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Charity shops

This lesson provides students with the opportunity to find out more about what charity shops are, what they sell and how they are staffed. 

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. 

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Bilingual children

This article will help you practise your reading skills and learn words to talk about children’s language learning.

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John’s dream

This is a story of a person who worked hard to make his dream come true.

Rosa’s life

This is the story of a young woman called Rosa, and was written by a learner called Saeeda.

Attending college in London

These activities are based on a story written by Hoa, one of the runners-up of our learners’ competition, where people wrote about their new home in the UK. By doing the activities, you will improve your language skills as you read about Hoa’s first impressions of life in the UK.

Police emergency

This resource is taken from the Be safe UK series of resources which aims to give learners the confidence needed to be able to call for help in the event of an emergency.

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.

Getting to know you

Even simple social tasks like inviting a person out to a restaurant can cause embarrassment and stress. This lesson includes discussions of why such situations are difficult, as well as plenty of practice.

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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