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Watching television: adjectives

This lesson focuses on the use of –ed/-ing adjectives in the context of watching television. Students will practise using the adjectives to talk about their viewing habits.

Favourite British foods

This lesson is about food. It is based on a video, which shows students talking about their favourite British foods. The lesson provides students with the opportunity to listen and learn about British foods and to write about and discuss their food tastes in general. 

Car insurance

This lesson plan is about raising the students’ awareness of the need for car insurance when driving in the UK. As they learn about the legal requirements regarding car insurance and the difference types available, they will develop their vocabulary and speaking skills. The lesson ends with the students role-playing a telephone conversation to get a car insurance quote.

a nurse speaking to a patient

Using a person specification

This lesson helps learners to be able to use a person specification when applying for work. They will develop their understanding of the vocabulary used to describe personal skills and attributes in an employability context. 

Learning about Wales

What do your students know about Wales? Try this lesson and help them learn more about an interesting part of the UK.

Learning to listen

Perhaps the most important skill connected with socialising is to ‘shut up and listen'. This lesson can help students to become active listeners.

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Getting involved in meetings

Many learners of English worry about their mistakes and allow their insecurities to prevent them from participating in meetings fully. This lesson provides reassurance that such insecurities are very common and normal.

Ebooks

Are you for or against electronic books? In this lesson, students read about the advantages and disadvantages of electronic books. They look at language for essay writing and the informal language of blog comments. 

 

Questioning and clarifying

In a negotiation, it’s very important to know when to speak, when to ask and when to listen. Here students rank and discuss the stages of negotiation, do a reading activity and look at negotiations vocabulary, examine question types, then finish with a role play to practise clarifying, summarising and responding.

picadilly circus

Encouraging migration

In this speaking activity students have to look at how to encourage migration to an imaginary city. They look at a number of projects to help support this and have to agree how to allocate a budget.  The activity is based on themes from the British Council OPENCities project www.opencities.eu

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