Teachers guide

DIGITAL RESOURCES
FOR LEARNERS OF GRADES 7-9
Teacher’s Guide

This guide of the British Council electronic resources for English teachers is
mapped to the Basic level (grades 7-9) of the Georgian National Curriculum
and contains supplementary online materials for classroom work or self-
study with the aim to make the learning process more motivating and
enjoyable for teenagers.
We hope you ﬁnd the resources useful. For more ideas, activities
and advice visit our website.
http://britishcouncil.org/learnenglishteens
Editor Tamar Kvachadze, British Council Georgia
Tbilisi 2017

Contents
1 Introduction and overview ........................................................................... 5
2 Key features of teaching Teens .................................................................. 8
3 Introduction to the British Council LearnEnglish Teens website........11
4 Digital Map for grades 7- 9 ........................................................................ 17
5 Additional Resources ..................................................................................26
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Introduction
What should the 21st century English classroom be like?
The world is a fast-changing organism evolving outside the walls of the classrooms of schools and universities.
Students’ interests, attitudes and needs change in line with events around us. Thus, if a classroom environment
does not respond to these changes, students can feel isolated and lose interest, leaving us to face the problem
of low motivation, bad behavior and negative attitudes to learning. Facing such an issue, we come to the
question “what should I do to keep my students motivated?” The answer is as clear as a day: change hand-in-
hand with the world outside.
If we examine carefully what our students’ main interest is in modern society, it is obvious that technology and
internet have become predominant, influencing every aspect of our lives- including teaching and learning. To
some extent, this e-influence has shaped the way we teach, and students learn even if we do not fully realize
it. Thus, the teacher can use e-resources as a powerful tool to transform their classrooms into an up-to-date
environment reflecting the interests and real-life needs of the students.
This may be easier said than done. Students are different and, accordingly, their learning habits, styles and
backgrounds differ, too. Catering for the learning needs of individuals in the group could be a challenging
experience, especially for beginner teachers. The great advantage of integrating e-resources into the learning
process is that they enable everyone to work at their own pace, use a variety of materials which better suite
their learning style, collaborate remotely and, more importantly, make the learning process no longer limited
to being within the classroom walls. The final, and possibly most important, advantage is that learning will no
longer be a daunting, repetitive series of lessons- neither for students nor for teachers.
E-resources provide a wide range of materials for teacher professional development, from ready-made lesson
plans, to podcasts and videos to meet individual professional needs.
Yet, e-resources can only complement the traditional teaching-learning process and seldom replace it. Only a
teacher can judge if the techniques or materials promote the teaching process; only a teacher can control the
frequency and suitability of the material.
Overview
Considering the widespread teaching tendencies, and sharing the best practices of the educational institutions,
the British Council initiated a project aimed at encouraging and promoting e-learning in English Language
Classrooms.
This teacher’s guidebook provides electronic resources mapped in compliance with National Curriculum. Its
aim is to offer a range of useful links, aligned to the common topics covered at a particular language level/
grade, to supplement the classroom material. The links to the British Council’s LearnEnglish teens (http://
learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/) and LearnEnglish website (http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/)
offer a range of grammar, vocabulary and communicative activities to support the development of the four
skills (reading, listening, writing and speaking) through various interactive activities. The resources allow a
teacher to choose, adapt and customize the activities to the level of difficulty or learning needs of students.
In addition, in order to encourage teacher professional development, the guidebook promotes the resources
available on the British Council’s teaching English site (https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/), supporting
any curious teacher to explore various materials not only on teaching methodology, lesson frameworks and
teaching techniques, but also ready-made lesson plans and discussion blogs.
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The purpose of the guidebook
The main purpose of the guidebook is to provide teachers with useful website links offered by the British
Council’s high-quality online resources mapped to National Curriculum for primary, basic and secondary
language levels. It serves as a set of supplementary materials to the classroom activities to cater for the
learning needs of students. Teachers will benefit from having access to authentic materials, saving time, and
motivating their students to learn language through engaging online activities.
Who the guidebook is for
The guidebook will be a helpful combination of resources for any interested teacher who teaches at primary,
basic and secondary level:
• inexperienced teachers who wish to use modern technologies in the classroom;
• teachers with no or little experience of applying e-resources in the classroom;
• experienced teachers with extensive teaching practice who are not familiar with the new technology and
would like to use it in their teaching practice;
• experienced teachers with strong IT skills and who already use online resources in their teaching practice
but would like to save time searching the internet for appropriate materials.
Structure of the guidebook
The structure of the teacher’s guidebook is designed for three stages in line with the National Curriculum:
• Primary stage comprising two parts: Part 1 for grades I-II, Part 2 for grades III-IV
• Basic stage for grades VII-IX
• Secondary stage for grades X-XII
Accordingly, each part covers age appropriate topics and skills-oriented materials that can be used with
learners in the relevant grade. In addition, it provides the general features of Communicative Language
Teaching and the benefits of technology integration into the ELT classroom. It also explains how to use the
links and download the activities. The guidebook has the following structure:
• Introduction: What should a 21st century English Language classroom be like?
• How to make the ELT classroom an attractive place for students
• Digital Map
This part of the guidebook is mapped to the basic level (V-IX grades), specifically VII-IX, of the National Curriculum
and contains supplementary online materials for classroom work or self-study. To make the guidebook easy
to use, the materials are organized in skill sections -Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing. Each section
includes links for e-materials focusing on skill development where vocabulary and grammar is considered as
an integral part of language teaching.
Selected topics are mapped to the themes defined by the National Curriculum e.g. family, weather, travel,
etc. However, this selection does not restrict teachers within the particular topic: it allows teachers to flexibly
choose and combine or supplement course-book materials according to the specific needs of students, level
of language development or thematic unit.
Finally, the guidebook provides additional blocks for topic-related vocabulary and grammar exercises, videos,
graded readers and methodology for teachers with the aim of making the teaching/learning process easier to
apply in the classroom.
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RESOURCES FOR BASIC LEVEL
GRADES 7-9

