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Blackout

A speaking activity with emphasis on oral fluency; students role-play a series of mobile phone calls that all take place during a blackout in New York.

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The wedding party

A speaking mingle activity with emphasis on oral fluency; students practise making small talk at a wedding, share secrets and do some gossiping.

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Vocabulary Cards: Crime and Law Enforcement

Help your students practise vocabulary describing crime and law enforcement with this set of vocabulary cards.

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Grammar Cards: Describing Objects, People & Places

Help your students practise describing objects, people, and places with this set of descriptive adjective cards.

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Skills for Problem Solving: Intermediate—Consider Other People’s Needs and Preferences

 

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Skills for Problem Solving: Upper Intermediate—Learn From Your Mistakes

Help your students understand how sometimes the mistakes we make can be positive.

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Skills for Problem Solving: Pre-Intermediate—Finding Ideas and Information

Help your students come up with new ideas and find specific information in order to use them.

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Grammar Cards: Irregular Verbs in Past Participle

Help your students learn the past participle form of irregular verbs.

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Skills for Problem Solving: Upper Intermediate—Consider the Consequences of Your Actions

Help your students think about how decisions they make can have long-term consequences.

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Skills for Problem Solving: Intermediate—Respect Another Person’s Personal Space

Help your students respect other people’s need for personal space and to protect their own.

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Skills for Problem Solving: Pre-Intermediate—Understand Your Learning Style

Help your students recognise what their learning style is.

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Skills for Problem Solving: Upper Intermediate—Empathising with Another Person’s Feelings

Help your students be more understanding of other people’s feelings.

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Skills for Problem Solving: Intermediate—Identify the Cause of an Argument

Help your students look at a problem from different angles, identify the cause, and suggest solutions.

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Grammar Cards: Regular Verbs in Past & Past Participle

Help your students learn the past & past participle forms of regular verbs.

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Skills for Problem Solving: Pre-Intermediate—Be Friendly to New Students

Help your students understand how to help new classmates adapt to a new environment.

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Grammar Cards: Irregular Verbs in Past

Help your students practice talking about Past Actions using irregular verbs.

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Skills for Problem Solving: Intermediate—Collaborate to Organise A Group Activity

Help your students collaborate effectively in order to work well as a group.

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Skills for Problem Solving: Pre-Intermediate—Different Ways to Say Hello

Help your students understand how to say hello in English in different situations.

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Skills for Problem Solving: Upper Intermediate—Work on Your Weaknesses

Help your students identify areas of weakness and come up with a plan to improve them.

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Skills for Problem Solving: Upper Intermediate—Positive And Negative Aspects of Taking Risks

Help your students assess the positive/negative aspects of taking risks and if a risk is worth taking.