If you are a newly qualified or experienced English language teacher looking for support, we can provide you with teaching materials, tips and resources specifically designed by British Council teachers for use with young learners and teens.
This lesson offers a variety of activities based on MI6, The British Secret Intelligence Service, which celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2009. It includes a quiz about the world of spying a reading and a code-cracking exercise.
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An essential skill in communicating and keeping up a conversation is the ability to ask questions. Students sometimes get lots of chances to answer questions but here is how you can get them to make some questions themselves! These activities can be used with a whole range of levels.
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November 5th 2005 marks the 400th anniversary of the famous Gunpowder Plot when Guy Fawkes and his conspirators attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London. Bonfire Night is celebrated throughout Britain on the evening of the 5th of November with firework displays.
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Art is an important part of the young learners’ development at school and can also be part of their English learning. Colouring shouldn’t and needn’t however become simply a means to fill in time. Here we look at different ways to use colouring and drawing and to practise English at the same time.
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