Live from … authentic video lessons
A series of innovative video lessons featuring authentic interviews. We went out and about in London asking members of the public a series of questions and recorded their answers. Each video comes with a set of lesson ideas plus a worksheet with a transcript of each interview for you to use in class.
Live from London: First impressions
Set in Brixton, London, this video lesson includes authentic interviews with Londoners, talking about first impressions.
Live from London: Healthy food
Set in Kings Cross, London, this video includes interviews with Londoners talking about healthy food and what they have for breakfast.
Jazz chants: Introduction
Take a look at this series of short jazz chants to help your students sound more natural when they speak English.
Jazz Chants: These Are My Blue Jeans
Use this useful jazz chant to boost your students' pronunctiation and intonation.
Jazz Chants: I Get Up At 7:30
Use this useful jazz chant to boost your students' pronunctiation and intonation.
Audio serializations of a selection of Macmillan Readers at various levels, with accompanying listening activities.
The Gift of the Magi: Part 1
This advanced-level story is set in New York at Christmas in the early 1900s. It is about a young married couple who are poor but very much in love, and want to buy each other the best Christmas present possible.
This series of mini-plays bring a slice of contemporary British life to your lessons. Each play includes a downloadable mp3 file, student worksheets with listening and language activities and teacher’s notes.
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.
Live from … authentic podcast lessons
A series of innovative podcast lessons featuring authentic interviews. We went out and about in London and further afield asking members of the public a series of questions and recorded their answers. Each podcast comes with a set of worksheets plus a transcript of each interview for you to use in class.
Live from London: Christmas video special!
Set in Brixton, London, this video lesson includes authentic interviews with people living in London, telling us how they celebrate Christmas.
Live from London: The monarchy
In the weeks leading up to Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee, onestopenglish’s reporters took a trip to St James’s Park, in the shadow of Buckingham Palace, to ask locals and tourists for their opinion on the British royal family.
A selection of worksheets and lesson plans for imaginative listening lessons.
Listening skills lesson plans: Talking about your family
Listening for specific information, listening for details and recognising context.
Getting more out of 'The Road Less Travelled'
Lindsay Clandfield suggests some activities to extend the onestopenglish soap opera lessons.