This activity is based on the fun and effective game of whispers. It can be used with all ages and levels in a number of ways and for...
16 March, 2012
5 March, 2012
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenage and adult students at low intermediate B1 level is about experiences. Students will practice...
4 March, 2012
This lesson plan for teachers of teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of experiences from yesterday. Students will practise...
23 February, 2012
Theme: Health, fitness, lifestyles Lexical area: Sports, recreational activities, frequency adverbs Cross curricular links: Personal and...
17 February, 2012
This activity can be used in a number of different ways and for a number of different tenses. I have used it to practise using there is /...
16 February, 2012
Learners beyond intermediate level require more opportunities to speak at length. It can be a challenge to find interesting topics and we...
10 February, 2012
Age range: 11 - adult Theme: UK educational system Lexical area: Education
7 February, 2012
Giffen is an unpleasant man who is always on the lookout for ways to trick money out of 'suckers' and his amazing glue seems to be the...
3 February, 2012
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of shopping in London. Students will develop...
3 February, 2012
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of music. Students will develop their reading,...
3 February, 2012
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of learning and education. Students will develop...
3 February, 2012
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of creativity and innovation. Students will...
3 February, 2012
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of the countryside. Students will develop their...
2 February, 2012
Have you ever felt you were asking all the questions about students’ opinions? Do you find you are doing more talking in a discussion than...
26 January, 2012
Theme: Girls’ performance in the GCSE exams. UK exam system. Lexical area: School subjects and exam related vocabulary Cross curricular...
25 January, 2012
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at Intermediate level and above explores the theme of Inca society. Students...
21 January, 2012
This extract from Malorie Blackman's novel, Double Cross, is a dialogue between two people engaged in criminal activities.
21 January, 2012
Inua Ellam's poem, Candy Coated Unicorns And Converse All Stars, is a dark look at the plight of individuals set against violence, both of...
21 January, 2012
This extract from Andrew O’Hagan’s novel, Be Near Me, is centred around a boat trip that the narrator – a priest – is taking with two of...
21 January, 2012
Francesca Beard's poem, Baby Scorpion, deals with transformation and consequence. A baby scorpion crawls from a burning log in front of a...
21 January, 2012
Sinéad Morrissey's poem, Genetics, gives us a wistful recollection of the poet as a celebration of the coming together of her parents.
21 January, 2012
Gillian Clarke's poem, Lament, is an elegy, an expression of grief.
21 January, 2012
China Mieville's text is taken from the Prologue of his book called 'King Rat', and is the description of an ambitious rat setting off on...
21 January, 2012
This extract from Kei Miller's novel, The Same Earth, tells the story of Jonathon and his supposed drowning in the river.
21 January, 2012
This extract is taken from Keith Gray's novel, The Chain. The extract deals with a young girl who gets engrossed in reading from a book to...
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16 March, 2012
This activity is based on the fun and effective game of whispers. It can be used with all ages and levels in a number of ways and for...
5 March, 2012
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenage and adult students at low intermediate B1 level is about experiences. Students will practice...
4 March, 2012
This lesson plan for teachers of teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of experiences from yesterday. Students will practise...
23 February, 2012
Theme: Health, fitness, lifestyles Lexical area: Sports, recreational activities, frequency adverbs Cross curricular links: Personal and...
17 February, 2012
This activity can be used in a number of different ways and for a number of different tenses. I have used it to practise using there is /...
16 February, 2012
Learners beyond intermediate level require more opportunities to speak at length. It can be a challenge to find interesting topics and we...
10 February, 2012
Age range: 11 - adult Theme: UK educational system Lexical area: Education
7 February, 2012
Giffen is an unpleasant man who is always on the lookout for ways to trick money out of 'suckers' and his amazing glue seems to be the...
3 February, 2012
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of shopping in London. Students will develop...
3 February, 2012
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of music. Students will develop their reading,...
3 February, 2012
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of learning and education. Students will develop...
3 February, 2012
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of creativity and innovation. Students will...
3 February, 2012
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of the countryside. Students will develop their...
2 February, 2012
Have you ever felt you were asking all the questions about students’ opinions? Do you find you are doing more talking in a discussion than...
