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Classroom activity ideas for the new year

| View in browser Welcome to your Teachers’ Newsletter for December Your top 3 newsletter activities from 2025 🎉   Firstly, a big thank you for everything you do to support your learners. We hope the tips, resources and activities we’ve shared have helped inspire your teaching. Let’s look back at some of your favourite content from the year: 1. Speaking guides for teachers With practical tips and real examples, the guides help you assess and develop learners’ speaking skills in preparation for their Speaking test. Simply click on ‘Teacher essentials’ to access the right level for your students. Take me to the guides 2. Classroom warmers booklet With seven 10–20-minute exercises each for primary, lower secondary and upper secondary students, our classroom warmers encourage your learners to engage from the moment they enter the classroom. Download my booklet 3. Free photocopiable exam practice tasks Looking for extra exam task practice for your students? Download the free Exam Booster photocopiable exam resources for: A2 Key/A2 Key for Schools B1 Preliminary/B1 Preliminary for Schools B2 First/B2 First for Schools C1 Advanced Phrasal verbs with 'Look' Phrasal verbs with LOOK are versatile and engaging for learners. Expressions such as look forward to or look out add depth to everyday English. Help students see how small changes create big differences in meaning.   Check the post! Take me to the post 10 Christmas movies to learn English Watching classics like Home Alone, Love Actually and The Polar Express helps students improve listening, vocabulary and cultural understanding while enjoying the holiday magic. They also provide examples of natural expressions that learners can use in everyday English.   Read the blog article for the full list! Take me to the blog Living in a city: Free 1–2-hour lesson plan Get ahead for January with a brand-new lesson plan about living in a city. Students practise listening, speaking and writing skills at B1–B2 level, and you can split the activities across two lessons or give out some of the tasks as homework.  Download my lesson plan Word of the Year 2025: free classroom ideas pack The 2025 Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year is 🥁 – parasocial.  This word describes the one-sided connections people form with celebrities, fictional characters or even AI.   Use our classroom ideas pack to explore how this word can spark vocabulary, reading, writing and discussion activities in your English lessons. For example, why not try setting a writing task where students write a short fan message to a celebrity, character or AI? Take me to the pack Reminder: withdrawal of A2 Key paper-based exams   From June 2026, the paper-based exam for A2 Key will be withdrawn. It will still be available as a digital exam. A2 Key for Schools will continue in both paper-based and digital formats. Find out more information at our support site. Our next webinars 🗓️ The value of digital assessment for young learners   How can we make assessment a source of motivation for young learners, rather than just a checkpoint?   Register for this session and discover practical resources and classroom activities using digital assessment tools that inspire learners’ curiosity, build confidence and celebrate their achievements.     Tuesday 13 January, 11:00 (CET) Thursday 15 January, 17:00 (CET) Teaching speaking skills to primary learners   Register for this session to learn practical strategies for creating an engaging classroom environment and build your confidence to teach and assess speaking effectively.   Join us as we explore techniques for encouraging interaction through simple, structured activities, scaffolding language with prompts and visuals, and balancing fluency with accuracy.   Tuesday 27 January, 11:00 (CET)  Thursday 29 January, 17:00 (CET) Thanks again for all your hard work this year. Look out for even more tips, activities and resources coming soon in 2026!   Best wishes The Cambridge team – English Cambridge University Press & Assessment, C/ José Abascal, 56 1º, 28003, Madrid, Spain Unsubscribe Manage preferences We trade under the name Cambridge University Press & Assessment, acting for and on behalf of The Chancellors, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge. Learn how we manage your personal data in our Privacy Notice. |
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