All Intermediate articles

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Business News Lessons: The risks of cult business figures on a pedestal

Is it dangerous to give business leaders too much power within organisations?

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How to quit fast fashion: ‘Sometimes we don’t need retail therapy, we need actual therapy’

Do you like to go shopping when you feel sad? Does it actually help? Read and find out.

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I left my job in London to grow food. This deep connection with nature gives my life meaning

Would you leave your day job to find a new purpose in life? Read about a woman who did.

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Grammarman: Episode 25—The Statue of Literary

Help Grammarman, our correction-crusading hero, correct the inscription on his statue.

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‘She believed in every one of us’: ex-pupils on their inspirational teachers

After Adele’s tearful reunion with a former teacher, four readers recall their own school memories.

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Business News Lessons: Rich farmland, poor farmers—more crops, less healthy food

The cost of cheap food might be steeper than we think. Our health, environment, economy… and much more.

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Professional Communication Skills: Organising a speech

Use these interactive materials to deliver an online or face-to-face lesson on how to organise a formal presentation.

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Skills for Problem Solving: Pre-Intermediate—Work with others in a team

Help your students learn how to work well in a team with this role-playing activity.

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Grammarman: Episode 24—Forget, Forgot, Forgotten

Help Grammarman, our correction-crusading hero, fill in the blanks to complete the story.

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Pan pipes, pinot noir and productivity: the hidden power of music

How important is music to you? Read about the influence music has in our daily lives.

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‘When we plant, they come’: thirsty elephants pose new problem for drought-hit Kenyan farmers

How do people in Taita-Taveta county keep thirsty elephants at bay? Read and find out.

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Where the heart lives: the enduring homesteads tying Māori to their heritage

Read about the Māori and their connection to the traditional homes of their ancestors.

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Business News Lessons: More work, less time

Technology was supposed to help us work less. Has it succeeded?

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Grammarman: Episode 23—Nam-Ramm-Arg

Help Grammarman, our correction-crusading hero, understand what is said to our heroes.

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Professional Communication Skills: Using Transitions

Use these interactive materials to deliver an online or face-to-face lesson on how to use transitions in presentations

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‘A crazy story’: how a Chinese vase valued at €2,000 sold for €8m

An auction house mistook an antique vase for a copy. But was it really a mistake? 

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Can AI stop rare eagles flying into wind turbines in Germany?

Can AI save endangered eagles from flying into wind turbines? Read to find out.

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Skills for Problem Solving: Upper Intermediate—Be a successful non-native speaker

Help your students understand how to communicate successfully in English with other non-native speakers.

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Skills for Problem Solving: Pre-Intermediate—Be polite

Make your students aware of appropriate and polite behaviour when interacting with other people.

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Grammarman: Episode 22—Communicant

Help Grammarman, our correction-crusading hero, find a way of returning the article ant to his spaceship.