It’s that time of the year again! No…. not the festive season, the time for Suzy Ratcliff’s ever-excellent lesson plan based on this year’s Word of the Year contest by Collins Dictionaries.
The lesson plan is recommended for C1/C2 students and involves students examining the shortlist for word of the year and putting them into practice in a series of engaging tasks.
Download the student handout and teacher’s notes below:
This time on the podcast Katy and Tim discuss the weird and wonderful world of online dating and learn some useful vocabulary to describe all too common experiences on dating apps and platforms.
This time on the pod Katy & Tim discuss another marital dispute from the excellent Guardian series “You Be The Judge”.
We now offer full transcripts of the podcast complete with 6 useful expressions from the episode. Download it here:
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Check out this link if you want to read the article Katy & Tim discuss:
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This time on the podcast Katy & Tim debate a situation from an edition of “You Be The Judge” from the Guardian newspaper in which a couple presents their marital dispute for judgement.
If you want to read more editions of “You Be The Judge”, check them out here on the Guardian website.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/se…ou-be-the-judge
2Ts in a Pod Episode 70 – Remote Places
This time on the podcast Katy and Tim explore some of the most remote places on Earth.
Check out the link in the description to explore the Son Doong Cave in Vietnam.
This time on the podcast Katy & Tim discuss some urban legends; strange, unsettling stories that have been passed down over the years. Are they true? Who knows?…
This time on the pod Katy and Tim take a look at some more English expressions and their fascinating origins.
Are any of the expressions the same in your mother tongue?
This time on the podcast, Katy and Tim recommend some good books to read on the beach or in a hammock during the hot summer months!
Here are the books they recommend:
Katy:
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
One Day by David Nicholls
The Marcus Didius Falco Series by Lindsey Davis
Tim:
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
This time on the pod, Katy and Tim discuss some weird laws from the UK. Does your country have any strange old laws that are still on the books?
This time on the podcast Katy and Tim look at the world of agony aunt advice columns from popular newspapers and magazines.