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A guide to teaching teenagers and adults online PDF (579 KB)
Get expert advice on making the shift from the physical classroom to the remote classroom.
A guide to using e-book graded readers PDF (784 KB)
Get your learners started with extensive reading online, build their reading habits and keep them motivated to continue their reading journey.
Christmas activities PDF (1 MB)
A collection of themed activities for all levels and abilities to expand and revise vocabulary, and develop reading and writing skills.
Guy Fawkes Night - a lesson for teenage learners PDF (862 KB)
Themed lesson plans and activities to develop your intermediate secondary students’ listening and reading skills and their oral fluency through role play.
National Storytelling Week secondary PDF (654 KB)
Themed lesson plans and activities to expand your pre-intermediate secondary students’ vocabulary and improve their listening and creative thinking skills.
World Space Week secondary PDF (595 KB)
Themed lesson plans and activities to expand your intermediate secondary students’ vocabulary and develops their creativity and oral fluency.
Back to School lesson plans PDF (260 KB)
A collection of lesson plans perfect for teachers and students returning from the summer or winter break.
World Photography Day Resources PDF (1 MB)
Themed lesson plan and activities for using photographs in the class for teenagers.
A guide to teaching with reduced contact hours - teenagers PDF (236 KB)
Make the most of the classroom time available when your contact hours with students are reduced.
Online activities for teenagers – Google Forms PDF (1 MB)
Interactive content with automated marking that can be used alongside any of our Secondary courses.
Easter secondary PDF (525 KB)
Themed lesson plans and activities to teach your intermediate secondary students about traditions and customs though listening and reading activities.
Halloween Worksheets PDF (1 MB)
A collection of themed activities for all levels and abilities to expand vocabulary, develop reading and writing skills and improve grammar.
Valentine’s Day secondary PDF (342 KB)
Themed lesson plans and activities to develop reading and writing skills in your upper intermediate secondary students.
Myths and legends (Secondary lesson plan) PDF (588 KB)
Capture the imagination of your Secondary learners with some of history’s most entertaining myths and legends!
World Oceans Day activities PDF (510 KB)
Ocean themed lesson plans and activities with an environmental twist.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals PDF (690 KB)
20 practical steps for integrating The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals into your ELT lessons or syllabus. For learners of CEFR level A2/B1, and adaptable for higher-level learners.
Teenage Learners on our blog
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5 steps to integrate the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals into your lessons
25 May 2023
Many teachers already know about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). But what about our learners? How can we tell them about...
Technology and Learning Beyond the Classroom
30 March 2023
In February 2023, we wrote 5 Ways to Motivate Students with Classroom Technology, including the importance of situated learning, wide exposure to...
Creative Writing Activity Ideas For The Teen & Adult Classroom
28 March 2023
It’s World Creative Writing month, so why not try some creative writing activities with your students? Creative writing allows students to use their...
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