How to make the ELT classroom an
attractive place for teen students
If we compare students today to those a decade ago, the difference is obvious. Our students have become
more demanding and independent, with a strong sense of individuality. In addition, having access to different
sources of information has affected the way they think about and see the environment around them. It’s no
surprise that students bring the world with them, transferring fast, active and dynamic behavior or attitude
changes from their everyday life into school and the classroom. In this cycle, the ELT classroom is no exception.
Thus, traditional lecture-type lessons with a lot of translation exercises have become obsolete and dull.
What could smooth the awkward feeling that our students are on a totally different and more advanced page
than us? The only thing to do is to change our classrooms and roles along with our students, as mentioned
above in the introduction. Another question pops up immediately: Is this mission easy to complete? Probably
not, but it’s worth trying. Here are some basic steps to support teachers in changing their ELT classrooms into
an attractive place for students to come.
Step 1 – Try exploiting Communicative Language Teaching Method (CLT)
Language should function - The basis of the CLT approach lays in the principle that language should function
and operate in the hands of students rather than them mastering a system of different structures and lexical
sets in the lesson. This shift from perfect to functional has transformed the modern ELT classroom into a place
where students practice the language and experiment with it in different settings, learn how different aspects
of a language such as meaning, form and pronunciation function in line to “perform” the language. In other
words, knowing language means being able to use it adequately in various contexts even if you are not very
confident about the lexical or grammatical pattern.
Communicative purpose – communicative purpose is the drive that forces the classroom environment to be
interactive and cooperative (just as we aim to do in real life). If not for this aim, language teaching would go
back to monotonous translations and drills, even though both can have their place in teaching.
Tools to make the language function – the only mechanism for language to function is to allow students to
use it through interactive activities such as games, role plays, simulations, group projects, etc. These activities
reflect everyday situations and foster both communicative language skills (reading, listening, speaking and
writing) and real-life ones.
However, focusing on language skills does not mean ignoring grammar and accuracy – they are valuable
tools to perfect language. Put simply, grammar is about how to use it rather than what it is. Therefore, the ELT
classroom should provide a communicative learning environment where students master not only language
systems and patterns but also skills and functions how to use language as a vehicle for communication rather
than just an object for study.
To sum up, CLT cannot be viewed as a single-angled approach narrowly covering one or another aspect of ELT.
On the contrary, Communicative Language Teaching unites a teacher, students and contexts, embracing the
most flexible approach of changing roles, patterns and content for the students’ best interest.
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Step 2 – Try changing your role
The teaching-learning process requires constant change of teacher-student roles. Traditionally, the teacher
was the only source of information, a person to look up to and follow. However, this teacher-fronted classroom
has changed into a student-oriented one allowing students to lead, discover, solve and take responsibility
for their own learning. Logically, the question arises “what’s the teacher’s role if students can manage the
learning process themselves?” The teacher is the key agent who initiates this change, creates a setting and
helps students to adapt it. In other words, the teacher has to manage a range of processes such as analyzing
students’ needs, adapting and customizing tasks, facilitating the learning processes, etc. before students start
playing their roles.
The tasks are many, however, none requires a teacher being in the middle of the process. On the contrary, the
teacher is someone who stimulates a positive atmosphere and changes to encourage the students to gain
new experience, discover, and become interested in further learning. However, creating this environment is
a lengthy process requiring imagination, innovation and a teacher’s desire to transform the teaching-learning
process into a journey rather than day-to-day lessons moving from one topic to another. This environment
facilitates meaningful changes in students’ attitudes, behaviour and vision.
Step 3 – Try integrating e-resources into CLT
As said above, technology has greatly inﬂuenced the teaching/learning process. Many educators argue that
integrating technology into a lesson has a harmful effect on students, for example, extra hours at computers,
irrelevant content, etc. However, ignoring it may mean isolating students from the outside world and limiting
them within conservative methods of teaching. Undoubtedly, this approach contradicts the main principles of
CLT to create a real life learning environment to teach students how language works in context.
For this reason, using technology and e-resources may bring a lot of beneﬁts for both students and teachers.
Firstly, a wide range of e-resources may cater for different learner styles and be adapted or integrated into any
lesson plan, be it a grammar or skills lesson.
Secondly, being able to explore and work in authentic language is highly important in language teaching – this
is what e-resources can guarantee, even if the language is graded to a certain level.
We can then offer the same topic either in a traditional textbook or through a video, interactive game or
authentic podcast. The latter two are certain to increase student involvement.
Moreover, seeing as students spend a lot of time playing computer games or watching videos on Youtube
anyway, why can’t we change this “waste of time” activity into “spend-time-effectively” homework. E-resources
help not to limit learning within a lesson, but transfer learning outside the classroom, encouraging students to
take control of their learning.
All the above-mentioned aspects increase students’ autonomy and motivation, thus reducing teacher
involvement, leaving her or him at the backstage to facilitate the learning processes.
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And that’s not all: e-resources can meet not only students’ needs, but also teachers’ professional requirements.
Various methodology tools, ready-made lesson plans, teacher professional forums and free webinars offer a lot
of support for teacher professional development. These resources allow teachers to control their time, reflect
and choose the most suitable material and explore in depth the topic they are interested in.
Summary
If we take a student as the pivotal point of our classroom, we will need to be flexible regarding the resources
we use, approaches we take, aims we set and the role we play during the lesson. To cater for their needs, we
have to take into consideration the following principles:
• Students learn better when they associate their learning environment to the one they live in;
• Students learn by discovering facts, principles and concepts themselves;
• Students learn through interactions and collaboration with each other;
• Students learn better when they are engaged in social activities, this is why the use of interactive, social
technological tools work well when learning a language;
• Students learn better when they are exposed to authentic, complex activities that encourage knowledge-
building, reflection and analysis from different perspectives.1
All in all, whatever approach we take, we need to be sure that it is for our students’ best interests.
References:
Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers: Teaching and Learning in the Language Classroom, Tricia Hedge,
Oxford University Press Canada, 2000
Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching, Diane Larsen-Freeman, Second Edition. OXFORD.
1 Duffy and Jonnaseen 1992, Lebow 1996, Can 2006

