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'''Over 80 READY LESSONS - for interested, busy, tired, new ... all teachers (and learners) to use:'''
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'''Would you like to get your learners engaged in topics relating to global justice? More than 150 READY LESSONS HERE for interested, busy, tired, new ... all teachers (and learners) to use:'''
  
'''Would you like to get your learners engaged in topics relating to global justice?'''
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'''INDEX TO READY LESSONS BY GRAMMAR'''
  
'''Scroll down''' to select a topic that interests you/your learners and select the ppt lesson (often with teacher notes - this can be edited / adapted to suit your learners) or the pdf version. You can also use the SEARCH feature (top right) to look for a lesson on a particular topic. We create and upload new lessons here regularly. They are divided into levels, accessed by clicking the links below:
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*[[Index to Ready Lessons by Grammar]]
'''Pre-Intermediate (CEFR A2), Intermediate (B1), Upper Intermediate (B2) and Advanced (C1)'''.
 
  
More teaching ideas at the bottom of the page eg. global justice contexts for grammar presentation and practice, Radical Phonology, quick skills lessons, dictations, staged reading lessons, 1-1s etc. and
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'''INDEX TO READY LESSONS BY TOPIC
  
'''ALSO: NEW, SMALL, REASONABLY PRICED BOOKS - FOR SELF-STUDY OR GROUP USE - NOW AVAILABLE AT 3 LEVELS: Pre-intermediate, Intermediate and Upper Intermediate - click here to order from the Ethical Shop:
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*[[Index to Ready Lessons by Topic]]
*[[GLOBAL JUSTICE IN EASIER ENGLISH]]
 
  
 
'''MOST RECENT LESSONS:'''
 
'''MOST RECENT LESSONS:'''
  
'''EXTINCTION REBELLION''' - Intermediate - 1.5 hrs (from January / February Issue 523) - reading, speaking, vocabulary, grammar and physical response
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'''Baaba Maal'''- Elementary/Pre-Intermediate lesson including, a quiz,vocabulary,reading,and writing
 
 
[[Media:Extinction Rebellion.pptx]]
 
 
 
[[Media:Extinction Rebellion.pdf]]
 
 
 
http://www.newint.org/sites/default/files/XR%20top.jpg
 
 
 
'''WHO OWNS THE SEA?''' - Intermediate - 2-3 hrs (from September / October Issue 521) - reading, speaking, writing
 
 
 
[[Media:Who owns the sea.pptx]]
 
 
 
[[Media:Who owns the sea.pdf]]
 
 
 
http://www.newint.org/sites/default/files/u368/a_0.jpg
 
 
 
'''VEGAN WORLD?''' - Upper Intermediate/Intermediate - 2-3 hrs (from September/October Issue 521) - speaking, vocabulary, reading, writing, grammar
 
 
 
[[Media:Vegan world.pptx]]
 
 
 
[[Media:Vegan world.pdf]]
 
 
 
http://www.newint.org/sites/default/files/u354/Untitled-3.jpg
 
 
 
'''5 WAYS TO HELP STOP CLIMATE BREAKDOWN''' - Intermediate - 1-2 hrs (from July/August Issue 520) - speaking, reading, writing
 
 
 
[[Media:5 ways to help stop climate breakdown.pdf]]
 
 
 
[[Media:5 ways to help stop climate breakdown.pptx]]
 
 
 
http://www.newint.org/sites/default/files/u368/1_0.jpg
 
 
 
'''SAUDI STREET ARTIST''' - Upper Intermediate - 2-3 hrs (from July/August Issue 520) - speaking, vocabulary, reading, writing
 
 
 
[[Media:Saudi street artist.pdf]]
 
  
[[Media:Saudi street artist.pptx]]
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Here are two versions of this lesson: powerpoint (can be adapted) and PDF:
  
'''STOP CARBON''' - Intermediate - 2 hrs (from Issue 519) - speaking,vocabulary, reading, and making a poster
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[[Media:Baaba Maal.pptx]]
  
