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Lesson plans
9 May, 2012
Writing: mini things
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenage and adult students level B1 is about writing. Students will develop editing and accuracy.
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Lesson plans
1 May, 2012
The fastest and the slowest
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenage and adult students level B1 is about animals. Students will develop their speaking, reading...
Lesson plans
25 April, 2012
Conversation lesson - Music
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenage and adult students level B1 is about Music. Students will develop their fluency through a...
Activities
16 March, 2012
Pronunciation whispers
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...
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Lesson plans
5 March, 2012
Experiences
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenage and adult students at low intermediate B1 level is about experiences. Students will practice...
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Lesson plans
4 March, 2012
Yesterday
This lesson plan for teachers of teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of experiences from yesterday. Students will practise...
Lesson plans
23 February, 2012
A Generation of couch potatoes
Theme: Health, fitness, lifestyles Lexical area: Sports, recreational activities, frequency adverbs Cross curricular links: Personal and...
Activities
17 February, 2012
Retelling the story
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 /...
Activities
16 February, 2012
Fluency activities for higher levels
Learners beyond intermediate level require more opportunities to speak at length. It can be a challenge to find interesting topics and we...
Lesson plans
10 February, 2012
UK Educational System
Age range: 11 - adult Theme: UK educational system Lexical area: Education
Stories and poems
7 February, 2012
Strap Box Flyer
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...
Lesson plans
3 February, 2012
Shopping is Great
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of shopping in London. Students will develop...
Lesson plans
3 February, 2012
Music is Great
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of music. Students will develop their reading,...
Lesson plans
3 February, 2012
Knowledge is Great
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of learning and education. Students will develop...
Lesson plans
3 February, 2012
Creativity is Great
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of creativity and innovation. Students will...
Lesson plans
3 February, 2012
Countryside is Great
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of the countryside. Students will develop their...
Activities
2 February, 2012
Improving discussion lessons
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...
Lesson plans
26 January, 2012
Who does better?
Theme: Girls’ performance in the GCSE exams. UK exam system. Lexical area: School subjects and exam related vocabulary Cross curricular...
Lesson plans
25 January, 2012
The Inca: A lost society
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at Intermediate level and above explores the theme of Inca society. Students...
Stories and poems
21 January, 2012
Double Cross
This extract from Malorie Blackman's novel, Double Cross, is a dialogue between two people engaged in criminal activities. 
Stories and poems
21 January, 2012
Candy Coated Unicorns and Converse All Stars
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...
Stories and poems
21 January, 2012
Be Near Me
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...
Stories and poems
21 January, 2012
Baby Scorpion
Francesca Beard's poem, Baby Scorpion, deals with transformation and consequence.  A baby scorpion crawls from a burning log in front of a...
Stories and poems
21 January, 2012
Genetics
Sinéad Morrissey's poem, Genetics, gives us a wistful recollection of the poet as a celebration of the coming together of her parents. 
Stories and poems
21 January, 2012
Lament
Gillian Clarke's poem, Lament, is an elegy, an expression of grief. 

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Lesson plans
9 May, 2012
Writing: mini things
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenage and adult students level B1 is about writing. Students will develop editing and accuracy.
Image
Lesson plans
1 May, 2012
The fastest and the slowest
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenage and adult students level B1 is about animals. Students will develop their speaking, reading...
Lesson plans
25 April, 2012
Conversation lesson - Music
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenage and adult students level B1 is about Music. Students will develop their fluency through a...
Activities
16 March, 2012
Pronunciation whispers
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...
Image
Lesson plans
5 March, 2012
Experiences
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenage and adult students at low intermediate B1 level is about experiences. Students will practice...
Image
Lesson plans
4 March, 2012
Yesterday
This lesson plan for teachers of teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of experiences from yesterday. Students will practise...
Lesson plans
23 February, 2012
A Generation of couch potatoes
Theme: Health, fitness, lifestyles Lexical area: Sports, recreational activities, frequency adverbs Cross curricular links: Personal and...
Activities
17 February, 2012
Retelling the story
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 /...
Activities
16 February, 2012
Fluency activities for higher levels
Learners beyond intermediate level require more opportunities to speak at length. It can be a challenge to find interesting topics and we...
Lesson plans
10 February, 2012
UK Educational System
Age range: 11 - adult Theme: UK educational system Lexical area: Education
Stories and poems
7 February, 2012
Strap Box Flyer
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...
Lesson plans
3 February, 2012
Shopping is Great
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of shopping in London. Students will develop...
Lesson plans
3 February, 2012
Music is Great
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of music. Students will develop their reading,...
Lesson plans
3 February, 2012
Knowledge is Great
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of learning and education. Students will develop...
Lesson plans
3 February, 2012
Creativity is Great
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of creativity and innovation. Students will...
Lesson plans
3 February, 2012
Countryside is Great
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of the countryside. Students will develop their...
Activities
2 February, 2012
Improving discussion lessons
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...
Lesson plans
26 January, 2012
Who does better?
Theme: Girls’ performance in the GCSE exams. UK exam system. Lexical area: School subjects and exam related vocabulary Cross curricular...
Lesson plans
25 January, 2012
The Inca: A lost society
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at Intermediate level and above explores the theme of Inca society. Students...
Stories and poems
21 January, 2012
Double Cross
This extract from Malorie Blackman's novel, Double Cross, is a dialogue between two people engaged in criminal activities. 
Stories and poems
21 January, 2012
Candy Coated Unicorns and Converse All Stars
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...
Stories and poems
21 January, 2012
Be Near Me
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...
Stories and poems
21 January, 2012
Baby Scorpion
Francesca Beard's poem, Baby Scorpion, deals with transformation and consequence.  A baby scorpion crawls from a burning log in front of a...
Stories and poems
21 January, 2012
Genetics
Sinéad Morrissey's poem, Genetics, gives us a wistful recollection of the poet as a celebration of the coming together of her parents. 
Stories and poems
21 January, 2012
Lament
Gillian Clarke's poem, Lament, is an elegy, an expression of grief. 

