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Standard Lesson 75 min
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What’s the future of baby boomers? (verb patterns)
Global Issues GrammarThis lesson plan for upper-intermediate students focuses on the topic of retirement and includes verb patterns exercises and a debate point.
Standard Lesson 60 min
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How to lead a successful global team (+ business idioms)
BusinessThis is a Business English lesson plan on cross-cultural communication. Students will learn verb collocations as well as business idioms and practise using them.
Standard Lesson 30 min
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Business communication idioms
BusinessThanks to this speaking worksheet, students will learn business communication idioms such as break the ice or take a back seat.
Standard Lesson 45 min
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Complaining and responding to complaints
Business GeneralTeach your students some informal and formal expressions for complaining and practise them in a role-play activity with a twist.
Standard Lesson 45 min
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Busy bragging and other pet hates
Business LifestyleIn this lesson, students will learn the ways to express their annoyance, talk about pet hates they have and watch a video about busy-bragging.
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Online vs traditional shopping (e-commerce vocabulary)
Business LifestyleOnline shopping or traditional shopping? Teach your Students language for shopping in the 21st century and discuss the future of shopping in the e-commerce world.
Standard Lesson 30 min
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Tell me about yourself – a job interview elevator pitch
BusinessThe worksheet focuses on a job interview elevator pitch, i.e. a short speech to answer the dreaded interview question: tell me something about yourself.
Standard Lesson 60 min
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What makes you employable?
BusinessAdvanced lesson plan on skills necessary for the contemporary business world. This ESL worksheet includes two videos with experts talking on the matter and a lot of vocabulary.
Standard Lesson 60 min
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The smartphone problem
Grammar Lifestyle TechnologyThis B2 (upper-intermediate) video lesson plan touches the issue of smartphone addiction and structures for expressing preference.
Standard Lesson 30 min
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The 6 most important negotiation skills
BusinessIn this reading and vocabulary worksheet, students will read some original blog article where an expert talks about negotiation skills and tips.
Standard Lesson 60 min
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The future of space exploration (lesson on making predictions)
Grammar TechnologyTalk with your students about SpaceX and future of space travel using this ESL lesson plan on making predictions and expressing probability.
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Unconventional career advice
BusinessBusiness English lesson plan on career path for advanced (C1) students. Watch a video and talk about what is important for your career in the 21st century.
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Numbers don’t lie – graphs do
BusinessThe aim of the lesson is to teach students vocabulary and structures they can use while describing graphs in English, and how to spot distorted charts.
Standard Lesson 60 min
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How is bubble gum made (passive voice)
Grammar TechnologyTeach your students how to use passive voice to talk about processes and discover how bubble gum is made.
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Questions no one knows the answers to
General GrammarThis TED Talk lesson plan on asking questions includes exercises on both indirect and direct questions and makes students use them a lot in speaking.
Standard Lesson 60 min
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How to use technology to manage people better
BusinessTeach your students Business English collocations, get your students engaged into a discussion on management and practise their listening skills.
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Why you should know how much your co-workers get paid
BusinessESL lesson plan about getting paid. Teach students new vocabulary, test their grammar knowledge and engage in an interesting debate.
Standard Lesson 60 min
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How to relaunch your career after a break
BusinessThe lesson plan focuses on talking about career break and is based on a TED Talk which explains reasons for career breaks and how to come back to work after them.