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    The bank

    This mini-play features two women who are gossiping while waiting to be served in a bank in Essex. The lesson contains a downloadable MP3 audio file and a PDF with student worksheets and teacher's notes.

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    Business Spotlight: All together now

    This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight magazine, looks at the reality of multi-generational workplaces and the methods that can be adopted to keep everyone happy. 

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    The Secret Garden: Chapter 1

    The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett tells the story of Mary Lennox, who arrives from India to live with her uncle in Yorkshire. She is lonely and unwanted. Left alone, she has nothing to do but explore the large house and its grounds. Then one day, she finds a ...

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    Your English: Phrasal verbs: shoot

    Before you shoot off to teach your next class, read this batch of phrasal verbs by Tim Bowen.

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    Macmillan Readers: The Secret Garden

    An audio serialization of the pre-intermediate-level Macmillan Reader, The Secret Garden, in twelve chapters. Each chapter is accompanied by a comprehensive lesson plan and teacher’s notes. 

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    CLIL interviews

    This section features interviews with leading experts on CLIL, David Marsh and Kay Bentley.

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    Sex sells

    Discussing controversial subjects.

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    The wedding party

    A speaking mingle activity with emphasis on oral fluency; students practise making small talk at a wedding, share secrets and do some gossiping.

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    Using OK

    Raising students' awareness of the uses of 'OK' as a discourse marker. Students find out the disputed etymology of 'OK' and practise using it as a discourse marker.

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    The office party

    A speaking mingle activity with emphasis on oral fluency; students practise making small talk at an office social event and share secrets.

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    Learning languages

    A questionnaire and interview activity. Students interview each other and discuss languages. They then self assess what they can do orally in English.

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    Heatwave

    Students role-play a series of arguments that take place on a hot summer's day.

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    And the Oscar goes to ...

    An information-gap activity for talking about the movies.

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    The world's funniest joke

    The use of present tenses when telling a joke in English; pausing and rhythm in pronunciation.

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    Exploring space

    The following activities are all connected to the theme of space and space travel.

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    Divorce

    A discussion class where students decide who gets what in a divorce, then discuss issues around divorce.

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    Dramatic dialogues

    Using dialogues to practise intonation, functions and structures.

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    Culture shock

    Students discuss how adaptable they are and then learn about the different stages of culture shock.

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    Crying

    Students discuss what makes them cry and attitudes towards crying. They then 'tell' each other a short article about crying.

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    The deck of conversations

    A speaking lesson plan with Kings, Queens and Jokers.