[[Media:Stop Carbon.pdf]]
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[[Media:Baaba Maal.pdf]]
  
[[Media:Stop Carbon.pptx]]
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https://newint.org/sites/default/files/d7/u5/Maal.jpg
  
'''WHAT CAN I DO TO STOP CLIMATE CHANGE?''' - Intermediate - 2 - 3 hrs (from Issue 519) - ''speaking,vocabulary, reading and writing''
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'''The Interview: Mohamas Hafiz''' - Intermediate lesson including speaking, reading, vocabulary and grammar: used to & would
  
[[Media:What to do about Climate change.pdf]]
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Here are two versions of this lesson: powerpoint (can be adapted) and PDF:
  
[[Media:What to do about Climate change.pptx]]
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[[Media:The Interview Mohanad Hafiz.pptx]]
  
'''CLIMATE EMERGENCY''' - Intermediate + - 1 - 2 hrs (from Issue 519) - ''quiz, infographic, speaking, reading and writing''
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[[Media:The Interview Mohanad Hafiz.pdf]]
  
[[Media:Climate emergency.pdf]]
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https://newint.org/sites/default/files/d7/u5/540interview%20banner.jpg
  
[[Media:Climate emergency.pptx]]
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'''HIJAB''' - a 2-3 hour Intermediate lesson (from November / December Issue 540) - including speaking, reading, vocabulary and grammar.
  
http://www.newint.org/sites/default/files/field/image/heada_0.jpg
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https://newint.org/sites/default/files/d7/u368/1280px-Bangladeshi_Women_at_Jabal_al-Noor%2C_Makkah_on_4_April_2015.jpg
  
'''LETTER FROM DHAKA''' - Intermediate - 3 hrs (from Issue 519)
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Here are two versions of this lesson: powerpoint (can be adapted) and PDF:
  
''Speaking, reading, vocabulary, grammar (second conditional)''
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[[Media:Hijab.pptx]]
  
[[Media:Letter from Dhaka.pdf]]
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[[Media:Hijab.pdf]]
  
[[Media:Letter from Dhaka.pptx]]
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'''MINING FOR GOLD''' - a 1.5 hour Intermediate + lesson (from September / October Issue 539) - including speaking, reading, task repetition and grammar (questions)
  
'''LITTLE AFRICA IN CHINA''' - Upper Intermediate - 3-4 hrs (from Issue 518) - ''speaking, role play, reading, and writing a report of an interview''
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https://newint.org/sites/default/files/d7/field/image/539-interview-header.jpg
  
[[Media:Little Africa in China.pdf]]
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Here are two versions of this lesson: PowerPoint (can be adapted) and PDF:
  
[[Media:Little Africa in China.pptx]]
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[[Media:Mining for gold.pptx]]
  
'''PROBLEMS''' - Upper Intermediate - 2 hrs (from Issue 517) - ''speaking (prediction, role play and planning), reading, and writing a letter of complaint''
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[[Media:Mining for gold.pdf]]
  
[[Media:Problems.pdf]]
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'''RIVERS''' - a 1 - 2 hr Intermediate + lesson (from July / August Issue 538) - including quiz, infographic, images, reading, speaking, vocabulary and writing
  
[[Media:Problems.pptx]]
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https://newint.org/sites/default/files/2021/p15_high%20%281%29.jpg
  
'''ARGUE EVEN BETTER''' - Upper Intermediate - 2-3 hrs (from Issues 516 & 517) - ''lots of speaking (well, arguing!), focus on language (phrases for (dis)agreeing, interrupting and managing the argument) and reading''
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Here are two versions of this lesson: powerpoint (can be adapted) and PDF:
  
[[Media:Argue_even_better.pdf]]
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[[Media:Rivers.pptx]]
  
[[Media:Argue_even_better.pptx]]
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[[Media:Rivers.pdf]]
  