Introduction to the British Council
LearnEnglish Teens website
The LearnEnglish Teens website is designed especially for 13-to-17-year-olds and offers texts, dialogues,
tongue-twisters, songs, games and videos which can be used both in the classroom and at home. LearnEnglish
Teens has a ‘responsive design’, which means it works on different screen sizes such as smartphones, tablets
and computers. Users of this age can:
• Practise their reading, writing, listening and speaking skills;
• Practise grammar and improve their vocabulary with videos and exercises;
• Find top tips to help them pass their exams;
• Find out about life in the UK by watching videos and reading stories and articles; relax and learn at the
same time by watching fun videos.
• Play games and do puzzles in the study break section.
• Read articles written by young people on a wide range of topics in the magazine section.
• Find suitable material easily by level, topic or section.
• Interact with each other and our moderators to practice their English by writing comments on the site.
There are different types of activities and sections which are relevant for age of the students and for the
National Curriculum: Skills, Grammar and Vocabulary, Exams, UK Now, Study Break, Magazine.
HOMEPAGE
In the middle of the homepage there is a block which highlights new or topical content and it is updated weekly.
13–17-year-old learners can sign up for the website from the homepage. Teachers have full access to the site
(including worksheets) without registering. There are links to Social Media pages where teachers can click on
‘like’ on Facebook, but the page is aimed at 13–17-year-olds as an extra space for interaction.
HOW A PAGE IS ORGANISED
The sections throughout the website are organised in the same way. The only section that is organised
differently is Exams. The instructions are always under the main purple box at the bottom of the page. There
are different aspects listed on the main section page with relevant exercises and activities for practice on the
right side. Each aspect contains content which is organised according to the levels or the rate of popularity,
alphabetic order or date of creation. The content of the video or text is always on the top of the page.
Online exercises are all expandable when you click on the relevant bar. Sometimes you have to wait a few
seconds for the game to appear as they are pulled in from the server, so please be patient and wait for
exercises to load. There are worksheet versions of all the online exercises so you can use them ofﬂine and as
homework tasks. Transcripts and texts are also available as worksheets.
All the content on the website is tagged with topic, language level, popularity, date of creation etc. So it’s easy
to search for. You can download worksheets to support classwork and homework tasks.

