All Intermediate articles

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Business News Lessons: Talking your way to success: accent bias in the workplace

Can a person’s accent prevent them from becoming successful in their career?

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Grammarman: Episode 34—Syntax’s potboiler

Help Grammarman, our correction-crusading hero, understand what the island natives say to ensure Syntax’s safety.

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Five intimate friendships is the optimal number – I scrape two

What is the ideal number of ‘close’ friends one should have? 

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‘A swipe at fashion capitalism’: Telfar’s experiment lets customers set prices

Read about the company that lets its customers set the prices of their products.

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Grammarman: Episode 33—The search for Syntax

Help Grammarman, our correction-crusading hero, correct the mistakes in Syntax’s sentences to help our heroes.

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You could cook while on the toilet: a night in one of Tokyo’s micro-apartments

Could you live in a 32m² flat if it’s close to work or school?

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Business News Lessons: Good-bye burnout! How a sabbatical could help mitigate its effects.

Can a sabbatical leave be the solution to burnout and boost personal and professional growth?

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Grammarman: Episode 32—Alpha-bot assembled

Help Grammarman, our correction-crusading hero, correct the mistakes in Alpha-bot’s narrative tenses.

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Current Themes: Coronation, an occasion for tradition and celebration

Use this handy worksheet to get your students talking about the coronation ceremony.

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Meat, dairy and rice production will bust 1.5C climate target, shows study

Can changes to our daily diet have an impact on climate change?

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‘The most important talks no one has heard of’: why the high seas treaty matters

How are almost 200 countries trying to protect the high seas from overfishing? Read and find out.

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Grammarman: Episode 31—Castaway

Help Grammarman, our correction-crusading hero, put his team back together.

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‘It’s a bit too castle-y’: plans to turn Cumbrian fortress into eco-attraction

Would you consider a castle in Muncaster as your next ecotourism destination?

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Business News Lessons: Leading ideas for UK growth

How can the UK economy be reactivated from its apparent stagnation? 

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Grammarman: Episode 30—All at sea

Help Grammarman, our correction-crusading hero, return King Wrong to his island home.

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Forensic study finds Chilean poet Pablo Neruda was poisoned

Read about the mysterious death of the controversial poet days after a military coup broke out in his home country.

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Different strokes: the forgotten women of abstract expressionism

How is an art exhibition in London expanding the body of abstract expressionist artwork? Read and find out.

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Japan PM’s solution to dire birth rate has already been rejected by young

How is the Japanese government trying to motivate younger generations to have more children? Read and find out.

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Grammarman: Episode 29—King Wrong versus Auxilla

Help Grammarman, our correction-crusading hero, correct King Wrong’s errors as they try to save Verbo City.

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Biden’s clean energy act paves Britain’s way to post-Brexit growth. Should we copy him?

The US and the EU seem to be on the right track towards green energy production. Should the UK and other nations follow suit?