7

      A night out in Newcastle

      Reading can sometimes be a very solitary experience and many teachers prefer to get students to do it at home, but with the right kind of text and the right tasks, reading can be turned into a fun, collaborative and communicative experience.

      4.22857

      A Content and Language Integrated Learning Lesson

      In previous methodology articles I have outlined the theory behind Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) and provided a framework for CLIL-type lessons, particularly suited to learners studying content-based subjects in English or as part of a bilingual education programme.

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      A food festival

      When students are going to do a listening activity, it is useful to get them thinking about the topic of the listening beforehand. That way they can reactivate and extend their store of vocabulary. In this lesson, students first discuss the topic of food festivals, then they focus on their listening skills in preparation for part 2 of the FCE listening test. Through a series of activities students will become more aware of what to ‘notice’ in a gap fill listening exercise, enabling them to do the Listening part 2 more successfully.

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      Advertisement storyboard

      In this lesson students produce a storyboard for an advertisement. It's suitable for pre-intermediate level and above.

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      Born, bread and buttered in London

      In this lesson students hear a man being interviewed about his life in London. He talks about the different parts of London he has lived in and how things have changed in these areas.

      In this lesson students hear a man being interviewed about his life in London. He talks about the different parts of London he has lived in and how things have changed in these areas.

      C1

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      Consumer society

      The aim of this lesson is to give students practice in reading for information and argument in an article about consumer society and give them an opportunity to discuss their opinions about the topic.

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      Cooking in Britain Today

      This lesson consists of a series of activities to help students talk about food and cooking.

      The main focus of the lesson is a text based on a recent survey in the UK indicating that British people are becoming more adventurous and experimental in their cooking and eating habits due to the growing popularity of cooking programmes. This lesson should challenge stereotypes of British food and encourage students to discuss their own preferences and attitudes towards food and restaurants.

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      Destination - England

      This lesson gives students the opportunity to find out more about England. It is one of a collection of four Destination UK lesson plans that look at the four countries that make up the UK.

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      Destination - Northern Ireland

      This lesson gives students the opportunity to find out more about Northern Ireland. It is one of a collection of four Destination UK lesson plans that look at the countries that make up the UK.

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      Destination - Scotland

      This lesson gives students the opportunity to find out more about Scotland. It is one of a collection of four Destination UK lesson plans that look at the four countries that make up the UK.

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      antonella.torricelli
      Italy
      It's fantastic the way you get the student to talk to each other . The issue couldn't be more...
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      samehumbc
      Egypt

        This lesson is very useful and helps students to have a deep understanding of the verbs...
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      shinn
      Thailand
      it's very useful and works well with my class..
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