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    Absolute Beginners: Unit 20

    Unit 20 is a revision and consolidation lesson of past units.

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    Absolute Beginners: Unit 19

    In this lesson, on the theme of the world online, students learn language related to apps and the internet.

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    Matura: Speaking: Consumer society

    A speaking lesson to prepare students to talk about our consumer society.

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    Farming in Britain

    Students match agricultural terms with their definitions before reading about or listening to a British farmer and his son talk about the differences between farming now and in 1950.

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    Matura: Writing: World of Work

    In this lesson focusing on writing emails, students learn to spot differences between formal and informal emails, and pick up useful phrases in an interview exercise.

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    Absolute Beginners: Unit 6

    In this lesson by Frances Marnie, students cover language including: How much is it? , Can I have… , days of the week, pounds, food and drink .  Printable resources include comprehensive step-by-step teacher’s notes, a student worksheet and flashcards.

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    Absolute Beginners: Unit 5

    In this lesson by Frances Marnie, students cover language including: How much is it? , What’s his / her name? , Numbers 20-30, pound. Printable resources include comprehensive step-by-step teacher’s notes, a student worksheet and picture cards.

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    Economic activity

    From agribusiness to viticulture—14 pages of vocabulary words related to farming and the economy, at a variety of levels, with definitions and contextual sentences.

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    Reading: Bar codes

    A worksheet by Katherine Stannett with reading and vocabulary activities on the topic of bar codes and how they work.

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    Money and banks

    Students examine different types of currency, examining the advantages and disadvantages of bartering for goods, ‘commodity money’ such as gold or salt and ‘fiat money’, such as coins and notes. They read about what services banks offer, why we use them and how they make money. Listening exercises focus on ...

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    Labour

    Focuses on the relationship between employers and workers, how laws of supply and demand operate in the labour market and companies’ need for ‘output’.

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    Economic systems

    The class is introduced to the notion of a ’traditional’ or ’subsistence’ economy, looking at its benefits and drawbacks. Students learn about the market economy, comparing free market economies to an actual street market. Listening exercises focus on pygmy societies, in particular the Mbuti tribe of central Africa, and Adam ...

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    American English vocabulary lessons: the letter J

    J is for jobs. A comprehensive lesson plan by Lindsay Clandfield in which students work with dictionaries to learn vocabulary items related to jobs. The lesson includes a section on culture, where students read and talk about illegal workers in America.

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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 M

    M is for money.

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    American English vocabulary lessons: the letter F

    F is for food and finance.

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    Spend, spend, spend

    A British English worksheet to spend your money as quickly as possible by playing a board game.

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    Spend, spend, spend

    An American English worksheet to spend your money as quickly as possible by playing a board game.

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    Cambridge ESOL: Skills for Life: Using the Yellow Pages

    This lesson aims to help students practice a number of situations using the Yellow Pages to locate information.

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    How's your bargaining?

    An American English worksheet to interview a partner using a questionnaire, and find out how good they are at bargaining.