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.

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.

structures with ‘It’
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Flipped Lesson 60 min
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It’s never too late to dream big

Grammar Lifestyle

With this lesson, students talk about dreams and ambitions, practise structures with ‘It’ to give opinions and watch a video about a man who pursues two careers. They also discuss balancing multiple careers versus focusing on a single goal.

social media vocabulary
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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The power of social media

Lifestyle

Navigate the territory of social media with this lesson! Students discuss the use of social media, watch a video about the feeling of FOMO (fear of missing out) and practise vocabulary to talk about the topic.

ESL lesson about subscriptions
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Members only! Subscription models

Business Lifestyle

With this lesson, students talk about subscription models, explore vocabulary and discuss their personal experiences and opinions. They also watch a video featuring advice on how to manage subscriptions and discuss real-life services.

speaking lesson about gardening
B1 / Intermediate
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min
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Community gardening

Global Issues

Engage in the exploration of gardening with this lesson! Students review vocabulary, talk about their experiences and watch a video on community gardens. They also elaborate on how they would create a community garden and discuss different ideas for city agriculture.

lesson on prepositional phrases
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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I keep it for luck (prepositional phrases)

General Grammar

Step into the world of prepositional phrases! Students talk about important objects, watch a promotional video, practise prepositional phrases and write short stories.

ESL lesson on birthdays
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate | B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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It’s your special day!

Lifestyle

With this fun lesson, students talk about celebrations and their personal experiences. They watch and discuss a video about celebrating someone’s birthday on a budget and discuss birthday celebration ideas. Students also practise phrases related to birthdays.

B1 / Intermediate
2 lessons
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Technology and the future

Grammar Technology

In the first lesson, students learn phrases to speculate about the future. Depending on your choice of the second lesson, students further practise the phrases while talking about smart lenses, robot chefs or ChatGPT.

stative and active verbs
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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The things we want and the things we need (stative verbs)

General Grammar

In this lesson, students dive into the world of self-expression, watch an ad for a trading website and practise stative and active verbs. They also talk about their preferences and use the target vocabulary to describe people’s personalities.

financial crimes vocabulary
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 75 min
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Financial crimes

General Global Issues

In this lesson, students practise vocabulary related to financial crimes and watch a video about money laundering. They also discuss real cases of financial fraud, read a film synopsis and talk about their personal opinions.

ESL lesson about music festivals
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min
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Music festivals and other outdoor events

Lifestyle

With this speaking lesson, students talk about festivals and other outdoor events. They read short texts, discuss music festival tips and watch a video about it. Students also talk about the use of technology and brainstorm useful gadgets for such events.

A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
2 lessons
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Practising Present Simple and Continuous

General Lifestyle

In the first lesson, students revise Present Simple and Present Continuous. In the second lesson, they practise the tenses in speaking using different contexts.

speaking lesson about shopping
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min
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Shopping experience

Lifestyle

In this speaking lesson, students talk about their shopping preferences and experiences. They also practise vocabulary related to the topic, assess situations related to shopping and watch a video about a second-hand department store.

advanced grammar revision
C1 / Advanced
Flipped Lesson 60 min
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Brave new influencers

Grammar Technology

With this Flipped lesson, advanced students get a great chance to revise and practise grammatical aspects, learn collocations connected to social media activity and have engaging conversations about AI influencers.

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.

talking about gentrification
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Revitalized neighbourhoods or ghost towns?

Global Issues

With this intriguing lesson, students explore the concept of ‘gentrification’ and its impacts. They explore and practise vocabulary related to the topic, watch a short video, analyse opinions and examine solutions for gentrification challenges.

B2 / Upper Intermediate
2 lessons
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Revising conditionals

Global Issues Lifestyle

With this lesson set, your students will review three types of conditional sentences during 2 lessons. Each lesson in the set requires some pre-class student work (watching a video or reading an article).

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