This Week In History

Slobodan Milošević sidelined, the Dalai Lama Nobelled, Anwar Sadat assassinated, the Mary Rose raised and Arnold Schwarzenegger governatored...

Typhoon Jebi

The strongest typhoon to hit Japan for quarter of a century has struck Japan's industrial heartland. Here's a snippet of BBC World News coverage slowed by 15%.

Plastic in Japan

Japan's answer to household plastic waste is divide and recycle. But just how effective is this policy. The BBC investigates. Another snippet of BBC World News coverage slowed by 15%.

 

Natural Disaster Crossword

A crossword in strip format. Useful to review natural disaster vocabulary. From cyclones to sinkholes. Watch out for that tornado!

Weather Song

Here is a song from ages past all about the weather. It's built around the premise of phoning a friend to find out what the weather is like where they are.

Cooperative Quiz

Quizzes don't need to be competitive. Here is an example of a cooperative quiz based on that bastion of the British upper crust - fox hunting.

Floods in Japan

A Video Pack focusing on the recent devastating floods in Western Japan. Includes a clip from the BBC Newsday slowed by 15% and a PDF of the transcript in various formats.

What Can I Say?

What do you believe? Does politics have any place in the language teacher's classroom? How about discipline? How about respect? An ELT News Think Tank article from long, long ago. Topic: Beliefs.