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Celebrations: Christmas Cracker Quiz
In this lesson and Christmas quiz, students read about the history of a great British tradition—the Christmas cracker!
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25th June 2020: "A joyful thing": The man who wrote his wife a poem every day for 25 years
Actor Peter Gordon wrote poems for his wife Alison for over two decades even continuing after her death.
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18th June 2020: Fiji returns to barter system as Covid-19 hits economy
Bartering is back! As people in the Pacific nations lose jobs, they create a trading system on Facebook.
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11th June 2020: Irish pubs use vans and drones to lift spirits
Ireland’s 7,000 pubs, 50,000 staff and millions of customers are in crisis. Time for some blue-sky thinking …
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4th June 2020: How seniors are learning to lead more digital lives
A generation who grew up with black-and-white TV are now video calling like teenagers – and for many, the transition has been relatively painless.
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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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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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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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30th April 2020: Emboldened wild animals venture into locked-down cities worldwide
Deer, raccoons, turkeys and other creatures have made their way into urban settings they might normally avoid.
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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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2nd April 2020: Plane seats and changing rooms needn’t bring out our worst
Hell is other people in confined spaces – but remembering each other’s humanity is the best antidote to late capitalism’s callousness.
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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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13th February 2020: How did choirs become so cool?
From experimental sonic meditations to singing sessions for the homeless, there’s a new spirit of inclusiveness in choirs – and you don’t even need a good voice to join.
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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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Lesson Share: Improv storytelling
Christian Spiteri wins this month’s Lesson Share with a lesson to improve confidence in telling stories.