Unit 21
Yahoo health
http://health.yahoo.com/

Type in any common ailment and it will come back with symptoms, causes and ways to alleviate the symptoms, all in very manageable chunks, even for pre-intermediate students. Why not produce a wall display of symptoms of and cures for the common old, headaches, flu…

Unit 21
Postcards of England
http://www.cardengland.com/
Blue mountain
http://www.bluemountain.com/

Lots of sites on the net where you could send virtual cards, many funny some serious, most free. If your class is studying in an English speaking country then ask them to send a virtual card to a friend, to a classmate or to you (make sure you get a copy). Ask them to write about recent changes in their lives.

Unit 23
Festivals
http://www.national-holidays.com/
http://www.holidayfestival.com/Ctr.html

Festivals from around the world. Ask your students to look for festivals from their countries and get them to give a mini presentation. Alternatively search for holidays in the English speaking world. See how they react to Guy Fawkes Day or indeed Morris Men.

Unit 24
About-the human internet
http://www.esl.about.com/homework/esl/library/weekly/aa110698.htm

This directory acts as an online encyclopaedia. There are plenty of articles and dictionaries which compare North American English and British English. Encourage your students to find a comparative list of common differences and to keep it as a reference.

Unit 25
Describing objects
Inventing.com
http://catalog.com/impulse/invent.htm

Get the class to print one or two of the pictures available, making sure they themselves know the function of the gadget. Ask the rest of the class to guess or imagine its function.

www.loot.com

Do a search for gadgets and there will probably be a fair selection. You could print some of the pictures off before the lesson and show them to your students and encourage them to guess the function, what it is made of, it’s shape…You then send them to the site and they check how close their guesses were.

Unit 26
Dumb laws
www.dumblaws.com

Some of the language here may be quite difficult for your students. However, encourage them to concentrate on short, easy to understand examples either in their country or in the UK. Most should be examples of total prohibition so get the students to rewrite them using must/mustn’t. This can be tied in with Unit 28 particularly when dealing with can’t and mustn’t.

Unit 29
Airsafe.com
http://airsafe.com/ten_tips.htm

Ask the class to read the top ten hints and then ask them to rewrite them using should/shouldn’t as if they were giving advice to a friend who was afraid of flying.

Unit 30
Customs
I-Village.co.uk
http://www.ivillage.co.uk/relationships/famfri/archive/0,10384,165,00.html
The international etiquette Internet source book
http://atn-riae.agr.ca/public/htmldocs/e2729.htm

Politeness and etiquette resources. Ask your class to research good etiquette in countries around the world in order to give a short presentation or to give advice to somebody travelling to that country.

Western Silver – etiquette and advice
http://www.westernsilver.com/etiquette.html

Strange but true! Have you ever wondered what the polite way to eat a banana is? Then wonder no more. Lots of advice on dining and social etiquette. Perhaps not particularly relevant to many of us but interesting reading nonetheless. It would take some preparation but why not set up an imaginary dinner party? Design some character cards and then ask your students to decide on food and a seating plan that won’t offend anyone. Alternatively prepare some situations describing a faux pas and ask your learners what the problem is. For example what is so bad about eating a banana with your hands?

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