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    A ghost's guide to London: Christmas special: Part 2

    Lord Jeffrey, the Ghost of London, takes students on a thrilling audio tour of London at Christmas time. In the second and concluding part, students will: learn about Christmas traditions in Britain; practise listening for gist and reconstructing audio stories from memory; focus on the meaning, form and use of ...

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    Your English: Word grammar: thick

    Tim Bowen delivers these articles thick and fast.

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    Your English: Collocations: factor

    Tim Bowen identifies some important factors in this collection of collocations.

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    A ghost's guide to London: Christmas special: Part 1

    In the first part of this two-part special, students will learn about the Christmas lights of Oxford Street and practise listening for gist.

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    The Shadow and the Flash: Part 2

    In Part 2 of this science fiction story, we learn about the two men’s different theories of invisibility as they continue to be locked in a fierce battle for success. In this lesson, the students will: talk about invisible characters in fiction; listen for gist; discuss the anachronistic racist labelling ...

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    Lesson Share: Speaking: Making arrangements

    This winning lesson by Claire Gibbs practises functional language for making plans.

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    Business Spotlight: Dressing for success

    This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about the importance of appropriate dress for certain business occasions. 

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    Tuk Tuk Travels

    Two teachers, Nick and Rich, travelled around the world in a tuk tuk to visit charitable projects and promote English language teaching. We followed their adventures here on onestopenglish.

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    Tuk Tuk Travels: Entry 1: An introduction

    In their first travelogue, our tuk tuk travellers explain their mission and visit a worthy project on the outskirts of Cairo.

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    Your English: Idioms: sweep

    Don’t sweep your issues with idioms under the carpet! Tim Bowen is here to make sense of them.

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    Conclusions and findings: Science

    Keith Kelly looks at examples of language used in making conclusions and findings from the area of science, categorized by nouns, verbs, word groups and prepositions.

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    Your English: Phrasal verbs: set (2)

    Don’t let a fear of phrasal verbs set in! Tim Bowen is here to help.

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    Your English: Word grammar: suit

    Word grammar has always been Tim Bowen’s strong suit.

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    Your English: Collocations: fact

    It is an indisputable fact that Tim Bowen is the master of collocations.

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    Macmillan Dictionary Online

    Stop the presses! Macmillan will no longer produce a print version of the dictionary and from next year will make the Macmillan Dictionary available as an online version only.

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    Meet the Grammarman team

    Our very own dynamic duo, author Brian Boyd and story contributor Thom Kiddle, join forces to unveil (but not unmask!) the characters featured in the Grammarman comic strip.

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    The Shadow and the Flash

    This advanced-level story, by Jack London, was first published in 1903. In it, two competitive scientists take different routes to achieving invisibility, with tragic results. The story is told in five parts; each part contains audio and an accompanying lesson plan written by Daniel Barber, which includes teacher’s notes, student ...

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    The Shadow and the Flash: Part 1

    This advanced-level story, by Jack London, was first published in 1903. In it, two competitive scientists take different routes to achieving invisibility, with tragic results. The story is told in five parts. Each part contains audio and an accompanying lesson plan written by Daniel Barber, which includes teacher’s notes, student ...

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    Tech Tools for Teachers: Blogging

    Nik Peachey looks at blogging and explores how we can use it as a tool to support language learning both inside and outside the classroom.

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    Business Spotlight: Access all areas

    This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about a man who changed his rather conventional job for something more adventurous, dangerous and physically challenging.