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Standard Lesson 45 min
Is e-sport a sport?
Lifestyle TechnologyThis worksheet goes deeper into the world of video games, makes students explore esports and study some sport-related language.
Flipped Lesson 45 min
What rights should animals have?
Global IssuesThis flipped classroom worksheet is all about animal rights and is based on a TED Talk about the great work some lawyers do to treat chimpanzees better.
Standard Lesson 45 min
How to fight cyberbullying – lesson plan for teenagers
Global Issues LifestyleThis cyberbullying lesson plan is perfect both for your teenage ESL learners as well as parents. Learn, watch and discuss with ESL Brains lesson plans!
Standard Lesson 90 min
The history and future of online advertising
BusinessTeach your students about the history of advertising on the Internet using our online advertising lesson plan and explore the future of online ads.
Standard Lesson 45 min
Social media for environment protection
Global IssuesThis reading worksheet looks into the issue of the positive impact of social media on the environment and focuses on reading skills.
Standard Lesson 45 min
The problem with fast fashion
Global Issues LifestyleThis lesson plan focuses on the issue of fast fashion and engages students in a discussion about fashion and the environment in the 21st century.
Standard Lesson 45 min
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
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 90 min
Scrum for IT – Agile Project Management (teaching IT vocabulary)
TechnologyTeaching IT vocabulary is going to be fun for your ESL students when you focus on some key project-related vocabulary and comparing Scrum to Waterfall.
Standard Lesson 45 min
Don’t be afraid to reject the self-improvement trend
LifestyleDiscuss with your students how coaching and self-improvement affect them, and teach them and practise some common fixed phrases for personal development.
Standard Lesson 45 min
The history behind brunch
LifestyleThe goal of the lesson is to teach students portmanteaus, that is linguistic blends of words. It includes most common blends that might be useful in everyday life.
Standard Lesson 45 min
How false news can spread
Global IssuesThis lesson plan focuses on fake news and circular reporting. Students will also have to decide whether some news stories are fake or true.
Standard Lesson 45 min
Building a museum of museums on the web
LifestyleThe lesson plan is about art and museums. Students have a lot of opportunities to express their likes and dislikes in these areas.
Standard Lesson 90 min
How bosses demoralize their employees
BusinessThis Business English lesson will allow your students to learn and practise idioms on motivation used in business. They will also have plenty of opportunities to talk about how companies motivate and demotivate employees.
Standard Lesson 45 min
Do the green thing!
Global IssuesThe lesson is based on the TEDTalk by Andy Hobsbawm titled “Do the green thing” and it concerns a very important issue of the environment protection. The speaker introduces his idea of a creative approach to promoting nature preservation.
Standard Lesson 45 min
Got a meeting? Take a walk
BusinessWith our lesson plan, your students will practise listening comprehension, learn new informal phrases and watch an interesting TED talk.
Standard Lesson 45 min
10 ways to have a better conversation
GeneralTeach your students new vocabulary, watch a cool TED Talk and let them discover how to have better conversations using our ESL leson plan!