Level: C1 / Advanced

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Cracking the case: exploring forensic science

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A perfect lesson for those interested in crime investigations! Students work with collocations, share opinions and discover new facts about forensic science. They also watch an interesting video and make predictions.

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What I’m trying to say is… (clarifying and explaining)

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Help your students practise clarifying and explaining across various contexts. Elevate their communication skills through different strategies of providing clear explanations.

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That’s a bit over the top!

Business General

This lesson focuses on business competition vocabulary through learning about unusual business ideas. Students learn useful phrases, watch a video, and discuss business cases.

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Life is a winding road (metaphors)

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In this lesson on metaphors students get a chance to talk about this stylistic device, watch a video on metaphors as well as learn and practise using metaphors.  

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The art of making memories tangible

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In this ESL lesson about photography, students watch an interview with a photographer, learn and practise vocabulary related to photography and have a lot of speaking practice. 

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Phrasal verbs activities

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The lesson is a series of stand-alone phrasal verb activities that can be used as a revision, warm-up or time filler. There are four types of activities, each with two parts and different phrasal verbs. 

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Female pioneers (inversion in English)

General Grammar

In this lesson, students learn how to use inversion in English. They also talk about gender inequality, watch a video and read short texts about women pioneers.  

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Psychedelics in mental health therapy

General Lifestyle

In this lesson about mental health, students watch a video about psychedelic drugs in mental health therapy, learn some vocabulary and hold a debate. 

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The power of reading

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In this lesson about books, students watch a video about the Harry Potter book series, learn vocabulary related to reading and write a short book review. 

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Why do we like horror films?

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In this lesson, students learn vocabulary useful when talking about fear or relief, watch a video about horror films, and describe situations in which they felt uneasy or scared. 

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The magic of making sounds

General Lifestyle

In this lesson based on a video about the art of creating sounds students learn some verbs for sounds and put them into practice through a series of creative activities. 

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Whodunit (practise past modals with riddles)

General Grammar

In this lesson based on whodunits, students get an opportunity to practise past modals with riddles and speculate about murder mysteries.

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Should we be faking it? The placebo effect

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This lesson plan on the placebo effect is packed with vocabulary (verb + noun collocations) and speaking activities. Students will also watch a video about placebos and their pros and cons.