advanced lesson about branding
C1 / Advanced | C2 / Proficiency
Standard Lesson 60 min
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How brands influence our thinking

Business Lifestyle

Engage in a discussion about branding with this lesson! Students talk about consumer behaviour and brand-building strategies, watch a video and discuss the relationship between consumers and brands.

Present Perfect activities
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate | B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Present Perfect activities

Grammar

With this lesson, students practise Present Perfect in various ways. They apply the tense to tell the news, discuss experiences and talk about life stories. Students also distinguish between Present Perfect and Past Simple, create funny questions using pictures and say if their classmates are telling the truth about things they have done.

Past Simple and Continuous practice
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Posh and fancy (Past Simple and Continuous practice)

Grammar Lifestyle

Engage in revising Past Simple and Continuous and discussing fancy experiences with this lesson! Students explore vocabulary to talk about the topic, watch a humorous ad for a ketchup brand and create interesting stories.

talk about job roles
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Company roles

Business

Dive into the world of different job roles with this lesson! Students practise phrases related to the topic, discuss their personal experiences, watch a promo video for a company and imagine starting a business.

A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
2 lessons
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City and transport

General Grammar

In the first lesson, students talk about cities and learn quantifiers. In the second lesson, they talk about transport in cities using the quantifiers.

digital business vocabulary
C1 / Advanced | C2 / Proficiency
Standard Lesson 60 min
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The digital Revolut(ion)

Business

With this lesson, students talk about online services and learn vocabulary related to the topic. They also discuss their own experiences, watch a video about a successful neobank, and discuss the features of digital businesses.

A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
3 lessons
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Talking about work tasks and skills

Business

The lessons in this set allow students to learn useful structures and vocabulary to be able to talk about their tasks, skills and motivation more fluently. The tasks in the lessons also let students apply previously learnt materials.

A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
3 lessons
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Getting to know new students (A2)

Business General

This lesson set is designed to give you an opportunity to learn more about your new beginner (A2) students: their work, hobbies, and experiences.

ESL lesson on nepotism
C1 / Advanced | C2 / Proficiency
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min
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When familial meets professional

Business General

In this lesson, students reflect deeply on work-family dynamics, explore nuances of nepotism, and enrich vocabulary through engaging discussions. Students also listen to excerpts from a podcast to spark critical thinking.

make + object + adjective (exercises)
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Flipped Lesson 60 min
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My pet makes me happy

Grammar Lifestyle

Engage students in fascinating discussions as they explore how pets influence our lives, master the structure ‘make + object + adjective’ and dive into a news story video on pets in the workplace in this flipped classroom lesson!

irregular plural nouns
C2 / Proficiency
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Theories and laws (irregular plurals)

General Grammar

With this lesson, students will enhance their scientific vocabulary, understand how to create and use irregular plural nouns and cultivate curiosity by engaging with an explainer video on scientific laws and theories.

A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
2 lessons
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Agreeing and disagreeing with others

Business General Lifestyle Technology

This lesson set is designed not only to teach students how to agree and disagree with each other but also to have more practice while discussing a topic of your choice.

C2 / Proficiency
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Greenwash or hogwash?

Business Global Issues

Jump into the intriguing world of environmental issues and sustainability with your students! This thought-provoking lesson is the chance for your students to practise advanced vocabulary and talk about the secrets of greenwashing.

A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
2 lessons
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Which device is better?

Grammar Technology

In the first lesson, students learn to use comparatives and superlatives, and in the second lesson they are provided with several opportunities to practise them further. All while talking about technology.

A2 / Pre‐Intermediate | B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Being a successful entrepreneur

Business

Students immerse in the world of entrepreneurship: they generate questions, watch an explainer video, read inspiring success stories, describe pictures and answer thought-provoking questions.

C1 / Advanced | C2 / Proficiency
Critical Reading Club 30 min / 45 min
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Adaptability and other must-have traits

Business

In this lesson, students discuss the article they read at home about adaptability as a must-have trait. They work with some vocabulary and discuss other traits necessary for business. 

Business competition vocabulary
C1 / Advanced | C2 / Proficiency
Standard Lesson 60 min
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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.

ESL lesson about coffee
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Food culture, coffee culture

Grammar Lifestyle

In this ESL lesson about coffee and food culture students have a lot of discussion, watch a video, study nouns that can be both countable and uncountable, and have a lot of fun practice.

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