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Game Cards: Food & Dishes

Play with your students with this set of vocabulary game cards full of delicious dishes. Bon appetit!

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Business News Lessons: Keep work emails within working hours

Working from home caused by the pandemic has increased employees’ need to disconnect after working hours.

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‘A more human LinkedIn’: Spain media project helping Covid jobless

Read about a Spanish project that helps people left jobless by the recent economic downturn.

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‘What is this if not magic?’ The Italian man living as a hobbit

Read about the Italian man who raises environmental awareness by living his life as a hobbit.

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US national parks are overcrowded. Some think ‘selfie stations’ will help

As crowds flood US natural landmarks, the park service is turning to clever solutions to preserve public lands.

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Game Cards: Halloween

A set of game cards and activities with Halloween and fantasy vocabulary.

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Business News Lessons: Scans and scams – Brazil’s data theft disaster

Brazil is at the forefront of using face recognition technology. But why is nobody worried about data safety?

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‘We were very blessed’: in the Cook Islands, pandemic proved a welcome respite from tourists

Covid deprived the island nation of their tourism revenue, but some islanders discovered happiness in the newfound peace.

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‘Now it’s continuous noise’: Italy’s Crusoe adjusts to life off his island

Read about one man’s solitary life on a remote Italian island and his struggle to fit in the society.

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China’s crackdown on tutoring leaves parents with new problems

The Chinese government is taking steps to ease the pressure on parents in the hyper-competitive education of their children. 

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‘Like Uber for snake emergencies’: tech takes the sting out of bites in rural India

Read about an Uber-like app saving thousands of people from venomous snake bites in India. 

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Business News Lessons: Music streaming’s diversity problem

AI-controlled algorithms that recommend songs on popular music platforms are biased. Can they be fixed?

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Europe’s unluckiest train station gets new lease of life as hotel

Discover the fascinating but unlucky past of the majestic Canfranc station and the efforts to bring it back to life.

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‘We need to become the solution’: older New Zealanders join climate change fight

Older New Zealanders are joining the efforts to fight climate change and reduce their carbon footprint.

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Antarctic expedition to renew search for Shackleton’s ship Endurance

A new Antarctic expedition is scheduled to renew search for Shackleton’s ship Endurance.

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Grammarman: Episode 1—Introducing Grammarman

Meet Grammarman, our correction-crusading hero, and his friends who defend Verbo City from bad English.

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Business Spotlight: Get your CV past the bots

This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about the importance of having a CV that will get an applicant past the computer programs that companies use to filter job applications.

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Business News Lessons: Quick Loans for Mexican Businesses

September 2020: Businesses in Mexico may obtain quick loans to finance their companies during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Business Spotlight: A Question of Competence

This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about the importance of intercultural competence in business situations.

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Business News Lessons: Keeping up with technology – what managers and executives need to know

August 2020: Managers and executives are turning to online courses to improve their digital skills.