Onestopenglish Newsletter 2009

NEW ON ONESTOPENGLISH
Business Spotlight: A series of self-contained lesson plans that you can use in a business English class with pre-service or in-service students, in one-to-one teaching situations or to focus on a particular topic, business skill or area of business-related language. The new lesson for Staff Room members this month: The art doctor.

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Hospitality and Tourism: Keith Harding presents a series of resources for English learners in the Hospitality and Tourism industry. Each set features step-by-step notes for teachers and comes at two levels: elementary and intermediate. This month, we've published the fifth lesson plan, Event hospitality.

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BULATS Part 4: Listening: Longer multiple-choice listenings: This lesson, by Russell Whitehead, is designed to help you engage your students with Part 4 of the BULATS Listening test. This part appears three times in the Standard Test (as questions 33–50) and these tasks are included in the computer-based and online versions of BULATS.

Assessment matters: Portfolios: Student portfolios, as a form of assessment, are becoming more popular. But what exactly are they? Adrian Tennant explains how portfolios can be organized and maintained, how they can help with assessment, and outlines some of the advantages and disadvantages of using them for assessment.

EXAMS ON ONESTOPENGLISH
Choose from 300 exams resources. There is a comprehensive Cambridge ESOL section covering PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, TKT and BEC. We also offer practice materials for IELTS, TOEIC and TOEFL. All our practice materials are written by experienced exams writers.
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Fun with grammar: Make and do: Practising expressions: A matching activity for small groups that focuses on accuracy and practises the correct use of make and do.

Dictionary skills: Science and technology: A dictionary skills lesson plan by Tim Bowen on the theme of science and technology, to give learners practice in using the dictionary to check meaning and for vocabulary development.

NEW ON ONESTOPENGLISH
Macmillan Dictionary BuzzWord lesson plans: Onestopenglish has teamed up with the Macmillan Dictionary to bring you some fantastic new classroom resources. These lesson plans are based on articles from the Macmillan Dictionary BuzzWord archive and provide suggestions for teachers to exploit the articles in class, and worksheets with vocabulary-building and language exercises for students. These lesson plans are free for all users.

FREE CONTENT From the archive: Speaking skills: Stereotypes: This lesson by Karen Richardson gives students practice in talking about the mildly controversial topic of stereotypes. PRONUNCIATION ON ONESTOPENGLISH In this ever-expanding section, you'll find a bank of easy-to-use lesson plans, activities and podcasts designed to tackle problematic pronunciation with your students. Download a sample lesson plan >>

	FREE CONTENT From the archive: Teaching with minimal resources: Monday morning? No coursebooks? Broken photocopier? Adrian Tennant and Lindsay Clandfield give us tips and ideas for teaching English with minimal or no resources. From the archive: Teaching children grammar: Lindsay Clandfield discusses a communicative approach to teaching children grammar.

SUBSCRIPTION CONTENT Spot on news lessons for teens: Land of history, land of legends: This month's Spot on news lesson is about south-west England – a land full of ancient mysteries, hands-on history and futuristic fun. Selections level 5: The number kid: A story by Eileen Bourke about school children's talents, with a complete lesson plan and worksheets by Adrian Tennant. NEW ON ONESTOPENGLISH Onestop Phonics Part 2: The onestopenglish team is very excited to announce the launch of Onestop Phonics Part 2! The series continues with a detailed look at specific letter sounds and letter combinations.The first lesson, Short vowel sounds, is free for all users.

SUBSCRIPTION CONTENT Weekly news lesson 161: Race bias in Britain's workplaces: British government employees created false identities and applied for hundreds of jobs with a variety of employers to find evidence of discrimination. The results reveal a race bias in favour of white applicants. FREE CONTENT New this month: Barack Obama 'surprised' and 'humbled' by Nobel Peace Prize: US President Barack Obama has received the Nobel Peace Prize. He recognized that many people were sceptical about awarding the Prize to a president who had been in office less than a fortnight when the deadline passed for nominations.

SUBSCRIPTION CONTENT Games and activities: Did you know that we have over 250 interactive games and activities on onestopenglish? M Tunes: Cook to the Beat: A song video and interactive games on the subject of cooking. FREE SAMPLE M Tunes: An award-winning multimedia series for children featuring contemporary live-action and animated music videos. Each video is accompanied by a set of interactive games which are designed to practise and improve the skills, vocabulary and grammar presented in the songs. Download a sample song video and interactive games >>

SUBSCRIPTION CONTENT Live from Andalucía: Stereotypes: The onestopenglish reporters travelled to Córdoba and Seville in Andalucía, Spain, and asked people the question, “What stereotypes about Spain and Spanish people annoy you?" FREE SAMPLE The Road Less Travelled Season One: You can sample a taster from Season One of the onestopenglish soap opera here. Download a sample podcast and lesson plan >>