Tony hears a noise in his home in the middle of the night. He goes downstairs to take a look and comes face to face with a burglar. This is a short story about burglary — thieves that break into people’s homes to steal — and what to do during a situation like this. This
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Describing someone in your family is a very popular Part Two Question in the IELTS Speaking Test. It should be easy. After all, these are the people you know and love well. But many students seem to get in a real muddle over this. Let’s look at some examples of Part Two Questions about Family.
Introduction Do you watch much television? What do you think of TV shows today? Are they just for entertainment? Or do some TV shows educate us? The Idiot Box Read Barry’s account below and his views on television today… You know what I call it? The idiot box. It’s all rubbish, isn’t it? And now
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First, download the exercise below. It comes in PDF format — easy for printing and handing out to students in the class. ASK ME ANYTHING! Then get each student to write their name on the top of the list. Next, get each student to fill in ONE question on each student’s question sheet.
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There is an organisation, started in America, called Alcoholics Anonymous. This is for men and women to go and talk about being addicted to alcohol and the effect it has had on their lives. It has helped many people to recover and live productive and healthy lives. This is a lesson plan about AA. For
Hundreds of young women — and men — are having lip fillers these days. This is an operation to make the lips look fuller and sexier. But this procedure sometimes fails. This is a lesson plan about cosmetic surgery — and what happens if it goes wrong. For younger students, this could be a highly
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Many cities around the world have organised street crime. Run by professional gangs who take advantage of the large number of people and the anonymity the city provides. In this lesson, we are looking at street crime and the highly organised gangs that operate in big cities. This is a great lesson plan to help
Do women in your country breastfeed their babies in public? In many Western countries, young mothers do this. Most people think nothing of it, but some people believe they should do this in private, not out in the open for all people to see. In this lesson plan, you can discuss the idea of breastfeeding
If you could choose to die, would you do it? There are clinics in some parts of the world that help people die. This is for people with incurable diseases or other very serious conditions. But is it the right thing to do? This is an extremely sensitive subject to discuss in the classroom —
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People work too hard. They often work at the weekends and do overtime or they take work home and do it there. It never used to be like this. So why is it happening now? And what are the results of it? This lesson plan is about working all the time. It could be useful