Level: B2 / Upper Intermediate

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Regrets? I have a few…

General Grammar

In this lesson, students watch a video and learn structures for expressing regrets. They also practise some phrases for responding to regrets. 

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Does protest always lead to change?

Global Issues

This lesson includes a lot of speaking practice. Students watch a video about what makes a protest successful and analyse some strategies. 

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Stay interested, stay motivated – first lesson with new students

General

This ESL worksheet can be used in the first lesson with new students. In the lesson, students discuss their interests, watch a video about motivation, and do vocabulary and grammar tasks. 

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Put a ring on it

General

In this lesson, students learn idioms and phrasal verbs with put. They also practise working out the meaning from context, and have an opportunity to use the new language in speaking activities. 

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There are only two things certain in life…

Business General

With this upper-intermediate lesson plan students discuss the welfare state, watch a video about taxes in Sweden, and learn some useful vocabulary. 

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‘I owe you one!’ and other informal expressions

General

In this lesson, students learn some informal expressions in English which are used instead of common phrases like ‘I understand’. They also watch two sets of short video clips, and practise using the new language.

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Chasing the birds away (phrasal verbs with away)

General

In this lesson students learn and practise phrasal verbs with away, watch a video about a dog working at an airport and discuss the jobs dogs do.

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I wish I could but I don’t want to

General

In this lesson students watch a video about strategies for saying ‘no’ in English and discover some useful phrases to say ‘no’ politely. They also put them into practice through a role-play.

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How are new words created?

General

In this lesson about the origins of new words in English, students practise their listening skills, figure out the meanings of some newly formed words and eventually create their own new words.

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Are emojis making us dumber?

General

In this lesson about emojis students not only learn words to describe some common features of nonverbal communication, but they also watch a video and reflect on the role of emojis in digital communication.

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When bad means good

General

In this lesson students discover different meanings as well as expressions with good and bad. They also get an opportunity to put them into practice while reacting to some real-life situations.

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Should junk food be taxed?

Global Issues

In this lesson about diet and obesity, students reflect on the factors contributing to the problem of obesity, listen to a news report and learn some words and phrases related to health.

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A super-duper language phenomenon (reduplication in English)

General

In this lesson about reduplication in English students discover the meaning of common reduplicatives and practise them in everyday conversations.

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Do we need each other? (synonyms of the word important)

Global Issues Technology

In this lesson students engage in a discussion about human relationships. They discover synonyms of the word important, watch a video and reflect on the future of face-to-face interaction. 

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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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Do you need all this stuff? (verb formation)

Global Issues Lifestyle

In this lesson based on a video about minimalism students get an opportunity to practise verb formation (exploring prefixes and suffixes) and reflect on their lifestyles.

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A glossary of coronaspeak

General

This lesson plan is built around new words coined during the coronavirus pandemic. Students will guess their meanings and have a chance to use them in speaking.

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Question Time – Let’s have a panel show!

General

In this lesson, students read two short texts about a TV series, The Crown and a panel show, Question Time, learn useful language for agreeing and disagreeing, and have a panel show.