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A very happy New Year from onestopenglish! There’s a content bonanza on the site this month, as onestopenglish and onestopclil have joined forces and made hundreds of extra resources available to users of both sites. Find out more here.

For this month only, we’ve frozen all our prices (brrrr) and you can subscribe to the Staff Room at the 2009 price. Or, if you’re a renewing subscriber in January, you’ll also benefit from last year’s price. With the integration of onestopclil and plenty of new publishing planned for this year, onestopenglish has never been such good value.

And finally: we’ve launched onestopenglish extra this month, a fantastic new resource to help you find the most relevant materials for your teaching.

New for January 2010

Onestopclil: The resource bank for content and language teachers

Editorial: A new beginning

In his inaugural address at onestopclil's new home, Keith Kelly celebrates the integration of onestopclil with onestopenglish.

Welcome to January on onestopenglish

New this month: Climate change in Russia's Arctic tundra

For 1,000 years the indigenous Nenets people have migrated along the 450-mile-long Yamal peninsula in northern Russia. But this remote region of north-west Siberia is now being affected by global warming. If Russia's permafrost melted, it would have catastrophic results for the world.

Underneath the Sea

A song video and interactive games on the topic of the ocean.

Business Spotlight: Career focus: Recruiter for love

In this lesson, which is based on an article from Business Spotlight magazine, Sophia McDonald talks about her company, Sophisticated Matchmaking, and how her previous work experience and her people skills have helped her become a successful matchmaker. Teacher's notes cover strategies for teaching and learning idiomatic expressions. Student activities include a business vocabulary crossword, and note-taking and summarizing exercises.

Spot on news lessons for teens: Earth in danger

This month's Spot on news lesson is about climate change and how we can help to save the planet.

Selections level 5: The life of a fish

A poem by Paula Aitcheson about the life of a fish, with a complete lesson plan and worksheets by Adrian Tennant.

CLIL extra (for CLIL teachers)

In the first of two ‘CLIL extra’ articles, Adrian Tennant uncovers some hidden gems from onestopenglish that are suitable for subject teachers to use.

Then and Now

A song video and interactive games on comparing the past to the present.

ESOL extra

This whole section is devoted to teaching ESOL or ESL students and it is certainly the place to start when looking for ideas and materials. However, don’t limit yourself to just this section of onestopenglish as there is plenty more material on the site – it’s just a matter of knowing where to look. In this article, Adrian Tennant takes a look at some of the materials available and suggests how they can be integrated into your teaching.

CLIL extra (for EFL teachers)

In the second of two ‘CLIL extra’ articles, Adrian Tennant takes us through a treasure trove of resources from onestopclil that are suitable for EFL teachers to use.

M Tunes

Our award-winning M Tunes animated music videos can now be played on our brand-new video player. Visit the M Tunes section to choose from a bank of over 40 music videos for children with interactive games.

Live from London: New Year: Audio and activities

This is the second of our two Live from London 'Christmas specials'. We went to the South Bank and asked people about their resolutions for the new year.

Weekly news lesson 172: 28th January 2010: Britain's new addicts: women who gamble online

Online gambling is becoming hugely popular with women who would not dream of going into a betting shop or going alone to a casino.

Question loop speaking activity: The American Revolution

Twenty-six subject-specific terms feature in this speaking activity, which will help students remember key vocabulary associated with the American Revolution.

New this week: Weekly news lesson 173: 4th February 2010: The wolves at my door

The centre-right government in Sweden has clashed with the national socialist press over how to manage the country's wolf population. Here, one resident of a rural Swedish village shares his experiences and opinion on the subject.

Article: Investigating investigations in CLIL

Investigative activities are often used in subjects like maths, science or design and technology and can achieve active learning in the classroom, if planned carefully. This article by Jean Brewster looks at different types of investigation in CLIL and the process skills students can learn through them.

Dominoes: Since and for

A domino game at Upper Intermediate level to practise using since and for with time expressions.

My favourite onestopclil resource is ...

A selection of your favourite onestopclil resources. Why not try out something different this month?

American English resources on onestopenglish

We have a wealth of fantastic resources on onestopenglish for teachers who teach American English, but there isn’t a specific site section dedicated to American English. So, especially for our teachers of American English, we’ve brought these resources together in one place for your easy reference.