You will ﬁnd various types of worksheets:
• Exercises
• Answer sheets
• Transcripts of audio for listening and video tasks or quizzes
In the exams section you will be presented with different exams
help and advice. You should use the ‘Book navigation’ box on the
right hand side of the page to work through the section. You can
also ask questions in the comments if anything is not clear.
Fast phrasal comics are available in printable form and also with
blank speech bubbles for students to write in.
SKILLS
This is the ﬁrst main section which provides graded practice to
develop listening, reading and writing. Tasks in the skills section
are designed to help students use English in the real world, and
provide help with school-/exam-style tasks.
GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
This contains three sections – Grammar videos, Phrasal verb
videos and Vocabulary exercises.
Grammar videos – Grammar snacks: Each one consists of a video
(target language in context, highlighted in red in the subtitles),
a grammar explanation (“Grammar snack” conversation between
learner + expert, explaining grammar and anticipating learner
questions), practice exercises, and a
discussion question which provides free
practice of target language.
Word sets on a range of different
topics are presented with pictures and
audio and then practised with different
exercises. Phrasal verb videos – Fast
Phrasals are comic-style video stories
presenting small sets of phrasal verbs in
context. Exercises clarify and practise
the featured phrasal verbs. You can also
print out all the comic strips, with and
without text.

EXAMS
The exams section provides tips and advice to help develop students’ exam technique. There is information on
the kind of tasks students should expect; how to prepare for them and tips to do better in listening, reading,
and speaking exams. The comments sections here also function as a kind of forum with users sharing their own
techniques and personal experiences.
They can also ask for advice with
their particular difﬁculties, with the
opportunity to seek professional advice
from the site editor and coordinators,
who are experienced language
teachers. Exam speaking video section
has videos of real students doing typical
speaking exam tasks (peer modelling
– real teenage learners with excellent
but not perfect English), along with tips
and exercises to help students get the
most from the video models. As usual,
the downloadable worksheets are
available on this page, including the
transcript of the interview exactly as
heard and with corrections marked on.
UK NOW
UK now has articles, videos and literature
with a focus on the UK. All featured content
has exercises for both comprehension
and language focus. Topics are chosen to
be relevant and interesting for teenagers,
with lots of potential links to coursebook
material. UK now consists of:
• Read UK articles with a British
connection – latest trends, special
days, news, and what real-life people
do and talk about in the UK today.
Good for cross-curricular links to work
on aspects of UK culture, topical events
like the birth of the Royal baby, Halloween, etc., or as a lead-in to debates, e.g. grafﬁti, mobile phones.
• Video UK videos are about a wide variety of topics. They all relate to different aspects of life in the UK, e.g.
food in Britain, street art, Christmas shopping. Language graded to around B1 level, key words and phrases
appear on screen.

• Short stories and poems: Authentic literature for higher levels (C1+) by British authors.
• Film UK offers the chance to watch some amazing short ﬁlms that were made by young people in the UK.
• Science UK brings articles from the British Council’s science magazine, Cubed, so the learners can read
about the world of science and research in the UK.
STUDY BREAK
Study break consists of:
• Video zone (authentic videos on a wide range of topics of interest to teenagers, with transcript and
exercises)
• Games (Sushi Spell, Magic Gopher, Pic-your wits, Wordshake, Beat the Keeper, Word Wangling)
• Photo caption (users comment, writing captions for funny or weird photos)
• What is it? (users comment, trying to guess what the photo is)
• Easy reading (short stories and articles graded to three different levels).
MAGAZINE
The Magazine section is different to all the other sections on the site: Articles are written by a team of bloggers
who are (or were recently) working as British Council Language Assistants. They are not professional writers
and they are not EFL writers, although they are aware of the audience and have been encouraged to write
clearly and simply. (Articles are not proofread and corrected as they are on the rest of the site, so there may
be the odd mistake or typo.) The bloggers choose the topics, which means they write about topics that are
interesting for teenagers and from a young person’s point of view. The way this section is produced means it
is constantly being updated with fresh, new and topical material.

