Listening note-taking methods 2 [new 2021] This lesson is an introduction to abbreviations and taking notes using linear, mind map and table methods. The lesson includes four 2-minute lectures and one 8-minute lecture to practice using these methods. Webpage Example ...
Academic Synthesis: synthesising sources [new 2021] This lesson is designed to support students in their understanding and use of synthesising sources. It includes noticing the use of sources in context, a language focus with examples, two guided writing practice...
Academic Examples: exemplification [new 2021] This lesson is designed to support students in their understanding and use of exemplification. It includes noticing the language in context, a language review with examples, four guided practice activities, a freer...
Academic definitions [new 2021] This lesson is designed to help students to write short and extended definitions. It contains a prior knowledge discussion, seven guided learning activities, two language reviews, a freer practice writing task, peer feedback checklist,...
Paraphrasing Lesson 2 – improve your paraphrasing skills! This lesson helps students to improve their paraphrasing skills. The guided learning approach includes a text analysis activity where students identify the paraphrasing strategies, five sentence-level...
Noun Phrases Worksheet 2 This lesson is designed to help students write more concisely by using noun phrases. It takes students through a whole range of tasks including noticing the language in context, eight guided practice tasks and five freer practice activities....
4 tips to improve active listening skills by A.Lyon [new 2021] This lesson is an introduction to active listening. It focuses on four key improvements to become a better active listener. It includes set of listening questions and an active listening speaking task...
Listening note-taking methods 1 [new 2021] This lesson is an introduction to taking notes using a variety of methods. It begins by providing a guide to seven common methods. The lesson include seven 1-minute listenings and one 8-minute lecture to practice using these...
Referencing: APA 7th Edition Referencing Worksheet This lesson supports students in their understanding and use of APA referencing. It contains six worksheets: a discussion on referencing, a noticing activity, a reordering task, an error identification exercise, a...
Referencing: Harvard Referencing Worksheet 2 This lesson supports students in their understanding and use of Harvard referencing. It contains six worksheets: a discussion on referencing, a noticing activity, a reordering task, an error identification exercise, a...
How to use www.citethisforme.com [new 2021] This lesson is an introduction to using an online reference generator: www.citethisforme.com. It begins by providing a step-by-step guide to using the application and its many functions. The lesson is a task-based activity...
Reading Strategies 1 [new 2021] This lesson helps improve students’ awareness of key reading strategies. It practises prediction, surveying, skimming, scanning, guessing unknown words, reading for detail and summarising. It includes a 480-word text. Webpage link...
5x Instant Listenings Book 2 (new for 2021) Lessons: COVID-19, Zero waste, Fast fashion, Fintech, Mental health AMAZING VALUE – five mini-lectures in one book. Each listening includes video/mp3, PPT slides, question sheet & a transcript. Webpage link...
5x Instant Readings Book 2 (new for 2021) Lessons: COVID-19, Zero waste, Fast fashion, Fintech, Mental health AMAZING VALUE – five 400-word texts in one book. Each reading includes a reading text, comprehension questions and answers. Webpage link Example....
5x Instant Lessons Book 2 (new for 2021) Lessons: COVID-19, Zero waste, Fast fashion, Fintech, Mental health AMAZING VALUE – five instant lessons in one book. Each lesson includes a reading, listening. speaking & writing. Approximate time 1-2 hours per...
Instant lesson: mental health (mindfulness-based cognitive therapy) (new for 2021) This instant lesson includes an introduction, a reading text (& comprehension questions), a 4-minute lecture listening (& comprehension questions), a speaking discussion (based...
Instant lesson: fintech (new for 2021) This instant lesson includes an introduction, a reading text (& comprehension questions), a 4-minute lecture listening (& comprehension questions), a speaking discussion (based on the two texts) and a paragraph writing...
Verb Patterns [new 2021] This lesson helps improve students’ awareness of verb patterns (verb + infinitive, verb + to infinitive, verb + gerund, verb + that clause, verb + wh-clause) . It includes a language review section, lots of guided practice and...
Instant lesson: fast fashion (new for 2021) This instant lesson includes an introduction, a reading text (& comprehension questions), a 4-minute lecture listening (& comprehension questions), a speaking discussion (based on the two texts) and a paragraph...
5x Instant Readings Book 1 (new for 2021) Reading Text Lessons: Cruise Industry, Charities, Electric Cars, Single Use Plastics, Biohacking AMAZING VALUE – five 400-word texts in one book. Each reading includes a reading text, comprehension questions and...
5x Instant Listenings Book 1 (new for 2021) Mini-Lecture Lessons: Cruise Industry, Charities, Electric Cars, Single Use Plastics, Biohacking AMAZING VALUE – five instant lessons in one book. Each listening includes video/mp3, PPT slides, question sheet & a...
5x Instant Lessons Book 1 [New 2021] Lessons: Cruise Industry, Charities, Electric Cars, Single Use Plastics, Biohacking AMAZING VALUE – five instant lessons in one book. Each lesson includes a reading, listening. speaking and writing. Approximate time 1-2 hours...
Instant lesson: Zero waste movement (new for 2021) This instant lesson includes an introduction, a reading text (& comprehension questions), a 4-minute lecture listening (& comprehension questions), a speaking discussion (based on the two texts) and a...
Instant lesson: COVID-19 pandemic (new for 2021) This instant lesson includes an introduction, a reading text (& comprehension questions), a 4-minute lecture listening (& comprehension questions), a speaking discussion (based on the two texts) and a paragraph...
