Academic Vocabulary
A content- and language-integrated learning approach gives K–12 students a chance to learn English and an academic subject at the same time. The resources in this section will support students as they master subject-specific academic vocabulary used in their core subjects such as science and math.
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Discussion Starters
Discussion Starters will grab students attention with these thought-provoking lessons based on topics designed to get students talking. Topics such as tipping, road rage, and flu shots are relevant today. Each lesson contains warm-up questions, an audio recording, a reading, comprehension questions, vocabulary development tasks, and discussion tasks. This section is for low-intermediate, intermediate to advanced students.
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Famous People
From inventors to politicians to celebrities and humanitarians, your students will love reading about these famous, legendary, and influential people from across the globe. Each lesson includes a one-page biography, comprehension questions, vocabulary development tasks, and discussion questions.
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Functional Business
In this Business English course, students focus on using English in the modern workplace. English language learners who are working or hoping to find employment in an English-speaking country will benefit from this communicative course with its strong emphasis on listening practice. This course will also benefit students who need to use English with business partners or colleagues abroad. This course can be completed in the suggested order provided (with assessment) or as individual lessons.
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Health Matters
What could be more important than your students' health? These intermediate-level lessons are based on modern topics about healthy living and are centered around magazine-style lists. After reading and discussing the passage, students are invited to create their own related lists. Lessons include quotes for discussion and role-play activities.
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Mini Debates
You won’t find topics like “Teen Botox” or “Banning Pit Bulls” in your average textbook. These lessons contain readings based on hot topics from the news. Lessons include warm-up questions, a reading, vocabulary development tasks, and two statements for debate. Mini-debates are useful for exam prep classes where students must learn to speak or write opinions on both sides of an issue.
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Writing in English
These comprehensive writing lessons provide instruction and practice for academic and business purposes. Each lesson focuses on a specific writing skill or type of writing. These lessons include writing models to follow and written tasks to try. Students will also enjoy helpful hints, useful checklists, and related vocabulary.
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BingoBongoKids
Level 3
Increasing the students vocabulary will encourage their desire to learn. This inspiring curriculum is designed to do just that. Learning everyday vocabulary such as school, shopping, traveling and transportation will definitely boost their confidence to speak English fluently.
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Business Matters
This section provides high-level readings and discussion topics for Business English students. The topics are about real-life issues and cases in the modern business world. The lessons include comprehension questions, readings, and vocabulary development tasks.
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Everyday Idioms
Everyday Idioms are ongoing story told through 12 to 20 short English dialogues. Each lesson introduces 10 expressions (idioms, phrasal verbs, etc.) and features an audio recording, a comprehension task, vocabulary development tasks, and a shuffled dialogue activity.
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Famous Places
From the Great Wall to the Berlin Wall and the Western Wall, take your students around the world with our Famous Places lessons. These reading-based lessons focus on architectural monuments and geographical locations of historical or cultural significance. Just like our other “Famous” lessons, printouts include a one-page reading, comprehension questions, vocabulary development tasks, and discussion questions.
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Functional English
Students learn basic phrases and expressions for having conversations in everyday English. This section focuses on sociolinguistic competence. It includes dialogues (with audio) and pronunciation practice.
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Historic Events
Historic Events lessons are based on life-changing events and news stories that have captivated the world. Each lesson includes a one-page reading on the history and significance of the event as well as comprehension questions, vocabulary development tasks, and discussion questions.
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Reading in English
This curriculum will get students interested and excited about reading in English! These comprehensive reading lessons provide instruction and practice for academic, functional, and business purposes. Each lesson focuses on a specific reading skill or type of reading. These lessons include instructional content, reading examples, and reading/writing tasks. Each lesson includes useful tips, practice, and related vocabulary.
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BingoBongoKids
Level 1
Loaded with colorful fun material that will keep young learners engaged as they learn valuable English skills at the introductory level.
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Young learners are like sponges! They love to discover interesting facts about places, things, and food. This section offers short readings about topics that children and middle schoolers are interested in. Each multi-page lesson includes comprehensive videos, a short reading as well as comprehension questions, vocabulary preview and review tasks, as well as listening task.
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English at Work
English at Work is a series of Business English lessons that follow an ongoing story line in an office setting. This full Business English course follows Lee from the beginning of his job search until the day he signs his resignation letter. Students practice business writing, talking on the telephone, negotiating, and instant messaging. Students are introduced to meaningful Business English expressions and phrases with real-life scenarios.
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Famous Things
These popular Famous Things lessons are based on revolutionary products, inventions, and other things that have helped shape or influence our lives and economies. Each lesson includes a one-page reading on the history and significance of a particular “thing,” as well as comprehension questions, vocabulary development tasks, and discussion questions.
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Grammar Practice
Who says grammar is boring? These Grammar Practice Worksheets are filled with useful, everyday language that will boost your students' grammar skills and help develop students’ fluency. Each lesson includes a variety of writing tasks and group activities on a particular grammar target.
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Holidays and Events
This popular section features beginner, intermediate, and advanced lessons to enlighten your students about holidays, traditions, and special events from around the world. These lessons include a variety of tasks for students to work at individually and in pairs or groups. Tasks include reading practice, vocabulary development tasks, comprehension questions, and grammar review tasks, as well as listening and speaking practice. From Valentine’s Day to Lunar New Year and Ramadan.
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Travel English
The Baxters are heading to New York and you can take your students along for the journey. This ongoing travel story will help your students learn English vocabulary and expressions to use when booking a flight, checking into a hotel, sightseeing, etc. Includes audio.
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BingoBongoKids
Level 2
This action packed curriculum will introduce students to the main parts of speech of the English language and help them to develop sentence structure while using the fundamentals of the parts of speech.
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