EASY STEP GUIDE ON HOW TO
REGISTER ON LEARNENGLISH
TEENS WEBSITE
Before you start using this map, download and try activities, you should log into the website. You or your
student will register to get the most out of the site. If your students don’t register, they won’t be able to leave
comments and interact with children learning English from all over the world.
To use the map, you can get to the website just by clicking on the link. When you click on the link, you
will instantly be brought to a page with all of the relevant activities the site has to offer. There are lots of
downloadable materials on the website, and many of the activities focus on particular grammar points or
language use.
So, to register on the website, please follow the steps:
1. Go to http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/
2. On the home page on the left upper side there is a Log in section:
Click here

3. It will take you to the next page. Enter your Username and Password to log in if you registered before. If not,
click on Create new account button.
4. You will be navigated to the registration page. Fill in the required ﬁelds and click on Create new account
button
Please, remember your Username and Password to enter the website next time.
Click here
Click here
Fill in
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Listening Reading
Speaking
(watch and read)
Writing
Talking about your
family
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practice/talking-
about-your-family
Vocabulary
Family related
vocabulary.
Activities
Multiple choice, gap
fill, gap fill typing,
discussion.
Resources
Exercises, answers,
transcript.
Making plans
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Chat
http://
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skills/writing-skills-
practice/chat
Vocabulary
Birthday party,
bowling, shopping
center, etc.
Liza’s house, kisses,
laughing out loud, etc.
Activities
fill, discussion.
Gap fill, discussion.
Resources
Exercises, answers,
transcript.
Exercises, answers,
text, writing practice.
The school trip
http://
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practice/school-trip
Vocabulary
Weekend, trip, centre,
museum, etc.
Digital Map
Grades VII-IX

Activities
Gap fill, multiple
choice, discussion
Resources
Exercises, answers,
writing practice,
information,.
On the internet
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skills/reading-skills-
practice/internet
What is it?
http://
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study-break/what-it/
what-it-049
Photo Caption
http://
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study-break/photo-
captions/photo-
caption-084
Vocabulary
Teacher, courses,
exam, activity monitor,
etc.
Activities
True/false, gap fill,
discussion.
Discussion Discussion
Resources
Exercises, answers,
website.
Related topics –
technology, mobile
devices, online safety
Are you a good
digital citizen?
http://
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practice/are-you-
good-digital-citizen
What is it?
http://
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what-it-047
Photo Caption
http://
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study-break/photo-
captions/photo-
caption-062
Vocabulary
Digital citizen, modern
world, active, online,
etc.
Activities
Multiple selection, gap
fill, discussion.
Discussion Discussion
Resources Exercises, answers,
quiz
Related topics:
books and literature,
libraries.
7 tips of a tidy desk
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practice/7-tips-tidy-
desk
Photo Caption
http://
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study-break/photo-
captions/photo-
caption-089
Vocabulary
Scanner, smartphone,
noticeboard, bin, etc.
Activities
True and false,
grouping, discussion.
Discussion
Resources
Exercises, answers,
tips
Related topics –
technology

Using colours to do
homework
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skills/listening-skills-
practice/using-
colours-do-homework
What is it?
http://
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what-it-063-0
Vocabulary
Stationary shop,
coding, organize,
sticky notes, etc.
Activities
True/false, matching,
gap ﬁll, discussion
Discussion
Resources
Exercises, answers,
transcript
Taking notes
http://
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practice/taking-notes
Photo Caption
http://
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study-break/photo-
captions/photo-
caption-071
Vocabulary
history, important,
draw, memory, etc.
Activities
discussion.
Discussion
Resources
Exercises, answers,
transcript.
Free time
http://
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practice/free-time
Photo Caption
http://
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study-break/photo-
captions/photo-
caption-070
http://
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study-break/photo-
captions/photo-
caption-034
Vocabulary
Water sports, indoor
sports, outdoor
sports, etc.
Activities
Gap ﬁll typing, true/
false, discussion.
Discussion
Resources
Exercises, answers,
transcript

Going out – What’s
on
http://
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practice/going-out
What is it?
http://
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what-it-020
An email about
sports
http://
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practice/email-about-
sports
Vocabulary
Put the actions under
the correct places,
stadium, sport events,
market, etc.
American football,
soccer, surfing, etc.
Activities
Multiple choice, true/
false, discussion.
Discussion True/false, discussion.
Resources
Exercises, answers,
adverts
Exercises, answers,
email, writing practice
Going to the cinema
http://
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practice/going-cinema
Giving your opinion
http://
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practice/giving-your-
opinion
Film review
http://
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practice/film-review
Vocabulary
Science fiction,
romantic, historical
drama, etc.
Boring, exciting,
annoying, cool, etc.
Types of films, sci-fi,
terrible, etc.
Activities
Multiple choice,
discussion
Matching, gap fill,
reordering, discussion
Multiple choice,
grouping, discussion
Resources
Exercises, answers,
transcript
Exercises, answers,
transcript
Exercises, answers,
text, writing practice
Eating out
http://
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practice/eating-out
A restaurant menu
http://
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practice/restaurant-
menu
What is it ?
http://
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what-it-011
http://
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what-it-032
A recipe
http://
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practice/recipe
Vocabulary
Sausages, omelette,
etc.
Cheese, burger, pasta,
vegetables
Main course, snacks,
etc.
Saucepan, cooking
pot, pepper, etc.
Activities True, false, discussion.
recommandations,
discussion.
Discussion.
True/false, commas,
verb forms,
discussion.
Resources
Exercises, answers,
transcript.
Exercises, answers,
menu
Exercise, answers,