26 January, 2012
Theme: Girls’ performance in the GCSE exams. UK exam system. Lexical area: School subjects and exam related vocabulary Cross curricular...
25 January, 2012
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at Intermediate level and above explores the theme of Inca society. Students...
21 January, 2012
This extract from Malorie Blackman's novel, Double Cross, is a dialogue between two people engaged in criminal activities.
21 January, 2012
Inua Ellam's poem, Candy Coated Unicorns And Converse All Stars, is a dark look at the plight of individuals set against violence, both of...
21 January, 2012
This extract from Andrew O’Hagan’s novel, Be Near Me, is centred around a boat trip that the narrator – a priest – is taking with two of...
21 January, 2012
Francesca Beard's poem, Baby Scorpion, deals with transformation and consequence. A baby scorpion crawls from a burning log in front of a...
21 January, 2012
Sinéad Morrissey's poem, Genetics, gives us a wistful recollection of the poet as a celebration of the coming together of her parents.
21 January, 2012
Gillian Clarke's poem, Lament, is an elegy, an expression of grief.
21 January, 2012
China Mieville's text is taken from the Prologue of his book called 'King Rat', and is the description of an ambitious rat setting off on...
21 January, 2012
This extract from Kei Miller's novel, The Same Earth, tells the story of Jonathon and his supposed drowning in the river.
21 January, 2012
This extract is taken from Keith Gray's novel, The Chain. The extract deals with a young girl who gets engrossed in reading from a book to...
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20 January, 2010
This lesson plan for teachers of teenage and adult students at Pre-Intermediate level and above is based on the theme of news reports....
23 June, 2002
These notes on dictation come from a talk presented by Edna Equihua
23 June, 2002
These notes on dictation come from a talk presented by Edna Equihua.
23 June, 2002
These notes on dictation come from a talk presented by Edna Equihua, 22 August, 2003.
11 September, 2014
This lesson is for teenage students and develops students reading and dictionary skills.
29 April, 2010
This is a discussion activity that you can use to find out about your students’ opinions of language learning and how important they think...
23 June, 2002
I have an activity which I use with my intermediate / advanced students. It's called 'discussion bingo' and I use it to get students using...
23 June, 2002
Discussion wheels are a good way of giving students time to think and formulate opinions before they do discussion work.
20 March, 2008
This lesson focuses on the topic of festivals using Diwali as a starting point for talking about festivals in your students' country of...
21 January, 2012
This extract from Malorie Blackman's novel, Double Cross, is a dialogue between two people engaged in criminal activities.
10 November, 2011
Drama techniques which focus on getting across meaning with body, as well as words, are very useful for the language classroom.
17 March, 2015
This lesson is for teenagers or young adults with a language level of A2-B2 and focuses on using prepositions of place to describe and draw...
5 September, 2011
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of education and school. Students will present...
25 March, 2008
Theme: Restrictions and rules regarding dress.Lexical area: Clothes and describing people
25 March, 2008
Theme: Driving and cars. Attitudes towards cars in city centres. Lexical area: Driving and street vocabulary.Cross curricular links: Social...
13 April, 2011
Theme: Easter Lexical area: Easter vocabulary
15 April, 2008
This is a reading task on the theme of Easter in the UK. It helps students learn about how this time is celebrated in the UK and reflect on...
27 September, 2011
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at level B2 explores the theme of electronic books. Students will focus on...
1 January, 1970
This is an idea to help students with their writing of narratives. It gives all the students some essential (and some superfluous)...
31 January, 2006
'Emergency Landing' is a very short story by Louise Cooper, from her collection of very short stories called 'Short and Scary'. This kit...
3 June, 2009
As you come to the end of your course, you may be thinking about what to do in the last few classes with each group.
23 May, 2012
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenage and adult students level B1 is about English language and other languages. Students will...
31 March, 2010
This lesson plan for teachers of teenage and adult students at level B1 and above is based on the theme of climate change. Students will...
23 June, 2002
If you have students that aren't very confident or happy about speaking this is a good idea that always works for me.
9 July, 2013
Escape #3 is a complete set of teaching resources designed around an interesting and unusual photograph with activities to activate your...