All Upper-Intermediate articles – Page 73
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Skills: responding to real-life events
When there is a tragic event in the world teachers often feel the need to address it in some way in classroom time. Finding a way to do this appropriately and sensitively can sometimes be hard. Help is here.
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ArticleMinimal resources: Everyday objects
Jonathan Marks gives us some ideas for activities that make use of everyday objects that people carry around with them.
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Exams: FCE exam speaking practice
To practise part one of the First Certificate speaking exam. Highlights and works on persistent errors in students' oral work.
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Exams: A recipe for success
The aim of this lesson is to get the students to describe how to make a dish from their country. It practises using sequencing words, imperatives and food vocabulary.
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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: Identity swap
This activity is good for practising questions and listening to the answers - which students don't do all the time!
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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: Weekend game
Students find out as much information about their partner’s weekend / holiday as possible, then tell the rest of the class and answer questions.
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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: The lying game
Is the teacher telling the truth or lying?
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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: Toilet paper information
A short activity about sharing personal information.
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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: True sentences
This exercise can produce a lot of language from the group with the minimum amount of effort from the teacher. It is designed to practise yes/no questions using various forms of the past tense.
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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: Weekend
I've used this activity many times and have found that my students thoroughly enjoy not telling the truth!
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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: Mystery guest
The idea for this activity came from an old game show. It is important to note that it can only be done at the very beginning of the first class in a new group. It is essential that the students do not know each other.
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Are you experienced?
A British English worksheet to read a list of life experiences and find out how experienced you are.
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Unsolved mysteries (mysteries and possible explanations)
A British English worksheet to read about unsolved mysteries and to speculate about possible explanations.
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Imaginative materials: fab phone features
Mobile phones have many features and can provide great opportunities for activities. Here are a few ideas to get the most out mobiles in lessons.
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ArticleWriting skills: Fables
An enjoyable one-/two-hour lesson as a basis for writing a fable. Students produce an original fable, using narrative target language.
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Facts and myths
A British English worksheet to guess common myths and compare them with the facts that disprove them.
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Family matters
A British English worksheet to find out information about members of the class by asking and answering questions.
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Reading lesson plans: Fat Frank
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about obesity.