Level: B2 / Upper Intermediate
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How false news can spread
Global IssuesThis lesson plan focuses on fake news and circular reporting. Students will also have to decide whether some news stories are fake or true.
Standard Lesson 60 min
What makes start-ups succeed?
Business TechnologyThis lesson plan focuses on start-ups as a business model. Students will learn useful jargon from the Silicon Valley and some collocations that will help them talk about start-ups and launching a new company.
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Do the green thing!
Global IssuesThe lesson is based on the TEDTalk by Andy Hobsbawm titled “Do the green thing” and it concerns a very important issue of the environment protection. The speaker introduces his idea of a creative approach to promoting nature preservation.
Standard Lesson 60 min
For these women, reading is a daring act
Global Issues GrammarThe TED Talk that the worksheet is based on touches upon the problem of women’s illiteracy and education. It is a great starting point for the discussion on gender inequality in general and that’s what the lesson is about.
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Your online life is permanent
TechnologyESL video lesson plan for B1students that focuses on privacy online and how what we do on the internet leaves a permanent trace.
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Will we lose our jobs to machines?
TechnologyThis lesson focuses on the future of work and whether robots will take our jobs or not. Watch a TED Talk with your students and have a debate!
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Trends and fads: they come and go
Business TechnologyTeach the difference between a trend and a fad and discuss how they affect business. Your students will also learn advanced phrases for expressing likelihood.