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BULATS: Listening: Part 4: Longer multiple-choice listenings

This lesson, by Russell Whitehead, is designed to help you engage your students with Part 4 of the BULATS Listening test. This part appears three times in the Standard Test (as questions 33–50) and these tasks are included in the computer-based and online versions of BULATS.

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August might be a quiet month for most but there’s still plenty to talk about on onestopenglish! We’re offering you the chance to win a year’s access to The Times website, so you can download and debate today’s issues with your students. Also hot off the press, see our latest free monthly news lesson from the Guardian on the survival of the Galapagos Island’s giant tortoises.

The long-awaited return of our Live from … series sees us canvassing the streets of London to ask people about their favourite artists. Expressing yourself is also the subject of the latest Business Spotlight lesson plan, Emotional roller coaster, about making tough decisions.

The kids are a little emotional too. Our Selections story visits a little girl who is overwhelmingly excited about her first day at school and, tearfully, we reach the final part of our Amazing World of Animals project on the serious topic of endangered species.

We’ve also collated oodles of useful resources for Teenagers in the latest of our Extras articles on how to find what you need on onestopenglish. And why not check out our sample resources page for more inspiring ideas? Then find out how you can organize your favourites with our Learning Calendar.

New for August 2010

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Resources worth talking about!

Check out what's new this month and subscribe to onestopenglish in August for the chance to win an online subscription to The Times. Find out more here.

New Macmillan Reader: Have your say

We've counted your votes in our poll to decide which Macmillan Reader to pick for a new series on onestopenglish. So is it Robin Hood, The Secret Garden or The Wizard of Oz? The winner is revealed ...

New this week: Weekly news lesson 203: 2nd September 2010: Jobless millions signal death of the American dream for many

Economic recovery in the US has been very slow with many people suffering from long-term unemployment. Many of the jobless, who used to have professional careers, are becoming disillusioned with a system that cuts their benefits after 99 weeks.

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The Turner Prize

A worksheet with reading and vocabulary activities on the topic of modern art and the history of the Turner Prize.

TKT: Feature identification

In the eighth article in this series, Kay Bentley explains how feature identification can be used as a task. Feature identification is not only helpful for the understanding of subject knowledge but also for identifying text types.

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.

Onestopenglish Video Dictionary Competition: Latest winner!

We’re still receiving fantastic entries for our ongoing Video Dictionary Competition, so we though it was high time that we awarded another prize …

Weekly news lesson 202: 26th August 2010: President of Haiti-in-waiting or singer with stars in his eyes?

The musician Wyclef Jean officially announced his intention to stand in Haiti's next presidential election at the beginning of August. In this article, he stated the reasons for his intention before Haiti's election board decided to reject his candidacy.

The train

This mini-play features a middle-aged couple, who are on a train from London Bridge to Dartford, on their way to a doctor's appointment. The lesson contains a downloadable MP3 audio file and a PDF with student worksheets and teacher's notes.

Experiments: Shape-shifting slime

In this experiment, students transform a boring polystyrene cup into something more interesting. Matching and gap-fill activities help students revise related vocabulary and verbs in the imperative. Students then discuss the outcome of the experiment with a partner and write a report using the past tense. Key vocabulary and practical teacher's notes are included.

Business Spotlight: Emotional roller coaster

This lesson, which is based on an article from Business Spotlight magazine, looks at the personal conflicts two managers faced as they took the most difficult management decisions of their careers. Teacher's notes cover reading and information exchange activities. Student activities include an information exchange activity and discussions.

New this month: Galápagos giant tortoise saved from extinction by breeding programme

Scientists have successfully reintroduced giant tortoises to the Galápagos island of Española. The population reached a low of 15 in the 1970s, due to sailors eating them and goats destroying their habitat, but is now thriving at around 2,000.

Selections level 2: Anna's first day

A story by Rachel Jones about the morning of Anna's first day of school, with a complete lesson plan and worksheets by Adrian Tennant.

Mingling puzzle: Past perfect and past simple

A mingling game at upper intermediate level to practise the past perfect and past simple.

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.

The 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.

Live from London: Art: Audio and activities

This month, the onestopenglish reporters went to Trafalgar Square to find out what tourists and visitors of the National Gallery had to say about art.

Amazing world of animals: Lesson 6: Endangered animals

In the sixth lesson of Carol Read's Amazing world of animals, children learn to recognize that some animals are in danger of extinction, identify reasons why some animals are endangered and understand how people can help to protect them. Step-by-step teacher's notes and student worksheets are included.

Project: Amazing world of animals

The Amazing world of animals, by Carol Read, is a project for Young Learners, designed to simultaneously build up learners’ language skills and knowledge of the animal kingdom. The project is divided into six lessons and leads to a final outcome of children creating a group e-zine/magazine with the title ‘Amazing world of animals’. In each lesson, children find out about different aspects of the animal world and produce a piece of work to include in their e-zine/magazine.

Teenagers extra

There is a lot of material on onestopenglish for teaching teenagers. A lot of it is obvious as it is within the Teenagers section on the site. However, there is plenty of other material on the site which is suitable for using with your teenagers. This article takes a look at some of the materials available and suggests how they could be used and integrated into your teaching.

Our Planet

A song video and interactive games on the subject of taking care of our planet.

Anecdote: One too many?

Eddie Conlon is enlightened by some sober wisdom in his classroom.

Mini-plays

We're very excited to announce the launch of our new series of mini-plays, bringing a slice of contemporary British life to your lessons. Each play includes a downloadable mp3 file, student worksheets with listening and language actvities and teacher’s notes, complete with tips to get the most out of the material.

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