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Describing performance

To interpret charts and graphs using the past simple and the present continuous to describe trends.

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Describing a product

To apply adjectives to different products to describe their advantages and disadvantages.

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Describe it

An American English worksheet to play a board game by describing and guessing words.

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Describe it

A British English worksheet to play a boardgame by describing and guessing words.

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Phrasal verbs: Teaching phrasal verbs using equivalents and definitions

Many phrasal verbs can be said another way, and many learners of English tend to favour the non-phrasal verb equivalent. This often makes them sound formal. This lesson for intermediate-level students helps students learn – and practise – some phrasal verbs common in spoken English.

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Lesson Share: Team games: Vocabulary definitions game

This game is a good way of revising vocabulary from the previous lesson.

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True and false definitions

A British English worksheet to play a game in teams, guessing correct definitions and writing false definitions for words.

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True and false definitions

An American English worksheet to play a game in teams, guessing correct definitions and writing false definitions for words.

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Defamation

Students practise a range of different skills in relation to the topic of defamation.

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Lesson Share: Grammar: Making instant decisions

Introduce 'will' or 'won't' for instant decisions; provide fluency practice using 'will' or 'won't'.

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Lesson Share: Debates: Where to sit

The class attempts to reach a consensus on where everyone should sit.

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Debate: Is it possible to teach grammar?

Jim Scrivener has twenty-five years' teaching experience and if he's still unsure of how to teach grammar, is it possible at all?

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Debate: Are you a teacher of the future?

Lindsay Clandfield questions whether teachers are as in touch with technology as they should be, and suggest some valuable skills to learn.

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Debate: The end of reading? - Part one: What are we teaching, reading or English?

Scott Thornbury questions the relevance of reading activities and whether they just teach us what we already know.

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Debate: The end of reading? - Part two: Evidence from personal experience and research

In the second part of this debate, Scott Thornbury shares his personal experience of learning Spanish and digs into the research of L2 reading skills.

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Debate: The end of reading? - Part three: Some practical suggestions

In the third part of this debate, Scott Thornbury offers tips on how he believes L2 reading should be taught.

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Unreal debate

An American English worksheet to practise using the second conditional.

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Dear Sue, what should I do?

An American English worksheet to write letters asking for and giving advice.

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Dear Sue, what should I do?

A British English worksheet to write letters asking for and giving advice.

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Methodology: dealing with shy students

An article offering advice on how to deal with shy students.