In this New York Times lesson, students use photographs to practice writing, vocabulary and skimming skills to develop literacy (USA 2010-20).

ʺWhether you are an attorney, manager or student, writing skills are essential to your success. The rise of the information age – with the proliferation of emails, blogs and social networks – makes the ability to write clear, correct English more important than ever. Daily Writing Tips is about that. Every day we publish a new article, with topics ranging from grammar to ...

This paper is based on an international information technology-based collaborative project, initiated by the British Council, between primary level pupils from two schools in Singapore and Birmingham (UK). Through the electronic exchange of information, the pupils explored different writing tasks for various purposes and types of audience.

Students will learn what it takes to put together a good persuasive speech. The unit helps to strengthen writing skills but also to enhance verbal skills by learning the art of rhetoric (Yale National Initiative 2011).

Writing, speaking and listening are communication skills that are important in all subject areas in the curriculum. Hence, literacy should have a central position in the curriculum. Even so, differences between students’ levels of literacy mean that some students fail to acquire the verbal foundations for learning. For this reason, increasing numbers of students fall short of ...

Zentraler Bestandteil dieser Unterrichtseinheit ist eine Gruppenarbeit zu Karnevalsveranstaltungen an sechs ausgewählten Orten wie Köln in Deutschland, Rio de Janeiro in Brasilien oder New Orleans in den USA. Dabei wiederholen die Schülerinnen und Schüler sämtliche, für Abschlussprüfungen relevante skills.

Diese Unterrichtseinheit informiert Schülerinnen und Schüler über das populäre Thema "Au Pair in the USA" in Form einer simulierten Abschlussprüfung. Neben einer "viewing task" zum Einstieg stehen in der Einheit die skills "reading", "use of English", "speaking" und "guided writing" im Fokus. Die Aufgabenformate ...

Diese Unterrichtseinheit informiert auf unterschiedliche Arten über das populäre Thema "Work and Travel in Australia and New Zealand" und verbindet landeskundliche Inhalte mit Aufgabenformaten einer Abschlussprüfung im Fach Englisch. Neben einer "viewing task" zum Einstieg stehen in der Einheit die skills "use of English" mit dem Schwerpunkt ...