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.

B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Critical Reading Club 30 min / 45 min
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The golden age of podcasting

Business

Explore the fascinating field of technology and podcasts with this lesson! After reading an article, students discuss the use of AI in podcasts, practise vocabulary to talk about the topic and discuss their ideas if they launched a 100% AI-generated podcast.

B2 / Upper Intermediate
2 lessons
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Learning to say ‘no’

General

This lesson set focuses on ways to say ‘no’ and the importance of protecting personal boundaries. It focuses on introducing and practising appropriate functional language.

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.

A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
2 lessons
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Expressing opinions (A2)

General

In the first lesson, students learn language to express and ask for opinions. In the second lesson, they use the language extensively while talking about a topic of your choice.

talking about personality types
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min
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Lone wolf or social butterfly? Understanding personalities

General

With this lesson, students talk about personality types, revise adjectives to describe themselves and watch a video about how birth order affects a person. They also brainstorm why people change their personalities and discuss whether they agree with different 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.

C1 / Advanced
2 lessons
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Let’s be clear

General

In the first lesson, students learn to explain things with precision and to ask for clarification. In the second lesson, they use the functional language to express their points of view on a chosen topic.

B2 / Upper Intermediate
3 lessons
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Getting things done

General

This lesson set focuses on ways to be productive letting students learn useful vocabulary and structures and practise them in multiple activities.

B1 / Intermediate
2 lessons
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Discussing how business works

Business

This lesson set lets students work on their Business English and provides useful vocabulary as well as plenty of activities to practise it. 

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.

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 money and finances
C1 / Advanced | C2 / Proficiency
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min
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Let’s talk money

General

With 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.

C1 / Advanced
2 lessons
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Forming logical arguments

Business General Technology

In the first lesson of this set, students learn and practise conjunctions while talking about argumentation. Then, they further practise the conjunctions while using arguments to discuss some moral dilemmas.

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).

B1 / Intermediate
3 lessons
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Making comparisons

General

This lesson set provides opportunities to practise making comparisons and discuss interesting and relatable topics for intermediate learners.

talking about culture shock
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min
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Culture shock

General

With this speaking lesson, students talk about culture shock, share their perspectives and discuss what the experience of a foreign exchange student might be. They also watch a short video and practise vocabulary related to the topic.

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