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Survival Guide: Using L1 in the classroom

Every language teacher has, at some point, felt guilty, puzzled and frustrated about their students’ overuse of their mother tongue in the classroom. In a monolingual context this can become quite a problem.

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Business Spotlight: Invisible man

This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight , is about Sir Jonathan Ive, Apple’s head of design, a man who could be famous, but isn’t. 

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Your English: Collocations: grievance

Are collocations a source of grievance ? Let Tim Bowen clear things up.

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Your English: Idioms: block

Tim Bowen proves idioms are no stumbling block with these helpful explanations.

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Your English: Phrasal verbs: bring (3)

Tim Bowen brings off a helpful summary of these useful phrasal verbs.

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Your English: Word grammar: certain

We’re absolutely certain that Tim Bowen can explain certain rules of word grammar.

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Survival Guide: Surviving acronyms

The world of English language teaching (ELT) is awash with acronyms! Here’s a collection of the most common ones.

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Your English: Collocations: grasp

Tim Bowen demonstrates his remarkable grasp of collocations.

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Your English: Idioms: bite

Tim Bowen bites the bullet and serves up his favourite bite- related idioms.

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Your English: Phrasal verbs: bring (2)

Tim Bowen’s certainly not bringing us down as he brings forward his explanation of these phrasal verbs.

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Your English: Word grammar: bum

There’s no bumming around for Tim Bowen as he shows why word grammar is never a bum deal .

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Business Spotlight: MOOCs: A rising tide

This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight , is about the rising popularity of MOOCs and covers strategies for looking at the pronunciation of acronyms.

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Your English: Collocations: goal

Tim Bowen achieves his primary goal with these useful collocations.

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Your English: Idioms: bit (noun)

Tim Bowen’s got the bit between his teeth as he does his bit for Your English .

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Your English: Phrasal verbs: bring (1)

Tim Bowen brings back memories with a look at these handy phrasal verbs.

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Your English: Word grammar: budget

Tim Bowen offers some quality advice as he shows us how to budget.

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Your English: Collocations: glory

Once again, Tim Bowen covers himself in glory as he explains the collocates of this glorious word.

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Survival Guide: Surviving technology

We have put together a list of ten things you need to know to get the most out of technology such as the internet, computers, phones, tablets, email, apps, social networks, blogs and so on, followed by a few ideas on how to use technology inside and outside the classroom. ...

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Business Spotlight: When eBay bought Skype

This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about eBay’s acquisition of Skype. Teacher’s notes cover strategies for looking at the detail of written language. 

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Your English: Idioms: bend

Tim Bowen bends over backwards to explain idioms that can drive us round the bend.