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Online Education: Assessing students’ needs and lacks

Chia Suan Chong looks at different ways teachers can use diagnostic testing, integrative testing, and self-assessment to help their students learn more effectively.

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Language for … helping others to understand you

This lesson provides students with key expressions and techniques for explaining ideas and helping others to understand you.

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Lesson Share: Online restaurant review

Sarah Hall wins this month’s Lesson Share with a lesson to help develop appropriate and authentic language used in online restaurant reviews.

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Language for ... home repairs

This lesson provides students with key expressions for typical conversations related to home repairs.

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Celebrations: Inti Raymi—The festival of the sun

In this lesson, available at two levels, students read texts about the historical festival of Inti Raymi in modern day South America.

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Celebrations: Cinco de Mayo (the fifth of May)

In this lesson, available at two levels, students read a text about Cinco de Mayo and create a multiple-choice quiz for others to do.

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Language for ... medical emergencies

This lesson provides students with key expressions related to health, the human body and phoning the emergency services.

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Lesson Share: My bucket list

Karolina Wyrzykowska wins this month’s Lesson Share with a lesson about discussing things students would like to put on their bucket list.

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Everyday life: Describing your area/neighbourhood

In this lesson, available at two levels, students describe changes to an area they live in (or know well).

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Celebrations: Coming Of Age

In this lesson, available at two levels, students read and discuss four short texts about four different coming of age celebrations around the world.

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Lesson Share: Problems, problems, problems

Susan Lucier-Ogawa wins this month’s Lesson Share with a lesson for practising how much/many, is there/are there any, a few/little/some/a lot of with countable and uncountable nouns.

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Language for ... clothes shopping

This lesson provides students with key expressions and vocabulary for typical conversations in a clothes shop.

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Everyday life: Getting to work

In this lesson, available at two levels, students ask and answer questions about their journey to work.

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International Women’s Day

In this lesson, available at two levels, students read a text about International Women’s Day, and write a short text about a female role model.

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Language for ... job interviews

This lesson provides students with the key expressions needed for a job interview.

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Everyday life: Minor illnesses

In this lesson, available at two levels, students review vocabulary related to illness, injury and treatment.

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Celebrations: Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day)

In this lesson, available at two levels, students read a text about Shrove Tuesday, complete a short survey and practise talking about survey results and preferences.

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Business Spotlight: Your plan for 2020

This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, offers 20 tips that can help everybody further their career. 

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Lesson Share: Improv storytelling

Christian Spiteri wins this month’s Lesson Share with a lesson to improve confidence in telling stories.

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Language for ... the supermarket

This lesson provides students with vocabulary related to supermarket shopping and speaking to supermarket staff.