Lego advent calendar

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20798476

Shoplifting

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20765838

How to make mulled wine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdf5gneg8Ug

Zara

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11387544
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20693498
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/19648206
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11395084

Life without technology

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20649022

Friedman song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=W3Seg0JE1PM

Throwaway culture

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20121129-the-cost-of-our-throwaway-culture

Sandy's devastation

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20520361
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20144782
public tansport:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20150686
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20160544

Free scripts

http://www.bytheriverside.co.uk/home

Pumpkin pie recipe

http://www.5percangol.hu/cikk/pumpkin_pie_-_azaz_a_sutotokos_pite/

Speed dating

http://topla.biz/

Phrasal verbs

http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/phrasal-verbs-list.htm

 

British singers singing in an American accent

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9773000/9773158.stm

Tweets of famous people

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20439097

5 minutes with...

Danny DeVito:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18459977
Jamie Oliver:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20550429
Mel C:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14665765
Emma Bunton:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8097784.stm
Serena Williams
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8408673.stm
Stephen Fry
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7895351.stm
Juliette Binoche
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11335310
Tom Jones
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11335310
Moby
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7748168.stm
Usher
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18034533
Mel B:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7976344.stm
Lenny Kravitz:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14952214
James Blunt:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7736291.stm
Michael Flatley:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10294802
Nigella Lawson:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8263929.stm
Pixie Lott:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15778015
Amanda Holden:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8396046.stm 

Curry on a pizza? Western food in India

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20353039

Cranky Old Man - a poem

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/cranky-old-man-poem.shtml

Dumb ways to die

http://dumbwaystodie.com/


With subtitles:

A dog that can count?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-20383889

1989-1990 in Czechoslovakia

Free English tests

http://www.englishteststore.net/
A2 (KET):
http://www.examenglish.com/KET/index.html

Life and death of 16th-century astronomer

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20344201

A Facebook picture ruined her life

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20267989

The history of breakfast, lunch and dinner

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20243692

The poorest president in the world

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20243493

Selective attention test

The 3rd Bridget Jones Book

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20267293

Hitler's neighbour

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20210025

Hired by computers?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20255387

Obama victory

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20231479

Travel and tourism articles and more

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/
http://www.bbc.com/travel

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/

West Wing Geography Lesson

Free lumosity brain-games

http://www.lumosity.com/app/v4/games/word-bubbles
http://www.lumosity.com/app/v4/games/lost-in-migration
http://www.lumosity.com/app/v4/games/memory-matrix
http://www.lumosity.com/app/v4/games/observation-tower
http://www.lumosity.com/app/v4/games/raindrops
http://www.lumosity.com/app/v4/games/speed-match

Grammar and vocab practice sites

http://www.englishexercises.org/
http://better-english.com/
grammar-quizzes.com

Picture description

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/writing/picture-description/vocabulary?02

Past simple vs continuous

Basic past continuous exercises:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive/exercises?03
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive/exercises?04
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive/exercises?05
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive/exercises?06
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive/exercises?07
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive/exercises
Past simple vs continuous
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-paspro/exercises

Tests:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/past-progressive-1
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/past-progressive-2
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/past-progressive-3

Writing

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/writing

Auxiliaries

interactive tasks online
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/auxiliary-verbs/exercises?ex03
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/auxiliary-verbs/exercises?ex04
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/auxiliary-verbs/exercises
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/auxiliary-verbs/exercises?ex02
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/auxiliary-verbs

Starbucks not paying tax?

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-19973240

Philadelphia cheesecake recipe

http://www.5percangol.hu/cikk/philadelphia_new_york_cheesecake/

Ads, worksheets, etc

http://nic313.wix.com/nickmi#!articles/vstc2=elt-methodology

Ads for ELT – Huggies (past simple, work)
http://youtu.be/LfKXGRZ1DNg
Ads for ELT – Harvey (household chores, can)
http://youtu.be/B1gh4JdRIiI

5 minutes with Pink

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19923566

Rubik's Cube

http://edition.cnn.com/video/?hpt=ieu_t3#/video/international/2012/10/09/makre-create-innovate-rubik-cube.cnn

Adverts

http://adsoftheworld.com/
http://www.coloribus.com/

Comics

http://www.gocomics.com/
http://www.cartoonstock.com/

marathon

http://vimeo.com/50607377#

Amish in the city

http://www.ovguide.com/video/open-amish-in-the-city-922ca39ce10036ba0e112bc22c0bc394
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J229TDVfgFw&feature=related
Info:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAgSCTdnrhk

Frida Kahlo's possessions

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19792585

60-second ideas - Stop obscuring the night sky

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120724-stop-obscuring-the-night-sky

60-second ideas - Fasting one day a week

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120815-dont-eat-one-day-a-week

Why videos go viral

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120601-why-videos-go-viral

Children left behind in China

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19787240

Water on Mars?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19754854

Formal letter - a sample :)

http://theempressofdress.blogspot.hu/2012/04/museum-of-modern-art-rejects-andy.html
http://www.theartdossier.com/featured/4535/

Useful conversational expressions

Effective writing

Paragraph writing

Gangnam style

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19783876
(thanks for the idea: https://www.facebook.com/euroexam)

The Farm of the Future

Lama or not?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mx2sm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19702122

If you could wish for anything...