Diary from Bhutan: Too cold to learn

School closes for the winter in Bhutan as it gets too cold in the buildings to teach and learn. In her seventh diary entry, Stephanie Earnshaw talks about the celebrations at the end of term and her visit to Nalanda monastery. After sleeping in a room full of puppies, she enjoys a picnic with the monks, who surprise her by playing competitive sports and cheating at Chinese whispers.

ESP extra

There is a huge amount of material on onestopenglish for teaching ESP (English for Specific Purposes). A lot of it is obvious as you’ll find it here, within the Business and ESP section of the site. However, as the term ESP covers such a wide range of areas (Medical English, Aviation English, English for Hospitality and many more) there is plenty of material elsewhere on onestopenglish that is suitable for using in ESP classes. In this article, Adrian Tennant takes a look at some of the materials available and suggests how they can be integrated into your teaching.

Business Spotlight: What I've learned: 50 Cent

In this lesson, which is based on an article from Business Spotlight magazine, the American rapper 50 Cent talks to the author Robert Greene about his life, career and business decisions. Teacher's notes cover strategies for holding a class debate. Student activities include discussing quotes from the article and writing a summary of 50 Cent's life.

Onestopblogs: Spreading the word about English language teaching and training

Onestopblogs brings together blogs from throughout the English language teaching community. Featuring blogs from the best teachers, trainers and linguists on the web, onestopblogs is the portal for news, views, tips and trends in the world of ELT.

Staff Room resources

With over 7000 resources, including lesson plans, worksheets, audio, video and flashcards, onestopenglish is the world’s number one resource site for English Language teachers. Here you can find a sneak preview of all our subscription resources.

Experiments: Rocket mice

This fun experiment reinforces vocabulary and concepts associated with forces. Students make a rocket mouse and learn how to make it fly with the help of a plastic bottle. Matching and gap-fill activities help students revise and consolidate concepts connected to forces. Students then talk about their experiment and write a scientific report. Key vocabulary and practical teacher's notes are included.

CLIL in the Netherlands: An interview with Loes Coleman

Loes Coleman was one of the first people involved in setting up a system of training for subject teachers working through the medium of English as a foreign language in the Netherlands. Here, Loes talks to Keith Kelly about her background and work in CLIL.

The fourth ‘C’

Drawing on the ‘4Cs' of CLIL, the fourth article in the series of Language for CLIL looks at the importance of culture and it’s role in the CLIL curriculum.

Angkor, Cambodia

Students read the article about the historic and sacred site of Angkor Wat in Cambodia. The exercises focus on comprehension checking and word definition.

Teacher collaboration in CLIL

In this article, John Clegg states the importance of CLIL teachers collaborating with others to create a powerful learning system.

The onestopenglish Learning Calendar

Find out about the onestopenglish Learning Calendar and how to use it to organize your resources, plan your lessons and share links with colleagues and friends.

Business English extra

There is a wealth of material on onestopenglish for teaching Business English. A lot of it is obvious as you’ll find it here, within the Business and ESP section of the site. However, there are many other great resources elsewhere on the site which are suitable and relevant for use in your Business English classes. In this article, Adrian Tennant takes a look at some of the other materials available and suggests how they can be integrated into your teaching.

Spot on news lessons for teens: Cool in Canada

This month's Spot on news lesson visits Canada, where we meet three teenagers from different parts of the country.

Macmillan Dictionary BuzzWord lesson plans

Onestopenglish has teamed up with the Macmillan Dictionary to bring you some fantastic new classroom resources. These lesson plans are based on articles from the Macmillan Dictionary BuzzWord archive and provide tips and suggestions for teachers to exploit the articles in class, and worksheets with vocabulary-building and language exercises for students.

Happy New Year!

Three activities suitable for your first classes of the New Year, or if you are starting a new course in January.

Macmillan English Dictionary features on onestopenglish

Onestopenglish has teamed up with Macmillan Dictionary, the free English Dictionary and Thesaurus, to bring you a host of exciting features and practical classroom resources. Search the full Macmillan Dictionary database direct from any page on onestopenglish, or make use of the free BuzzWord lesson plans written by language experts Tim Bowen and Kerry Maxwell. Find out more here.