What to Teach This Week

Browse below for new and featured materials.

We want our students to improve their listening skills, but what about the constant background noise? This NEW intermediate Discussion Starters lesson on Earbuds will get your ELs talking about the popularity of these modern devices and their social and emotional impact. Use this lesson to review the present perfect tense and pair it with our related Ellii Poll!

In this latest video, a man visits a tax preparer to ask questions about filing taxes. Students learn relevant vocabulary such as "deadline," "dependents," and, most importantly, "refund!" Find this video in our Media Gallery or in the corresponding Everyday Dialogues lesson (Int).

Have you seen the new lesson on Brazilian race car driver Ayrton Senna in our Famous People section? In this low-intermediate lesson, students review new vocabulary and practice adverbs of time.

Why would some people choose to stay on this dangerous island? This video is ideal for academic listening practice. Did you notice? We now have date stamps on our Current Events videos so that you know when they were published by The Associated Press. Thank you for this feature request!

Valentine's Day may have come and gone, but can we all agree that what the world needs now is a little more love? This week's That's News to Me lessons (Low Int, Int, Adv) featuring content from The Associated Press will get ELs thinking about the importance of love in its many forms. 

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