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LessonDitch the balloons and swap the plastic toys for cake: how to have a waste-free birthday party
Read about what we can do to make parties more sustainable.
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Lesson‘The only thing you need is your own mind’: how to start meditating
Read about the different techniques of meditation and their benefits.
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Lesson‘It brings you in and shelters you’: NHS creates ‘recovery gardens’ for staff and patients
Explore the benefits that wellbeing gardens bring to patients and staff in hospitals in the UK.
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LessonBusiness News Lessons: Brain Overload: How Multitasking Hijacks Your Focus and Increases Anxiety
Learn why multitasking is not an effective solution to work pressure.
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LessonAustralian women are doing 50% more housework than men. It’s creating ‘volcanic levels of resentment’
Read about how women in Australia do the majority of unpaid domestic work and the possible ways to address the problem.
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LessonWho is ‘working class’ and why does it matter in the arts?
Read about why working-class representation in the arts is important.
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LessonWhat can we learn from the clothes we buy but never wear?
Read about insights into why we buy certain clothes but don’t wear them and what to do about it.
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LessonAre noise-cancelling headphones impairing our hearing skills? Some audiologists are beginning to worry
Explore the possible effects of overusing noise-cancelling headphones and whether they can cause hearing problems.
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LessonBusiness News Lessons: Fewer people = lower living standards
What is the impact of declining birth rates on the world’s most prosperous economies?
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LessonIn the most untouched, pristine parts of the Amazon, birds are dying. Scientists may finally know why
Read about how experts have spent two decades trying to understand the bird population decline in the Amazon.
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Lesson‘Dear, did you say pastry?’: meet the ‘AI granny’ driving scammers up the wall
Read about how an AI bot impersonating a grandma has successfully stopped scammers.
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LessonThe big idea: can what you eat change your mind?
Explore the relationship between gut health and general and mental well-being.
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LessonProfessional Communication Skills: Timing Yourself During Presentations
Use these materials to deliver an online or face-to-face lesson on timing oneself during a presentation.
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Teaching toolOnestopenglish Quizzes: Christmas & Winter
Have fun with your students throughout the holiday season with this jolly Christmas quiz.
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Teaching toolOnestopenglish Quizzes: In The Classroom
Review and practise your classroom object vocabulary with this onestopenglish quiz.
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Teaching toolMacmillan Dictionary Quizzes: Spelling II
In this Macmillan Dictionary quiz, you can put your English spelling skills to the test.
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Teaching toolMacmillan Dictionary Quizzes: Spelling I
In this Macmillan Dictionary quiz, you can put your English spelling skills to the test.
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Teaching toolMacmillan Dictionary Quizzes: Synonyms
In this Macmillan Dictionary quiz, you can test your knowledge of synonyms and which topics certain words belong to.
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Teaching toolMacmillan Dictionary Quizzes: Commonly Confused Words
In this Macmillan Dictionary quiz, you can check your understanding of some commonly confused words in the English language.
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LessonProfessional Communication Skills: Handling Q & As
Use these interactive materials to deliver an online or face-to-face lesson on handling Question and Answer sessions.