British English

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Onestop Phonics: Short vowel sounds

This comprehensive lesson on short vowel sounds contains a flashcard, a downloadable podcast, PDF worksheets and teaching notes by Rachel Finnie.

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British English vocabulary lessons: listen to / hear

Students are often unsure when to use look at , see or watch , and when to use listen to or hear . This lesson plan by Karen Richardson aims to practice this vocabulary in context.

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British English vocabulary lessons: the letter W

W is for weather.

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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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British English vocabulary lessons: Where do you keep the...?

A lesson by Karen Richardson on kitchen vocabulary and giving instructions and directions.

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British English vocabulary lessons: A sign of the times

A lesson to encourage students to discuss the language used in signs.

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British English vocabulary lessons: the letter P

P is for physical appearance and personality.

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British English vocabulary lessons: the letter S

S is for schools, shoes, shopping, sports and stationery.

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British English vocabulary lessons: the letter T

T is for television, time and travel.

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British English vocabulary lessons: the letter H

H is for hospital, happy and sad, humour and honesty.

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British English vocabulary lessons: the letter I

I is for illness.

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British English vocabulary lessons: the letter J

J is for jobs.

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British English vocabulary lessons: the letter K

K is for kitchen.

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British English vocabulary lessons: the letter M

M is for money.

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British English vocabulary lessons: the letter N

N is for newspapers.

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British English vocabulary lessons: the letter D

D is for describing people.

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British English vocabulary lessons: the letter E

E is for education.

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British English vocabulary lessons: the letter F

F is for family, friends, films and fire.

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British English vocabulary lessons: the letter C

C is for cinema, climate, clothes and colour.

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Topics: Business

Students are introduced to the topic of business in this instalment of Adrian Tennant’s Topics series. The lesson is available at two language levels (Pre-intermediate and Intermediate +) and gives students practice in reading, listening and speaking skills, as well as exercises focusing on grammar and vocabulary.