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Posted by onestopclil on June 16, 2011
The greenhouse effect Today’s teaching resource for green English combines an animation and a worksheet which demonstrate to students how excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere leads to the greenhouse effect. What is the Greenhouse Effect? – PowerPoint This presentation of six slides developed in partnership with the Science Museum includes a colourful Flash animation [...]
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Posted by onestopclil on June 13, 2011
Renewable technologies The first in a series of teaching tips for green English brings you a lesson plan, suitable for intermediate and upper intermediate levels, which provides vocabulary practice and discussion for the topic of renewable energy. In the worksheet, students read about four sources of renewable energy and discuss which they would invest in: [...]
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Posted by Kati Sule on June 07, 2011
Teaching tips for green English: introduction Green English month started earlier this week. Throughout the month of June, in addition to our regular blog posts, we will also bring you a new series of tips giving you ideas about how green English can be used in your language classroom. The series will include worksheets & [...]
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Posted by Kati Sule on May 31, 2011
The international language of business Last week Paul Emmerson suggested you use a cartoon to get discussion going in your Business English classroom. This week, the trigger for lively conversation is a relatively new form of visualisation: an infographic. Tip This infographic, based on a survey carried out in 5 countries in 2010, shows how, [...]
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Posted by Kati Sule on May 30, 2011
A new kid (or shall I say app) on the block, this super tool is based on the popular Sound Foundations book and chart, written by Adrian Underhill. It comes in two versions: a free app which includes the phonemic chart only, with the pronunciation of the phonemes and example words, and a premium edition [...]
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Posted by Paul Emmerson on May 26, 2011
Myers-Briggs personality types Background ‘Personality’ is a relevant topic in the Business English classroom: it affects choice of jobs, individual skills and competencies, and general attitude to teamwork/decision-making/planning/etc. ‘Personality types’ is also very much a discussion topic for HR people. Perhaps the most widely used and most trusted instrument for analyzing personality is the Myers-Briggs [...]
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Posted by Paul Emmerson on May 24, 2011
Memory game: progressive deletion on board Background ‘Key phrases’ are everywhere in Business English – they are a large part of the language input for communication skills. They need practising, and this is one of many posts to help do that. Activity 1 Write up on the board a series of numbered key phrases from [...]
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Posted by Jonathan Cole on May 24, 2011
Since we are in Business English month and I do love a good wordle, I thought I might do a favour for armchair academics the world over and try establish the wordle as a viable analytical tool of all things lexical and financial. Behold, two fine wordles from QFinance.com content, a site that bills itself [...]
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Posted by Paul Emmerson on May 23, 2011
Chain email Background Emails need practising – just writing them once is not enough. So having done all the hard work of preparing content and language for a writing exercise in one class, why not use the same content again in the next class? The emails might turn out very different – that’s fine – [...]
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Posted by Paul Emmerson on May 20, 2011
Responding to a text Background Coursebook texts have comprehension questions and ready-made discussion points following a text. Authentic texts that you find on the internet or from a print medium don’t. Of course, you can produce your own, but it’s also nice to have an alternative zero-preparation way to respond to a text that can [...]
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