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Lesson plans
23 June, 2010
Destination UK: Scotland
Theme: ScotlandLexical area: Describing places
Lesson plans
25 March, 2008
Destination UK: Wales
Theme: WalesLexical area: Describing places
Lesson plans
20 January, 2010
Developing writing skills: a news report
This lesson plan for teachers of teenage and adult students at Pre-Intermediate level and above is based on the theme of news reports....
Activities
23 June, 2002
Dictation 1 - Correction techniques
These notes on dictation come from a talk presented by Edna Equihua
Activities
23 June, 2002
Dictation 2- The senses
These notes on dictation come from a talk presented by Edna Equihua.
Activities
23 June, 2002
Dictation 3 - Texts
These notes on dictation come from a talk presented by Edna Equihua, 22 August, 2003.
Lesson plans
11 September, 2014
Dictionary skills for secondary students
This lesson is for teenage students and develops students reading and dictionary skills.
Activities
29 April, 2010
Discussing languages
This is a discussion activity that you can use to find out about your students’ opinions of language learning and how important they think...
Activities
23 June, 2002
Discussion Bingo
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...
Activities
23 June, 2002
Discussion wheels
Discussion wheels are a good way of giving students time to think and formulate opinions before they do discussion work.
Lesson plans
20 March, 2008
Diwali - My favourite festival
This lesson focuses on the topic of festivals using Diwali as a starting point for talking about festivals in your students' country of...
Stories and poems
21 January, 2012
Double Cross
This extract from Malorie Blackman's novel, Double Cross, is a dialogue between two people engaged in criminal activities. 
Activities
10 November, 2011
Drama techniques to get them talking
Drama techniques which focus on getting across meaning with body, as well as words, are very useful for the language classroom.
Lesson plans
17 March, 2015
Drawing dictation
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...
Lesson plans
5 September, 2011
Dream School
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of education and school. Students will present...
Lesson plans
25 March, 2008
Dress Code
Theme: Restrictions and rules regarding dress.Lexical area: Clothes and describing people
Lesson plans
25 March, 2008
Driving
Theme: Driving and cars. Attitudes towards cars in city centres. Lexical area: Driving and street vocabulary.Cross curricular links: Social...
Lesson plans
13 April, 2011
Easter
Theme: Easter Lexical area: Easter vocabulary
Activities
15 April, 2008
Easter reading
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...
Lesson plans
27 September, 2011
Ebooks
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenagers and adults at level B2 explores the theme of electronic books. Students will focus on...
Activities
1 January, 1970
Eliciting vocabulary before writing narratives
This is an idea to help students with their writing of narratives. It gives all the students some essential (and some superfluous)...
Stories and poems
31 January, 2006
Emergency landing
'Emergency Landing' is a very short story by Louise Cooper, from her collection of very short stories called 'Short and Scary'. This kit...
Activities
3 June, 2009
End of year activities
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.
Lesson plans
23 May, 2012
English is Great
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenage and adult students level B1 is about English language and other languages. Students will...
Lesson plans
31 March, 2010
Environmental problems
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...

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