All Article articles – Page 103

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    Your English: Phrasal verbs: slip

    As it combines with so many prepositions, it's easy to slip up when using the verb slip. Tim Bowen helps you to effortlessly slip these phrasal verbs into conversations.

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    Your English: Word grammar: likely

    Tim Bowen introduces a versatile word that can be an adjective and an adverb, and forms several expressions. It's more than likely that you'll use it frequently.

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    Who can you trust?

    In this lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight magazine, an American career coach talks about practices and methods used to tell when someone is lying. 

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    Symbols on maps

    A labelling activity familiarises pupils with the common icons and geographical symbols found on maps, while consolidating vocabulary such as: church, museum, monument and bus stop.

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    Map reading

    Helps young learners develop map-reading skills and spatial awareness. Pupils use a grid map and cardinal directions to measure distances and find places in a town. Teacher’s notes provide step-by-step instructions and suggestions for additional map-reading exercises and classroom activities.

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    Liz Plampton

    Co-author of our mini-plays series, and queen of all things dramatic, Liz Plampton takes us on a magical mystery tour of her life before and after teaching, and tells us why we should always listen to our mums.

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    Geography vocabulary

    This reference sheet illustrates useful geography vocabulary, including words for geographic features, natural disasters and natural resources, while worksheet exercises help consolidate the terms.

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    Geography expert quiz

    Pairwork information-gap activity in which students label a map of the world with well-known rivers, mountains, deserts, seas and oceans. They compare answers with a partner to find out how good their knowledge of geography really is!

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    Editorial: Focus on world geography

    In June's editorial, Keith Kelly celebrates the launch of our new interactive atlas by drawing our eyes to the vast array of geographical materal on the site.

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    Describing a country: Spain

    Teaches the geographical features of Spain and other key facts about the country, including its currency and capital city.

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    Tourism in Less Economically Developed Countries (LEDCs)

    Students are introduced to the term ‘LEDC’ and asked to consider the implications of tourism in this thought-provoking worksheet. Group and pair work encourages students to think about the different areas of life affected by tourism and talk about their own experiences. Full teacher’s notes accompany these exercises.

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    Changes in Tourism in Western Europe

    Through listening to an interview, students are introduced to how money, mobility and air travel have affected tourism in Western Europe. Teacher’s notes accompany the listening and writing exercises and include the interview script.

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    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.

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    Your English: Collocations: intense

    As ever, Tim Bowen applies intense concentration and produces another powerful Your English article.

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    Experiments: Nails trick

    In this experiment, students attempt to defy gravity by balancing 14 nails on the head of one nail. Matching and gap-fill activities help students revise related vocabulary and verbs in the imperative. Students then write a report of the experiment using the past tense. Key vocabulary and practical teacher's notes ...

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    Quiz: Present passives

    A card game at upper intermediate level to practise using present passives that can be played as a group game or a team game.

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    Your English: Idioms: anger

    Never one to blow his top, Tim Bowen takes a deep breath and calmly delivers some idioms related to rage.

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    Trying New Things

    A song video and interactive games on the subject of learning and trying new things.

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    TKT: Feature identification

    In the eighth article in this series, Kay Bentley explains how feature identification can be used as a task. Feature identification is not only helpful for the understanding of subject knowledge but also for identifying text types.

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    Your English: Phrasal verbs: eating and drinking

    Tim Bowen serves up some delicious phrasal verbs. Tuck in!