Children's tales & diet

Present Simple with movie clips

Rapunzel & Rio
http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.hu/search/label/simple%20present
Saturday Night Fever
http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.hu/2012/03/saturday-night-fever-simple-present.html
The Game Plan
http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.hu/2009/01/game-plan-simple-present.html 

Amish Grace on YouTube

Bridget's presentation disaster

(You can turn subtitles on/off by pressing a button on the bottom)

Environmental chess

Weather

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/quizzes/quiznet/2012/05/120511_flash_quiz_2_weather.shtml

Diamond Jubilee - the British Royal family

listening and quiz
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/quizzes/quiznet/2012/05/120530_flash_quiz_4_diamond_jubilee.shtml

The Olympic Torch - listening and quiz

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/quizzes/quiznet/2012/06/120606_flash_quiz_3_torch_relay.shtml

2nd conditional

Rules of fistball

B2 speaking exam

B1 speaking

Slogan maker

http://sloganmaker.com/

Mind reading

41 places to visit before you die

http://www.boredpanda.com/amazing-places-to-see-before-you-die/

Wake me up when September ends

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/greenday/wakemeupwhenseptemberends.html

Questions and indirect questions

http://lessonstream.org/2012/04/15/question-words/

Economy explained

IMF
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15492118

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15490336

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15491690

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/15538164
Stagnation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/15492121
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15411383
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15492115

China's one-child policy

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-19677676

Social media and crime

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19667169

Obama crashes wedding venue

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19680920

Recorded articles and exercises

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine

B2 exam practice

http://www.examenglish.com/CEFR/b2.htm

Digiboard resources

http://www.prometheanplanet.com/en/resources/

Theme park riders stranded for 4 hours

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19660221

The Blue Whale

Work can kill us

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2012/09/120917_witn_work_stress.shtml

Famous speeches

Churchill - Iron Curtain


Martin Luther King - I have a dream


George VIII - abdication

Present simple and continuous

Interactive vocab tasks

http://www.languageguide.org/english/

Why is he unhappy?

http://lessonstream.org/2007/12/03/the-english-tenses/

News English Lessons

Great lessons complete with mp3 and handouts
http://www.newsenglishlessons.com/

Elephant on diet

http://www.newsenglishlessons.com/1209/120918-diet.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19566023
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/9548467/Indias-overweight-temple-elephants-to-go-on-diet.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2204659/Sacred-elephants-diet-Indian-temple-offerings-balloon-80-stone-overweight.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

A Conversation With His 12 Year Old Self

Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, Nobody

Autistic teenager finds her voice

Illegal music downloads

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19620942

Little Red Riding Hood by Roald Dahl (Revolting Rhymes)

Three Little Pigs by Roald Dahl (Revolting Rhymes)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Roald Dahl (Revolting Rhymes)

Cinderella by Roald Dahl

Jamie Oliver Vegetable Test & Nuggets Experiment

Animation - speaking - writing

Try commenting while watching the video:
What's happening?
What are the cats thinking?

Drama activities

http://improvencyclopedia.org/games/index.html

10 Fingers

Great game for getting to know each other in a new group. All players in a circle, holding all 10 fingers up in the air. One person at a time, start asking personal questions that take yes-no answers; whoever cannot answer yes to a question, drops a finger. Last person with a finger left wins. Good questions are things like "I have a cat", "I have never stolen anything" and so on.

Free jazz chants - mp3 and script

http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/listening/jazz-chants/mp3-files-and-recording-scripts/

One red paper clip

Fill in the gaps with one word.

One red paperclip

1.       This young man’s been getting a lot of _____________ this week…

2.       without ____________ one red cent

3.       …takes you step by step ___________ his amazing journey

4.       I embarked on an _____________

5.       What is one red paperclip _____________?

6.       At 26 Kyle has blazed a new _____________in trading on the internet…

7.       Was it possible to ___________enough trades to _______________ get a house?

8.       His inspiration was a _____________barter game called Bigger and better.

9.       Putting his job as a salesman on _____________, Kyle placed an ad on Cregg’s list, a website that _____________people to trade something they don’t want for something they do want.

