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Tech Tools for Teachers: Digital Images

Tue, 8 May 2012 13:50 GMT

Nik Peachey explores the world of digital images and how they can bring life into the classroom and be used to create motivating language-learning activities. Nik provides a comprehensive overview article on the use of digital images, including a list of tools for exploiting digital images like Flickr and Bookr, a downloadable lesson plan, a video screencast tutorial and a printable how-to guide.

Macmillan Dictionary BuzzWord: Li-Fi

Thu, 10 May 2012 16:05 GMT

A lesson plan by Kerry Maxwell, giving tips and suggestions for using the BuzzWord article on Li-Fi in class. Student worksheets include reading activities, vocabulary-building exercises and a focus on expressions with light and abbreviations.

A ghost's guide to London: Episode 2: King's Road

Tue, 8 May 2012 13:38 GMT

Lord Jeffrey, the Ghost of London, takes students on a swinging audio tour of the King’s Road. In this lesson students will: learn about the King’s Road; practise listening for gist and reconstructing audio stories from memory; compare and contrast standard forms of English with colloquial expressions and then practise these expressions in a personalized speaking task; prepare personalized anecdotes about falling in love.

Bliss: Part 4

Tue, 8 May 2012 12:29 GMT

Part 4 of this story concludes with Bertha falling victim to a grave misunderstanding. In this lesson, the students will: predict the ending of the story; listen for detail; discuss the meaning and symbolism of the story; explore the adoption of characters’ voices when storytelling; act out a dialogue between Bertha and her psychoanalyst.

Topics: Business

Tue, 8 May 2012 12:24 GMT

Students are introduced to the topic of business in this instalment of Adrian Tennant’s Topics series. The lesson is available at two language levels (Pre-intermediate and Intermediate +) and gives students practice in reading, listening and speaking skills, as well as exercises focusing on grammar and vocabulary. This lesson is available to all Staff Room members.

Business Spotlight: Fighting back

Tue, 8 May 2012 12:18 GMT

This lesson, which is based on an article from Business Spotlight International, is about bullying in the workplace and talks about the many forms of bullying and ways to tackle them. Teacher’s notes cover strategies on moving vocabulary from passive to active English. Student activities include a matching task to identify forms of bullying and ways to deal with it, a discussion about quotes from the article and an extended reading activity.

Lesson Share: The future of computers?

Tue, 8 May 2012 12:10 GMT

Phil Wade wins the competition with a specialist lesson for IT students that profiles the Raspberry Pi pocket computer.

Monthly news lesson: Face transplant man has 'life restored'

Tue, 8 May 2012 12:09 GMT

A man with a severe facial deformity caused by a gun accident has had a successful 36-hour transplant operation. Richard Norris, whose vision had been largely unaffected, had been living as a recluse since the accident in 1997.

Diary from London: It's showtime

Tue, 8 May 2012 12:04 GMT

In his fourth diary entry, David Foster lets his students take the limelight as he aims to get more out of movies in the classroom.

Diary from Dublin: When even teachers get the blues

Tue, 8 May 2012 12:04 GMT

In her fourth diary entry, Ruth Powell admits to struggling with her pronunciation classes but th- th- thinks they’re not all bad.

Teacher's letter: Spain: A learning curve

Tue, 8 May 2012 12:01 GMT

After an initial culture-clash, Clare Sheppard finds her work in Barcelona to be enriching rather than an endurance test.