Inside Out

Valentines across the world

charlie — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:54:31 +0000

This week’s lesson explores how Valentine’s Day is celebrated in different countries around the world.

Level – Intermediate and above (equivalent to CEF level B1 and above)

Can you believe it?

charlie — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:00:46 +0000

This week’s lesson features three news stories that might appear peculiar or surprising. Two are genuine and one has been made up.

Level

Intermediate and above (equivalent to CEF level B1 and above)

Countries Quiz

charlie — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:02:53 +0000

This week’s lesson comprises exercises based on information about various countries.

Level

Pre-intermediate and above (equivalent to CEF level A2–B1 and above)

Events of 2011

charlie — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:27:23 +0000

The week’s lesson looks back at some news stories from the year just finished, 2011.

Level – Pre-intermediate and above (equivalent to CEF level A2–B1 and above)

Fun with idioms

charlie — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:03:09 +0000

This week’s lesson introduces a selection of popular idiomatic expressions.

Level
Upper intermediate and above (equivalent to CEF level B2 and above)

Thanksgiving

charlie — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:10:43 +0000

This week’s lesson is about Thanksgiving, one of the most important annual celebrations in the United States. It is held on the fourth Thursday in November.

Level
Pre-intermediate and above (equivalent to CEF level A2–B1 and above)

Seven billion and counting

charlie — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:25:09 +0000

Level
Upper intermediate and above (equivalent to CEF level B2 and above)

With the number of humans on the planet recently having reached seven billion, the subject of this week’s lesson is global population growth.

The Gunpowder Plot

justin — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:34:05 +0000

Level – Intermediate and above (equivalent to CEF level B1 and above)

Over four hundred years ago, a group of thirteen men devised a plan to blow up the British parliament, killing the king and all the politicians. They may have succeeded in their plot had it not been for one man who just couldn’t keep a secret. This event is still remembered in Britain by the annual burning of bonfires on 5th November. The burning of bonfires is also connected to the Celtic origins of Halloween, celebrated on 31st October; your students may like to discuss the origins of the two festivals.

Bullfighting

charlie — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:59:02 +0000

Level
Pre-intermediate and above (equivalent to CEF level A2–B1 and above)

This week’s lesson is on the subject of bullfighting, which was recently banned in the Spanish region of Catalonia but continues in other parts of Spain and also in Portugal, parts of France, and some countries in Latin America.

A different world

charlie — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:36:01 +0000

Level
Upper intermediate and above (equivalent to CEF level B2 and above)

This week’s lesson mentions a few of the significant events that took place one hundred years ago, in the year 1911, and looks at some of the huge differences between the world then and now.