'''RUBBISH!!'''- Upper Intermediate - 2-3 hrs (from November/December Issue 516) - ''speaking, reading, grammar,& vocabulary''
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'''THE END OF THE WORLD?''' - a 1 - 2 hr Intermediate + lesson (from May / June Issue 537) - including reading, speaking, vocabulary and writing
  
[[Media:Rubbish!!.pptx]]
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https://newint.org/sites/default/files/u709/1536-1024%20630-330.jpg
  
[[Media:Rubbish!!.pdf]]
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Here are two versions of this lesson: powerpoint (can be adapted) and PDF:
  
http://www.newint.org/sites/default/files/u354/19_I_NI516_Tortoise.jpg
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[[Media:The end of the world.pptx]]
  
'''PLASTIC'''- Elementary - 2-3 hrs (from November/December Issue 516) - ''questions, vocabulary, reading, present simple statements,& writing''
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[[Media:The end of the world.pdf]]
  
[[Media:Plastic.pptx]]
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'''LETTER FROM BUENOS AIRES''' - 2 hour Elementary/Pre-Intermediate lesson with Reading, Vocabulary, Speaking, and Grammar: Past simple
  
[[Media:PlasticElem.pdf]]
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https://newint.org/sites/default/files/d7/u709/blackout%20main.jpg
  
'''WORLD PEACE'''- Upper Intermediate - 2-3 hrs (from September/October Issue 515) - ''speaking, reading, grammar,& vocabulary''
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Here are two versions of this lesson: powerpoint (can be adapted) and PDF:
  
[[Media:World peace.pptx]]
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[[Media:Letter from Buenos Aires.pptx]]
  
[[Media:World peace.pdf]]
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[[Media:Letter from Buenos Aires.pdf]]
  
http://www.newint.org/sites/default/files/u2/imagine-peace.jpg
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'''OR FIND LESSONS BY SELECTING A TOPIC THAT INTERESTS YOU / YOUR LEARNERS AND SEARCHING IN THE SEARCH FEATURE (TOP RIGHT)...FEEL FREE TO ADAPT THE POWERPOINT VERSION TO YOUR CLASS .... OR LOOK FOR LESSONS FOR A SPECIFIC LEVEL OF STUDENT IN THESE LINKS BELOW:
 
 
'''AND MANY MORE LESSONS - CLICK ON THESE LINKS''':
 
  
 
*[[READY LESSONS FOR PRE-INTERMEDIATE LEARNERS - CLICK HERE:]]
 
*[[READY LESSONS FOR PRE-INTERMEDIATE LEARNERS - CLICK HERE:]]
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lessons about fracking, debt, countries, land grabs, world progress etc.
 
lessons about fracking, debt, countries, land grabs, world progress etc.
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More teaching ideas at the bottom of the page eg. global justice contexts for grammar presentation and practice, Radical Phonology, quick skills lessons, dictations, staged reading lessons, 1-1s etc. and
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'''ALSO: SMALL, REASONABLY PRICED BOOKS - FOR SELF-STUDY OR GROUP USE - NOW AVAILABLE AT 3 LEVELS: Pre-intermediate, Intermediate and Upper Intermediate - click here to order from the Ethical Shop:
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*[[GLOBAL JUSTICE IN EASIER ENGLISH]]
  
 
'''Have you used some of these lessons? What works / what doesn't? - please let us know at:''' [mailto:[email protected] [email protected]]  And follow us on '''Twitter: @EasierNewInt''' for new lessons and articles.
 
'''Have you used some of these lessons? What works / what doesn't? - please let us know at:''' [mailto:[email protected] [email protected]]  And follow us on '''Twitter: @EasierNewInt''' for new lessons and articles.