Shopping signs and
notices
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signs-and-notices
Vocabulary
Electrical shop, sports
shop, games console,
sale, special offer, etc.
Activities
Matching, true/false,
gap fill, discussion.
Resources
Exercises, answers,
adverts.
Shopping for clothes
http://
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practice/shopping-
clothes
Buying new shoes
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
practice/buying-new-
shoes
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
what-it-070
Vocabulary
Credit card, cash,
check out, etc.
I’m a size … Black,
please, etc.
Activities
Grouping, gap fill,
discussion.
Multiple choice,
gap fill, reordering,
discussion.
Resources
Exercises, answers,
transcript.
Exercises, answers,
transcript.
Stop wasting time
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
practice/stop-wasting-
time
Finding a job
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
practice/finding-job
Summer Jobs
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
practice/summer-jobs
Vocabulary
End up, start off,
waste,
turn off, etc.
Babysitter, shop
assistant, paper boy,
cashier, etc.
Drama, photography,
instructor, art, etc.
Activities
Reordering, true/false,
discussion.
Matching, multiple
choice, true/false,
discussion.
Information transfer,

Resources
Exercises, answers,
transcript.
Exercises, answers,
adverts.
Exercises, answers,
My city
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
practice/my-city
Vocabulary
Classify City/
countryside
Related vocabulary.
Activities
Grouping, true/false,
matching , discussion
Resources
Exercises, answers,
ﬂyer.
My Town
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
practice/my-town
What is it?
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
what-it-015
Vocabulary
Surﬁng, water-skiing,
etc.
Activities
Match the words &
pictures, discussion.
Discussion.
Resources
Multiple choice,
answers, text.
Mind map (transport)
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
practice/mind-maps
What is it?
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
what-it-033
Photo caption
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
study-break/photo-
captions/photo-
captin-034
Vocabulary
Sea/ocean, transport,
road, rail, center,
middle, etc.
Activities
True/false, ordering,
Discussion. Discussion.
Resources
Exercises, text,
answers.

Invitation messages
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
practice/invitation-
messages
Vocabulary
Let me know, hear
from somebody, write
a reply, etc.
Activities
fill, discussion.
Resources
Exercises, answers,
letter, writing practice.
Travelling abroad
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
practice/travelling-
abroad
What is it?
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
what-it-022
Travelling abroad
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
practice/travelling-
abroad
Vocabulary
Arrive, airport,
immigration, take off,
etc.
Weather, windy, wet,
favourite sports, etc.
Activities
Matching, typing,
discussion.
Discussion.
True/false, spelling,
discussion.
Resources
Exercises, answers,
transctipt.
Exercises, answers,
email, writing, writing
practice.
Giving directions
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
practice/giving-
directions
A train timetable
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
practice/train-
timetable
Vocabulary
Opposite, turn right,
go straight on, etc.
Depart, journey, arrive,
duration, etc.
Activities
Gap fill, gap fill typing,
discussion.
multiple choice,
discussion.
Resources
Exercises, answers,
transcript.
Exercises, answers,
timetable and ticket.

Train and travel
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
practice/trains-and-
travel
What is it?
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
what-it-043
Train and travel
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
practice/trains-and-
travel
Vocabulary
Platform, single,
return/back, etc.
How fast can you
think?
What time does the
train arrive? etc.
Activities
Matching, question
and answer,
discussion.
Discussion
Grouping, email
structure, reply to
email, discussion.
Resources
Exercises, answers,
transcript.
Exercises, answers,
email, writing practice.
Tour of London
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
practice/tour-london
Vocabulary
Buckingham palace,
London bus, London
eye, etc.
Activities
Reordering, multiple
choice, discussion
Resources
Exercises, answers,
transcript
Weather forecast
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
practice/weather-
forecast
What is it?
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
what-it-059
Photo Caption
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
study-break/photo-
captions/photo-
caption-080
Vocabulary
Thunderstorm, cloudy,
windy, etc.
Activities
Matching, gap ﬁll
typing , discussion
discussion discussion
Resources
Exercises, answers,
transcript

Films and
Entertainment
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
practice/films-and-
entertainment
A postcard from New
York
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
practice/postcard-
new-york
Vocabulary
Award, actress, star,
nominate, celebrity,
etc.
The Brooklyn Bridge.
A yellow taxi, a
Broadway theatre, etc.
Activities
Ordering, true/false,
multiple choice,
discussion.
Grouping, gap fill
typing, discussion.
Resources
Exercises, answers,
article.
Exercises, answers,
postcard, writing
practice.
About the Earth
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
practice/about-earth
What is it?
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
what-it-061
http://
learnenglishteens.
britishcouncil.org/
what-it-046
Vocabulary
Coldest continent, the
Mediterranean Sea,
The Pacific, etc.
Activities
Earth quiz, gap fill
numbers, superlative
adjectives, discussion.
Discussion.
Resources
Exercises, answers,
quiz.

