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The Inca: A lost societyThis is a reading lesson based on a text about Inca society. Reading can be a very solitary activity, but this lesson has been designed to maximise the amount of communication and interaction among the students, |
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All about meThis 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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Meetings 5: Action pointsFor many people, a meeting is only as successful as the Action Points it produces. Action Points are essential for moving things forward between meetings, and provide a focus both for the closing of one meeting and the opening of the next meeting. This lesson looks in some detail at what makes a successful Action Point. There is also a focus on the various steps involved in bringing a meeting to a successful close. Topic: Meetings and action points |
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Fairy tales; not just for kidsWhat do you remember about Snow White or The Three Little Pigs? In this lesson, students talk about well-known stories. They revise story telling vocabulary and then plan and write a fairy tale.
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Our levels
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
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All about meThis 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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Class journalsThis 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 materialsThis 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. |
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Happiness is a snip awayThe aims of this lesson are to provide practice of the vocabulary of jobs and of reading and speaking skills. |
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Heroes and sidekicksThis lesson asks students to talk about international heroes and sidekicks as well as similar characters from local popular culture. |
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How new words are createdThis lesson looks at how new words are created in English. It encourages learners to analyse words they already know and to understand more about meaning from form. |
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Image consciousThis lesson asks students to discuss ways of changing their image before reading an informative article about tattoos. |
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Life on other planetsThis lesson looks at recent developments in the search for habitable planets and opens up the topic of the possibility of life on other planets. |
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Hamlet's soliloquyThis lesson looks at a very well-known Shakespeare text, Hamlet's soliloquy, which begins 'To be or not to be'. |
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Happiness is a snip awayThe aims of this lesson are to provide practice of the vocabulary of jobs and of reading and speaking skills. |
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Heroes and sidekicksThis lesson asks students to talk about international heroes and sidekicks as well as similar characters from local popular culture. |
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How new words are createdThis lesson looks at how new words are created in English. It encourages learners to analyse words they already know and to understand more about meaning from form. |
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Image consciousThis lesson asks students to discuss ways of changing their image before reading an informative article about tattoos. |
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Consumer societyThe 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 TodayThis 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 - EnglandThis 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 IrelandThis 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 - ScotlandThis 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
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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
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