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Challenges in ELT

Welcome to Challenges in ELT. In this series of articles, teachers from around the world tackle the current and pressing issues in English language teaching.

Celebrations: Firsts

In this lesson, students do a quiz and talk about personal firsts.

Live from London: How well do you know each other?

By Luke and James Vyner

This video lesson includes interviews with Londoners talking to their friends about how well they know each other.

All Back to School

Theme-based expressions: football

By Tim Bowen

Keep your eye on the ball with Tim Bowen as he kicks off these theme-based expressions about the beautiful game.

Students are introduced to the topic of hobbies 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.

Football fanatics

This mini-play features a father and son from Yorkshire, who are on a long-distance journey to a football match. The lesson contains a downloadable MP3 audio file and a PDF with student worksheets and teacher's notes.

All Sports and hobbies

Food and Drink

Live from London: Healthy food

By Luke and James Vyner

Set in Kings Cross, London, this video includes interviews with Londoners talking about healthy food and what they have for breakfast.

Amazing world of food: Lesson 1: Where food comes from

By Carol Read

In this lesson children identify food that is imported from other countries and describe where imported food comes from and how far it travels to get there.