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 ...
Author of the month: Liz Plampton
Co-author of our mini-plays series, and queen of all things dramatic, Liz Plampton takes us on a magical mystery tour of her life before and after teaching, and tells us why we should always listen to our mums.
Your English
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Your English: Phrasal verbs: scrape
Have you ever struggled to scrape together enough money to pay the bills? Or scraped through in a sports tournament? More phrasal verbs courtesy of Tim Bowen. -
Your English: Word grammar: wherever
Wherever possible, Tim Bowen tries to help out those who struggle with word grammar.
Author of the month
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Author of the month: Liz Plampton
Co-author of our mini-plays series, and queen of all things dramatic, Liz Plampton takes us on a magical mystery tour of her life before and after teaching, and tells us why we should always listen to our mums. -
Author of the month: Carol Read
Young Learners expert Carol Read explains how her love of Latin America was responsible for her career choice. She now lives in Madrid, which is also one of the most interesting places she has ever taught. Carol also brings joy to onestopenglish this month with the first part of her Amazing world of animals project.
Featured school
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Featured school
Onestopenglish has hundreds of thousands of users across the globe. Here we get up close and personal with members of the onestopenglish community to find out more about how our resources are being used by teachers and schools in real situations. -
Featured school: Solihull College ESOL School
Lesley Duffin, from Solihull College's ESOL School, tells us how the materials in the Audio and Podcasts section of onestopenglish have played a key part in developing her students' listening skills, and explains that it's easy to integrate onestopenglish resources into an ESOL curriculum.
Teachers' diaries
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Diary from Bhutan: What to do, la
In her twelfth diary entry, Stephanie Earnshaw paints a linguistic picture of Bhutan by offering a few essential expressions in Dzongkha and some curious and matter-of-fact examples of Bhutanese English. She also visits a nunnery and a hermitage, and struggles to keep her weary college students interested. -
Diary from Bhutan: Discovering the dark side
Stephanie Earnshaw tells us about teachers' day and the King's visit. As if to counterbalance these joyful occasions, her eleventh diary entry turns into a bit of a ghost story session, featuring a daemon child and other scary creatures.
Teachers' letters
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Class report from Madagascar
Teacher trainer Louise Cooper tells us about eager, far-travelling teachers and thinking on her feet in rural Madagascar, in the fifth of our class reports in collaboration with the Guardian Weekly. -
Class report from the Refugee Council
In another absorbing Class report, in collaboration with the Guardian Weekly, we interview Elizabeth Gowans about the challenges and rewards of teaching students at the Refugee Council in Hounslow, south-west London.
Teacher anecdotes
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Anecdote: One too many?
Eddie Conlon is enlightened by some sober wisdom in his classroom. -
Anecdote: Toy story
Nora Soto del Canto had to hastily correct her Chilean students when a spot of child’s play unwittingly turned into adult entertainment.
Word of the week
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Word of the week: Trivial
Have you ever been to a dinner party and tried to impress others with unimportant facts? Chances are that you engaged in some trivial conversation. Tim Bowen presents us with some trivia surrounding the origin of this Word of the week. -
Word of the week: Laconic
Tim Bowen delves into Greek history to explain the origin of this terse Word of the week.
Phrase of the week
Culture
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Festivals: Bonfire night
Worksheets and accompanying teacher's notes based on Bonfire night. - Culture
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