Vocabulary exercises
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/vocabulary-exercises
School
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/vocabulary-exercises/
school
Technology
technology
Sporting events
sporting-events
Olympic sports
olympic-sports
Holidays
holidays
The Beach
beach
Nature
nature
Restaurant
restaurants
Fruit
fruit
Drinks
drinks
A recipe http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing-skills-practice/recipe
Vegetables, food
vegetables
Meals and cooking
meals-and-cooking
Accessories
accessories
Appearance
appearance
Jobs
jobs
Places in town
places-town
Around town
around-town
Air travel
air-travel
Grammar video - http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-videos
Phrasal verb videos - http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/phrasal-verb-videos
Additional Resources

Study Break
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break
Video-Zone
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/video-zone
(exercises, transcripts, worksheets, grammar, discussion)
Rio 2026 Olympic
Games Together
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/video-zone/rio-2016-
olympic-games-together
We’re the superhuman:
Rio Paralympics 2016
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/video-zone/were-
superhumans-rio-paralympics-2016
FIFA World Cup 2014
Brazil – all participants
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/video-zone/ﬁfa-world-cup-
2014-brazil-all-participants
Celebrate the joy of
reading
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/video-zone/celebrate-joy-
reading
Graded Reader
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/graded-reading
(Stories and articles; exercises, worksheets, downloads, related topics, discussion)
Animals in the city http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/graded-reading/animals-
city-level-1
Where’s Roxy? http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/graded-reading/wheres-
roxy-level-2
The life of Pi: Book
review
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/graded-reading/life-pi-
book-review-level-1
The Hunger Games:
book review
(http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/graded-reading/hunger-
games-book-review-level-1
Wonder: Book review
A book about a boy
who feels ordinary
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/graded-reading/wonder-
book-review-level-1
Bully http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/graded-reading/bully-
level-1
A walk in the forest http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/graded-reading/walk-
forest-level-1
Amazing adventures http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/graded-reading/amazing-
adventurers-level-2
Games
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/games
Sushi Spell
Pic-your-wits
Wordshake
Magic Gopher
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/games/sushi-spell
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/games/pic-your-wits
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/games/wordshake
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/games/magic-gopher
Photo Caption
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/photo-captions
Write a caption for the funny photos

What is it?
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/what-it
Guess what the photos are
UK now - http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now
(Texts and videos with UK focus)
Read UK- http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk
(Related topics, activities, Grammar, discussion)
Scotland http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/scotland
Northern Island http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/northern-ireland
England http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/england
Wales http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/wales
Edinburg summer Festival
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/edinburgh-summer-
festivals
Sport at school http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/sport-school
World Water Day http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/world-water-day
Gap Year
A gap year between
school and university
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/gap-year
UK now – video
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/video-uk
(Videos with a UK focus)
Boarding schools in the
UK: Sport
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/video-uk/boarding-schools-
uk-sport
Boarding school in the UK:
Fiendship
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/video-uk/boarding-schools-
uk-friendship
English history http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/video-uk/english-history
Wedding http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/video-uk/weddings
Working in Fashion http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/video-uk/working-fashion
Live music http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/video-uk/live-music
Wild animals http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/video-uk/wild-animals
Pop-up galleries http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/video-uk/pop-galleries

Graded reader
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/graded-reading
(Text, check understanding /exercises/, discussion, related topics)
Animals in the city http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/graded-reading/
animals-city-level-1
Where’s Roxy? http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/graded-reading/
wheres-roxy-level-2
The life of Pi: Book review http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/graded-reading/
life-pi-book-review-level-1
The Hunger Games: book review
(popular book and exciting ﬁlm)
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/graded-reading/
hunger-games-book-review-level-1
Wonder: Book review
A book about a boy who feels
ordinary
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/graded-reading/
wonder-book-review-level-1
Bully http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/graded-reading/
bully-level-1
A Walk in the forest http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/graded-reading/
walk-forest-level-1
Amazing adventures http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/graded-reading/
amazing-adventurers-level-2
Teaching Englishteens
Resources/materials
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teaching-teens/resources
(Lesson plans, activities, stories and songs, teaching tools)
Lesson plans
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teaching-teens/resources/lesson-plans
(Complete lesson plans for teenage English language classes)
The months of the year
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/
article/months-year
Lesson plans, Month cards, Answer key
Online safety for
teenagers
article/online-safety-teenagers
Lesson plans, Role cards, kid’s online
safety poster
World Book day
article/world-book-day
Lesson plans, worksheet A, B
Drawing dictation
article/drawing-dictation
Lesson plan
Love poems
article/love-poems
Lesson plan
Film review
article/ﬁlm-reviews
Lesson plan, Student worksheet
2014 World event quiz
article/2014-world-events-quiz
Lesson plan, world event quiz, quiz
answers

