BBC Learning English For Teachers

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1. Skills

1.1. "How to ..." is an immensely practical series of programmes which presents and practices useful language for everyday situations like conversations, discussions, requests, offers and invitations.

1.1.1. Each programme features downloadable practice activities, but you can find even more suggestions, teaching ideas and downloadable worksheets on these pages. BBC Learning English | For Teachers | How to ...

1.2. "Watch and listen"

1.2.1. A collection of downloadable worksheets and lesson ideas to support various BBC Learning English audio and video series including Entertainment, London Life, and People and Places. BBC Learning English | For Teachers | Watch and Listen

1.3. "Talking Business" is a series of short audio programmes which give expert advice and practical tips on how learners can improve their business English speaking skills, especially when they are speaking on the telephone, participating in meetings, giving presentations, or negotiating.

1.3.1. A bank of FREE downloadable worksheets to help you exploit the programmes in class. BBC Learning English | For teachers | Talking Business

1.4. "The Handy Guide to the Gurus of Management" is a special series of programmes, in which Charles Handy talks about modern day business 'gurus' - sharing his ideas on the world of business, the 'movers and shakers' in the world of business and making a few predictions too.

1.4.1. Worksheets including vocabulary activities, listening and note-taking practice, as well as plenty of speaking and writing follow-up activities, to use with the series about leaders in the business world. BBC Learning English | For Teachers | Handy guide

2. Teaching Ideas & Worksheets

2.1. "The Flatmates" is our weekly online soap opera for learners of English.

2.1.1. Materials, ideas and worksheets for teachers to accompany our online soap opera The Flatmates. BBC Learning English | For Teachers | The Flatmates

2.2. "Working Abroad" uses the experiences of real people, both experts and non-experts, to explore some of the cultural and linguistic challenges of living and working in a foreign country - and offers a lot of practical hints and tips to help those who are thinking of taking the plunge.

2.2.1. A bank of downloadable classroom worksheets to help teachers and their students get the most out of the series. There is also a list of quick and easy teaching ideas and activities that require little or no preparation, - most of them can be used with almost any part of the series. BBC Learning English | For Teachers | Working abroad

2.3. "Knowledge on the Net" looks at various aspects of the Internet and how it can be exploited by teachers as a resource for themselves and their classroom teaching.

2.3.1. A six part radio series from the BBC World Service. This series was produced and broadcast in 2003. BBC Learning English | For teachers

2.4. "Innovations in Teaching" comes up with the answers as we look at challenges and changes in the world of ELT and find ideas for teachers to take away.

2.4.1. A six part radio series from the BBC World Service. This series was produced and broadcast in 2004. BBC Learning English | For teachers

3. Lesson Plans

3.1. "Words in the news"

3.1.1. Lesson plans to accompany our Words in the New Features (2005 - 2008). Audiofiles and worksheets. BBC Learning English | For teachers

3.2. "Keep your English up to date" A series of talks about expressions and vocabulary in the English Language.

3.2.1. Lesson plans from series one to four of our feature on new and changing vocabulary. BBC Learning English | For teachers

4. Teacher blog

4.1. Catherine's binominals lesson plan BBC - Learning English Blog: Hello Everyone!

4.2. A class set of the language point http://bbc.in/fjwErM

4.3. A class set of the quiz http://bbc.in/erfV27

5. Grammar & Vocabulary

5.1. "Grammar challenge" (The programme where we help language learners use tricky grammatical structures like question tags, present perfect, articles and conditionals. Every programme is downloadable as an mp3 and features an expert commentary on that week's grammar. The website contains fun interactive quizzes, grammar tables and an area for students practise using the structures.)

5.1.1. Teaching ideas and worksheets with exercises BBC Learning English | For Teachers | Grammar challenge

5.2. "Funky Phrasals" A series of 10 conversational programmes in which a selection of phrasal verbs are explored and practised in context.

5.2.1. A bank of free downloadable worksheets to give the visiters more scope for using the programmes in class. BBC Learning English | For Teachers | Funky Phrasals

6. Discuss & Vote

6.1. Discussions on different topics, helping to master the language Learning English - Discuss & vote

7. Video

7.1. "The Teacher" Why not have some fun with your students as you watch these hilarious videos which explain the use of some commonly used idiomatic expressions? Learning English - The Teacher