All B1 articles – Page 2

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Australian women are doing 50% more housework than men. It’s creating ‘volcanic levels of resentment’

Read about how women in Australia do the majority of unpaid domestic work and the possible ways to address the problem.

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Business News Lessons: Fewer people = lower living standards

What is the impact of declining birth rates on the world’s most prosperous economies?

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Interactive Flashcards: Let’s Go Shopping!

Introduce your students to the vocabulary they need to go shopping with this set of Interactive Flashcards.

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Interactive Flashcards: Moving Around Town

Introduce your students to the vocabulary they need to talk about different locations with this set of Interactive Flashcards.

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Discussion Cards: The World of Sport

Engage your students in a conversation about their favourite sports and athletes with these cards.

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Let’s Talk About It!—Gadgets

Help your students learn and use new phrases and expressions while talking about their favourite gadgets.

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Discussion Cards: Food

With these cards at two levels, you can engage your students in a fun conversation about their favourite foods and eating habits.

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Discussion Cards: Queen Elizabeth II & The British Monarchy

Use this worksheet to lead a discussion about The British Monarchy and the late beloved Queen Elizabeth II.

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Discussion Cards: Education

Use this worksheet to lead a discussion about education.

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Let’s Talk Business: Communication across borders

Get your students talking about problems with communicating at a distance.

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Discussion Cards: Work-life balance

Use this worksheet to lead a discussion about work-life balance and its benefits.

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Let’s Talk About It!—Places

Help your students learn and use new phrases and expressions while watching a video of different people talking about their favourite places. 

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Skills for Problem Solving: Intermediate—Stay On Task And Avoid Distractions

Help your students to deal with potential distractions so that they stay on task with this engaging role-play activity.

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Let’s Talk Business: Supply Chains

Get your students talking about supply chains and utilising reverse logistics in supply networks.

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Discussion Cards: Post-COVID Holiday Plans

Use this worksheet to lead a discussion about holidays and making travel plans after COVID.

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Discussion Cards: Become an LGBTQ+ Ally

Open a safe space for your students to discuss how to be a good LGBTQ+ ally.

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Let’s Talk Business: Finance—Borrowing money

Get your students talking about bank loans and debt for business development.

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Vocabulary Builders: Getting into a love of phrasal verbs

Practise with your students some of the most common phrasal verbs with come, get, and put. Now with Interactive Worksheets!

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Let’s Talk Business: Marketing—Social Networking Strategy

Get your students talking about using social media for marketing.

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Video Series: Let’s Talk About It!—Crime Fiction in the UK

Help your students practise a combination of present tenses to describe characters in a story.