10.    It didn’t take long _____________two young women from Vancouver, Canada to _____________across his listing.

11.    a pen shaped _____________a fish

12.    a tiny door____________

13.    camping  _____________

14.    What ________started as a game was now taking on a life of its _________.

15.    whacky _____________, […] virginity, body parts, their soul

16.    But ___________ offers also began coming in.

17.    marine _____________

18.    _____________ of beer

19.    I need to _____________in on this

20.    I can’t wait to take it for a _____________.

21.    a young singer-songwriter […] who ________________wanted to record her music

22.    Something very special was _____________on

23.    … he was in the business of _____________wishes

24.    I ended _____________calling Kyle

25.    Her personality came _____________ over the phone

26.    _____________the recording contract for the keys

27.    keep going until I _____________a house

28.    Leslie was _____________to make an offer that would launch One red paperclip into a whole new level of exposure.

29.    He doesn’t make a ___________unless the other guy is getting a great deal.

30.    Without a moment’s _____________ Alice agreed so Kyle headed back to Phoenix…

31.    Kyle was about to make his first calculated _____________

32.    His legion of friends were _____________.

33.    Kyle ___________found out he had an ________________collection of snow globes.

34.    Once again there was real magic: Kyle _____________the life of an other person on his journey to turn a paperclip into a house

35.    Just this week, a year _________the day since he began his big adventure…

36.    Kyle’s dream _____________finally come true.

KEY:

One red paperclip

1.       This young man’s been getting a lot of attention this week…

2.       without spending one red cent

3.       …takes you step by step on his amazing journey

4.       I embarked on an adventure

5.       What is one red paperclip worth?

6.       At 26 Kyle has blazed a new trail in trading on the internet…

7.       Was it possible to make enough trades to eventually get a house?

8.       His inspiration was a childhood barter game called Bigger and better

9.       Putting his job as a salesman on hold, Kyle placed an ad on Cregg’s list, a website that allows people to trade something they don’t want for sg they do want.

10.    It didn’t take long for two young women from Vancouver, Canada to stumble across his listing.

11.    a pen shaped like a fish

12.    a tiny doorknob

13.    camping stove

14.    What had started as a game was now taking on a life of its own.

15.    whacky offers, […] virginity, body parts, their soul

16.    But legitimate offers also began coming in.

17.    marine sergeant

18.    keg of beer

19.    I need to get in on this

20.    I can’t wait to take it for a spin.

21.    a young singer-songwriter […] who desperately wanted to record her music

22.    Something very special was going on

23.    … he was in the business of granting wishes

24.    I ended up calling Kyle

25.    Her personality came through over the phone

26.    Exchanged the recording contract for the keys

27.    keep going until I own a house

28.    Leslie was about to make an offer that would launch one red paperclip into a whole new level of exposure.

29.    He doesn’t make a trade unless the other guy is getting a great deal.

30.    Without a moment’s hesitation Alice agreed so Kyle headed back to Phoenix…

31.    Kyle was about to make his first calculated decision

32.    His legion of friends were stunned.

33.    Kyle had found out he had an extensive collection of snow globes.

34.    Once again there was real magic: Kyle touching the life of an other person on his journey to turn a paperclip into a house

35.    Just this week a year to the day since he began his big adventure…

36.    Kyle’s dream had finally come true.

 

Venice vs. cruise ships

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19498631

How shall we do it?

Idő: 10 perc
Eszköz: -
Létszám: 10-15 fő
Valaki a társaságból kimegy a szobából, és ezalatt a többiek kigondolnak egy határozószót (pl.: szelíden,
ügyetlenül, mérgesen, stb.) A játékos visszatérése után ad egy utasítást a csoport egy másik tagjának
(pl.: Töröld le az asztalt!, stb.) Az utasítást a határozószónak megfelelően kell végrehajtani. A kitaláló
feladata, hogy a cselekvés stílusából kitalálja, milyen határozószóban állapodtak meg a többiek. Ha
elsőre nem tudja, akkor új embert szólít fel, neki is ad egy utasítást, és így tovább, amíg rá nem jön a
megoldásra.
Source:
www.ifjusagimunkakonyvtara.hu/index.php?p=letoltes&id=42

Unexpected turn

Idő: 5-10 perc
Eszköz: -
Létszám: 10-20 fő
Megjegyzés: Nincs könnyű dolga a mesélőnek.
Egyikünk mesélni kezd egy történetet. A többiek a történet mesélése közben időnként szavakat mondanak
be a mesélőnek, és neki a kapott szót a következő mondatába be kell illesztenie, ügyelve arra,
hogy a sztori azért úgy-ahogy összefüggő maradjon. A bemondások ne túl gyorsan kövessék egymást!
Source: www.ifjusagimunkakonyvtara.hu/index.php?p=letoltes&id=42

Colour shark

Kijelölünk egy játékost, ő lesz a cápa. A feladata, hogy kap egy színt, és az olyan színű ruhát viselő embereket el kell kapnia. Nagyon jó közösségfejlesztő játék (a többiek gyakran elkezdik védeni a támadott embereket, akadályozzák a cápát).
Source: www.ifjusagimunkakonyvtara.hu/index.php?p=letoltes&id=42

Tropical storm Isaac hits New Orleans

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19420114

Wettest British summer in 100 years

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19428625
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19427139

Lesbian couple's son on gay marriage

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19403608

Captions / What is it?

Write captions for the following pictures.

 

 

What do you think it is?

Write a dialogue / speech bubbles.

Recycling - speaking

 

How are these containers made?

Do you think it's a good idea?

Would you make something like this?

For teachers: before showing this photo, make students brainstorm what empty bottles could be used for..

Plastic spoon or a real one?