Latest revision as of 16:20, 25 June 2023

Would you like to get your learners engaged in topics relating to global justice? More than 150 READY LESSONS HERE for interested, busy, tired, new ... all teachers (and learners) to use:

INDEX TO READY LESSONS BY GRAMMAR

INDEX TO READY LESSONS BY TOPIC

MOST RECENT LESSONS:

Baaba Maal- Elementary/Pre-Intermediate lesson including, a quiz,vocabulary,reading,and writing

Here are two versions of this lesson: powerpoint (can be adapted) and PDF:

Media:Baaba Maal.pptx

Media:Baaba Maal.pdf

Maal.jpg

The Interview: Mohamas Hafiz - Intermediate lesson including speaking, reading, vocabulary and grammar: used to & would

Here are two versions of this lesson: powerpoint (can be adapted) and PDF:

Media:The Interview Mohanad Hafiz.pptx

Media:The Interview Mohanad Hafiz.pdf

540interview%20banner.jpg

HIJAB - a 2-3 hour Intermediate lesson (from November / December Issue 540) - including speaking, reading, vocabulary and grammar.

1280px-Bangladeshi_Women_at_Jabal_al-Noor%2C_Makkah_on_4_April_2015.jpg

Here are two versions of this lesson: powerpoint (can be adapted) and PDF:

Media:Hijab.pptx

Media:Hijab.pdf

MINING FOR GOLD - a 1.5 hour Intermediate + lesson (from September / October Issue 539) - including speaking, reading, task repetition and grammar (questions)

539-interview-header.jpg

Here are two versions of this lesson: PowerPoint (can be adapted) and PDF:

Media:Mining for gold.pptx

Media:Mining for gold.pdf

RIVERS - a 1 - 2 hr Intermediate + lesson (from July / August Issue 538) - including quiz, infographic, images, reading, speaking, vocabulary and writing

p15_high%20%281%29.jpg

Here are two versions of this lesson: powerpoint (can be adapted) and PDF:

Media:Rivers.pptx

Media:Rivers.pdf

THE END OF THE WORLD? - a 1 - 2 hr Intermediate + lesson (from May / June Issue 537) - including reading, speaking, vocabulary and writing

1536-1024%20630-330.jpg

Here are two versions of this lesson: powerpoint (can be adapted) and PDF:

Media:The end of the world.pptx

Media:The end of the world.pdf

LETTER FROM BUENOS AIRES - 2 hour Elementary/Pre-Intermediate lesson with Reading, Vocabulary, Speaking, and Grammar: Past simple

blackout%20main.jpg

Here are two versions of this lesson: powerpoint (can be adapted) and PDF:

Media:Letter from Buenos Aires.pptx

Media:Letter from Buenos Aires.pdf

OR FIND LESSONS BY SELECTING A TOPIC THAT INTERESTS YOU / YOUR LEARNERS AND SEARCHING IN THE SEARCH FEATURE (TOP RIGHT)...FEEL FREE TO ADAPT THE POWERPOINT VERSION TO YOUR CLASS .... OR LOOK FOR LESSONS FOR A SPECIFIC LEVEL OF STUDENT IN THESE LINKS BELOW:

lessons about refugees, smoking and power, languages etc

lessons about food, money, feminism, climate change, gold, Cuba etc.

lessons about democracy, drugs, the organ trade, charities etc.

lessons about fracking, debt, countries, land grabs, world progress etc.

More teaching ideas at the bottom of the page eg. global justice contexts for grammar presentation and practice, Radical Phonology, quick skills lessons, dictations, staged reading lessons, 1-1s etc. and

ALSO: SMALL, REASONABLY PRICED BOOKS - FOR SELF-STUDY OR GROUP USE - NOW AVAILABLE AT 3 LEVELS: Pre-intermediate, Intermediate and Upper Intermediate - click here to order from the Ethical Shop:

Have you used some of these lessons? What works / what doesn't? - please let us know at: [email protected] And follow us on Twitter: @EasierNewInt for new lessons and articles.

Or simply use any of the other texts (look up by clicking on each issue or selecting topics that interest you from "categories" in similar ways. These texts are ideal for use with learners of intermediate level or above - they can select their own text and then report back, or in one-to-one lessons (including Skype lessons) - also see:

Why not follow us on Twitter: @EasierNewInt for new lessons and articles?