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Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min
Add to saved lessonsLet’s talk money
GeneralWith this speaking lesson, students talk about financial literacy, listen to excerpts from a podcast on the topic and discuss their experiences and perspectives. They also analyse money-related situations and come up with solutions.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsWhat I’m trying to say is… (clarifying and explaining)
GeneralHelp your students practise clarifying and explaining across various contexts. Elevate their communication skills through different strategies of providing clear explanations.
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min
Add to saved lessonsGenerative AI tools – worth the hype?
Business TechnologyIn this ESL speaking lesson about generative AI, students listen to an excerpt from a podcast and talk about generative AI applications and the implications of this technology for different professionals.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsGuessing games – B2-C1
GeneralThis worksheet consists of five upper-intermediate and advanced ESL games. Each of the games can be used as a stand-alone task.
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min
Add to saved lessonsYou think this is a joke?
GeneralIn this lesson students talk about jokes and humour. They discuss different types of jokes, listen to a podcast, share their thoughts about humour and even try to make some jokes themselves.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsPhrasal verbs activities
GeneralThe 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.
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min
Add to saved lessonsFashion, fashion everywhere
LifestyleIn this worksheet students go through a variety of discussion questions about fashion. They also choose between opposing statements, explain their choices and come up with their own definition of ‘fashion’. There is also a set of quotations related to different aspects of fashion.
Flipped Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsSurrounded by trees, with some flowers to smell
Global IssuesIn this lesson about nature students talk about a podcast they listened to at home and practise advanced vocabulary related to the natural world. They also discuss the role of nature in their lives.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsAdvanced vocabulary activities
GeneralThis is a set of ESL vocabulary activities rather than a typical ESL Brains lesson plan. Each of the activities can be used separately as a time filler, a warm-up, etc.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsLayoffs and cutbacks can lead to start-ups (phrasal nouns)
BusinessIn this lesson, students read a short article about a start-up surge and learn some phrasal nouns by working out their meaning from the context. They also use the phrasal nouns in a discussion and a crossword.
