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Lesson Share: Dilemmas

Rhiannon Stone wins this month’s Lesson Share with a lesson discussing dilemmas.

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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.

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30th July 2020: Scientists say most likely number of contactable alien civilizations is 36

Scientists are counting the number of worlds that might be able to communicate with others.

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23rd July 2020: Charities for deaf people call for more see-through face masks

Facemasks prevent the spread of infection. However, they also cause problems for deaf people who need visual clues to communicate.

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16th July 2020: The troubling truth about selfies with sloths

The sloth is becoming one of the most popular animals in the world to be photographed with. But what is the price of fame?

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9th July 2020: Millions of Americans lack access to quality parks

A new report reveals that millions of Americans lack access to quality parks especially people from low-income households.

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Language for … helping others to understand you

This lesson provides students with key expressions and techniques for explaining ideas and helping others to understand you

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Lesson Share: TV shows

Julian Burnley wins this month’s Lesson Share with a lesson discussing TV shows.

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Business Spotlight: Should companies track employee health?

This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, debates whether companies should be allowed to track their employees’ health.

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Business News Lessons: Cyber Security - the danger may be closer to home

July 2020: In this lesson, available at two levels, students research cyber security and present ideas for implementing it in a company.

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2nd July 2020: How Mongolia’s nomads are adapting to big city life

Travelling herders are moving to the Mongolian capital, but they’re having trouble with urban ways.

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25th June 2020: "A joyful thing": The man who wrote his wife a poem every day for 25 years

Actor Peter Gordon wrote poems for his wife Alison for over two decades even continuing after her death. 

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18th June 2020: Fiji returns to barter system as Covid-19 hits economy

Bartering is back! As people in the Pacific nations lose jobs, they create a trading system on Facebook.

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11th June 2020: Irish pubs use vans and drones to lift spirits

Ireland’s 7,000 pubs, 50,000 staff and millions of customers are in crisis. Time for some blue-sky thinking …

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4th June 2020: How seniors are learning to lead more digital lives

A generation who grew up with black-and-white TV are now video calling like teenagers – and for many, the transition has been relatively painless.

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Flashcards: Summer (US)

An American English set of flashcards on the topic of the summer, to print and use in class.

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Flashcards: Summer (UK)

A British English set of flashcards on the topic of the summer, to print and use in class.

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Lesson Share: Online restaurant review

Sarah Hall wins this month’s Lesson Share with a lesson to help develop appropriate and authentic language used in online restaurant reviews.

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Business Spotlight: Should there be billionaires?

This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, debates whether billionaire businesspeople are a force for good or bad.