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Professional Communication Skills: Leading Discussions

Use these interactive materials to deliver an online or face-to-face lesson on how to lead a discussion.

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Teaching with Authentic Materials: Active Listening

Learn how to use authentic texts to help students practise active listening skills.

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From oximeters to AI, where bias in medical devices may lurk

Learn how the way medical gadgets are designed results in poorer outcomes for women.

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Live from London: Business — Emails

Watch authentic London office workers explain how they use emails and phones to communicate in their companies. Now with Interactive Worksheets!

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Live from London: Business — Reports

Watch authentic London office workers explain how they use reports in their companies. No with Interactive Worksheets!

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Grammar Cards: Habits & Routines

Help your students practice talking about Habits & Routines using different verbs, time expressions, and frequency adverbs.

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Let’s Talk Business: Management—Doing an MBA

Get your students talking about business qualifications and their value with this ready-to-go worksheet.

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Business News Lessons: Success is certain with simplified supply chains

The traditional ultra-complex supply chains are not working well. How could they be reformed?

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Teaching with Authentic Materials

Learn about effective ways to use authentic materials with students of all levels.

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Teaching with Authentic Materials — Mediation

Learn how to use authentic texts to teach mediation skills to your students.

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Teaching with authentic materials — Inferring Meaning

Learn how to use authentic texts to teach inferring meaning of unknown vocabulary from context.

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Teaching with Authentic Materials — Skimming

Learn how to use authentic texts to teach skimming through a text to your students.

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Teaching with Authentic Materials — Writing Comments

Learn how to use authentic texts to teach writing opinion comments on social media.

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Teaching with Authentic Materials — Scanning

Learn how to use authentic texts to teach how to scan a text.

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Teaching with Authentic Materials — Writing Emails of Enquiry

Learn how to use authentic texts to teach enquiry writing.

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Teaching with Authentic Materials — Debates

Learn how to use authentic texts to teach participating in a debate.

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Hard graft: backyard gardener claims world record for tree bearing ten different fruits

Discover how one man’s passion and extraordinary talent for gardening are strengthening the local community.

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‘No sharks but I’ve seen porpoises’: the rebirth of the River Thames

London’s famous river seems to be recovering from years of neglect. Can its biodiversity be restored amidst the climate crisis?

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Lost in translation? The one-inch truth about Netflix’s subtitle problem

The streaming giant is struggling with accurate subtitle translation. How does it impact the content and its viewers?

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Advancing Teaching: Positive Classroom

Learn about positive classroom techniques in this Advancing Teaching article and video.