Instant lesson: Biohacking (new for 2021) This instant lesson includes an introduction, a reading text (& comprehension questions), a 4-minute lecture listening (& comprehension questions), a speaking discussion (based on the two texts) and a paragraph writing...
Countable and uncountable nouns [new 2021] This lesson helps improve students’ awareness of countable & uncountable nouns. It includes a language review section, lots of guided practice and freer paragraph writing practice. webpage link worksheet example ...
Instant lesson: single use plastics (SUPs) (new for 2021) This instant lesson includes an introduction, a reading text (& comprehension questions), a 4-minute lecture listening (& comprehension questions), a speaking discussion (based on the two texts) and a...
Instant lesson: electric cars (new for 2021) This instant lesson includes an introduction, a reading text (& comprehension questions), a 4-minute lecture listening (& comprehension questions), a speaking discussion (based on the two texts) and a paragraph...
The 4th Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0): Reading & Summary Writing Lesson [New for 2021] The text provides an overview of the 4th industrial revolution (industry 4.0). It discusses the previous industrial revolutions and the opportunities and challenges of...
Reading Test: The 4th Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) [new for 2021] The text provides an overview of the 4th industrial revolution (industry 4.0). It discusses the previous industrial revolutions and the opportunities and challenges of industry 4.0. The reading...
Instant Lesson: Charities (new for 2021) This instant lesson includes an introduction, a reading text (& comprehension questions), a 4-minute lecture listening (& comprehension questions), a speaking discussion (based on the two texts) and a paragraph writing...
Instant Lesson: Cruises (new for 2021) This instant lesson includes an introduction, a reading text (& comprehension questions), a 4-minute lecture listening (& comprehension questions), a speaking discussion (based on the two texts) and a paragraph writing...
Punctuation [new 2021] This lesson helps improve students’ awareness of punctuation. It includes a punctuation review section, lots of guided practice and freer paragraph writing practice. Webpage see worksheet example Time: 60mins. Level ***** [B1/B2/C1] ...
Conditionals [new 2021] This lesson helps improve students’ awareness of conditionals. It includes a language review section, lots of guided practice and freer paragraph writing practice. Webpage (see worksheet example) Time: 60mins. Level ***** [B1/B2/C1] ...
COVID-19 Pandemic PDF Book [new for 2021] AMAZING VALUE Five lessons in one book: Introduction (Internet research), reading test, summary writing, 1 x lecture listening a seminar Example Webpage link TEACHER...
Academic Style 3: Vocabulary (AWL & Nominalisation) [new 2021] This lesson focuses on two key areas of academic writing: AWL and nominalisation. There are three worksheets comprising of a number of different activities to practice categorisation and reformulation...
Modal Auxiliary Verbs [new 2021] This lesson helps improve students’ awareness of modal verbs. It includes a language review section, lots of guided practice and freer paragraph writing practice. Webpage link Worksheet example Time: 60mins. Level *****...
COVID-19 Pandemic – Lecture Listening Test This is a lecture on defining COVID-19, how COVID-19 affects the body, typical symptoms, why some people get sick and others don’t, COVID-19 mutations and recent vaccines. It includes a video, test questions and...
COVID-19: Reading & Summary Writing Lesson [New for 2021] The text provides an explanation of COVID-19, its possible origins, the global transmission of the virus, global responses and future control. The lesson includes a critical thinking worksheet too. Example ...
Reading Test: COVID-19 Pandemic [new for 2021] The text provides an explanation of COVID-19, its possible origins, the global transmission of the virus, global responses and future control. The reading test worksheet includes: headings / T,F,NG / open answers / gap...
Writing Criteria x 2 – marking criteria for writing. There are two writing criterion in this download. One writing criteria is a basic criteria to mark students’ writing One marking criteria is to mark student’s writing that includes use of sources....
Reading lesson: Improve your vocabulary [New for 2020] A great reading lesson on how to improve your vocabulary. The lesson starts with a discussion followed by a reading text with test type questions. The lesson includes teacher’s notes, question sheet, reading...
Basic Paragraph Analysis: Corporate Social responsibility (CSR) (new for 2020) This worksheet provides a step-by-step guide to the key components of a paragraph. It analyses a basic paragraph on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) through structure, topic, cohesion,...
The reflective student: reflection on study & goal setting [new 2020] This is a seminar lesson to reflect on studying. It asks students to look at and examine the way they study and to identify possible areas that could be improved. It includes reflective...
Parallelism Worksheet: 8 exercises This worksheet provides an explanation of the key concepts of ‘parallelism’ and provides an error correction exercise to practise the key concepts. An awareness of this writing element really helps establish unity and...
Academic Language: Hedging / Cautious Language 1 This worksheet is for teachers or students. It provides an overview of hedging / cautious language and 8 exercises to practise using hedging language to demonstrate caution. Webpage link (see worksheet example) Level...
Text Exploitation: How to exploit a text to facilitate learning [new 2020] This lesson / worksheet helps improve students’ independent learning skills. It includes 6 tasks (vocabulary, grammar, cohesion, summary, paraphrase and referencing) on how to use a...
Hedging: Cautious / tentative language [new 2020] This lesson supports students in their understanding & use of cautious / tentative language. The lesson includes six tasks of guided practice & two tasks of freer practice. Webpage link (see worksheet example)...
Compare & contrast: comparatives and superlatives [new 2020] This lesson helps improve students’ awareness of compare and contrast language. It includes a language review section, lots of guided practice and freer paragraph writing practice. (see worksheet...