What’s your name?
article/whats-your-name
Lesson plan, Student worksheet with
answers, names student worksheet, audio
transcript
Snack facts-recording
https://www.teachingenglish.org.
uk/article/snack-facts-recording-
vocabulary
Lesson plan, snack facts: complete text/
photocopiable texts
Dictionary skills for
secondary students
article/dictionary-skills-secondary-
students
Lesson plan, dictionary quiz/Answer key,
template for dictionary quiz
Football and motivation
article/football-motivation
Lesson plan, student worksheet
Monthly lesson plan – A
tour of London
article/monthly-lesson-plan-a-tour-
london
Class journals
article/class-journals-0
Class journals lesson plan
All about me
article/all-about-me
Lesson plan, worksheet
Card games https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/
article/card-games
Little poem
article/litter-poem
Rich
article/rich
How green are you?
article/how-green-are-you
Save water
article/save-water
Politics and youth
article/politics-youth
Developing writing skills:
a news report
article/developing-writing-skills-a-
news-report
Young people and
television
article/young-people-television
Lesson plan, worksheets (pdf)
Advertisement
storyboard
article/advertisement-storyboard
Lesson plan, worksheet, template
Mobile phones
article/mobile-phones
Lesson plan, worksheets
Alternative power: A car
that runs on air
article/alternative-power-a-car-runs-
air
Lesson plan, worksheets
Activities
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teaching-teens/resources/activities
(Activities to use in the secondary classroom)
Stories and poems
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teaching-teens/resources/stories-poems
(Stories and poems to use in the secondary classroom)

Teaching tools
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teaching-teens/teaching-tools
(phonemic chart to badge builders, tools to use in teenage classroom)
Articles
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teaching-teens/articles
(practical teaching articles for teachers working in the secondary classroom)
Methodology
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teaching-teens/articles/methodology
Range of methodology articles webinars, blog posts, publications teaching tips;
Speaking
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teaching-
teens/articles/speaking
Articles to develop speaking
skills
Reading
teens/articles/reading
Articles to develop reading
writing
teens/articles/writing
Articles to develop writing
listening
teens/articles/listening
Articles to develop listening
pronunciation
teens/articles/pronunciation
articles to develop pronunciation
Resources
teens/articles/resources
Articles to help teachers select
and use appropriate resources in
the classroom
Culture
teens/articles/culture
Articles about incorporating a
focus on culture;
Literature
teens/articles/resources
Articles about incorporating a
focus on literature in the English
language classroom;
Assessing learning,
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teacher-
development/continuing-professional-
development/assessing-learning
Articles about assessment
Magazine
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/magazine
(Blog posts on a range of topics)
Top stories
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/magazine/top-stories
(Regularly updated stories from the world of English language
teaching)
Innovations in educations
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/magazine/innovations-education
(Posts from TeachingEnglish bloggers and teachingEnglish associates
about current innovations in English language teaching)
Testing and assessment
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/magazine/testing-assessment
to get ideas about effective assessment and testing of English
language students)

Classroom ideas, tools and
resources
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/magazine/classroom-ideas-tools-
resources
to get practical ideas for the English teaching classroom
Teacher and career development
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/magazine/teacher-career-
development
(Posts from TeachingEnglish bloggers and TaechingEnglish associates
about career development)
Teacher development
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teacher-development
(Information about training courses, CPD framework, publications, research database and many other
resources to help with professional development)
Continuing professional
development
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teacher-development/
continuing-professional-development
(CPD framework overview, contemporary perspectives on CPD)
Video tips
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teacher-development/video-
tips
(Series of short videos exploring different areas of teaching)
Publications
publications
(Practical publications for English language teachers)
ELT Research
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teacher-development/elt-
research-database
(Database of ELT research done over the last 6 years)
Networks
networks
(Information about teacher networks around the world)
TeachingEnglish radio
teachingenglish-radio
(Series of audio programmes to help teachers to develop their
skills as a teacher)
Teaching knowledge database
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/teaching-knowledge-
database
(Deﬁnitions of terms for teaching ESL)
Teaching reading and writing
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teaching-reading-writing
(Series of videos and tasks to help teachers explore different ways
of developing reading and writing skills)
Low-resource classrooms
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/low-resource-classrooms
(Materials for ‘low-resource’ classrooms)
Training courses
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/training-courses
(Teachers will be trained by the world’s English teaching experts)
Events
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/events
(Teachers can ﬁnd out about about British Council conferences, webinars and seminars)

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