B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Senior roommates

Global Issues Lifestyle

In this lesson, students talk about the idea of senior citizens living together, do a word formation activity, and discuss retirement.

English lesson
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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How (not) to apologize in the workplace

Business General

In this lesson, students discuss the article and different ways of apologizing. They also practise the use of prepositions. 

B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Can robots be chefs?

Technology

In this lesson, students discuss the article they read at home, talk about the pizza vending machine and the future of cooking. 

C2 / Proficiency
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Dealing with heat waves

Global Issues

In this lesson students learn some advanced adjectives and discuss the problem of heat waves.

B1 / Intermediate
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Do you enjoy working remotely?

Business Lifestyle

In this Critical Reading Club lesson, students talk about working remotely and learn some vocabulary connected to the subject.

B2 / Upper Intermediate
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Understanding professional motivations

Business

In this lesson students talk about different types of workers described in the article, discuss some questions about motivations, and learn vocabulary to explain what motivates them at work.

B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Who wants to live forever?

Technology

With this lesson plan, students have an in-depth discussion about the idea of recreating dead people as avatars. They also practise useful vocabulary and talk about the metaverse.

B1 / Intermediate
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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On the way to zero food waste

Global Issues Lifestyle

In this lesson, intermediate students discuss food waste, share some tips on how not to waste food and learn some useful vocabulary.

C1 / Advanced
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Biometrics – applications and implications

Technology

In this lesson students discuss biometric technology, its applications and the concerns people have about using it. Students also do a word formation exercise and complete a definition.

C1 / Advanced
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Legalese – explicit or ambiguous?

Business

In this lesson students discuss different types of jargon, learn some vocabulary to describe that something is easy or difficult to understand, and share their thoughts about the article they read at home. 

verbs with prepositions
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Just ask it a question!

Business Technology

In this lesson, students learn and practise to use verbs with prepositions, as well as verbs without prepositions. They also read texts about virtual assistants and discuss the topic in depth using the new language.

C1 / Advanced
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Menstrual leave sparks debate

Business Global Issues

In this lesson, students learn advanced words and phrases to express opinions, talk about the idea of menstrual leave and hold a debate.

B2 / Upper Intermediate
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Are we becoming less materialistic?

Global Issues Lifestyle

In this lesson, students talk about materialism and how the pandemic influenced our view of material gains, and do a transformation task.

English lesson plan for HR
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Can stay interviews keep employees from leaving?

Business

In this lesson, students discuss the idea of stay interviews in depth and learn phrases which are useful to talk about employer-employee relationship. 

C1 / Advanced
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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AI supporting mental health therapy

Technology

In this lesson students discuss using AI in areas such as mental health therapy and the justice system, complete the summary of the article they read at home, and share their thoughts on the future of AI.

giving a presentation
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Presentation: putting skills into action

Business

With this lesson plan, students practise giving a presentation in English by doing a lot of different speaking activities. The lesson is the third of the three-part series of lessons about delivering presentations. 

phrases for presentations
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 75 min
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Moving through your presentation

Business

With this lesson plan, students learn plenty of useful phrases for presentations in English. They also prepare presentation excerpts, and learn how to start a presentation. The lesson is the second of the three-part series of lessons about delivering presentations. 

C1 / Advanced
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Could a bossless workplace work?

Business

With this lesson plan, students discuss how they feel about a bossless workplace. They also learn some useful vocabulary related to worker cooperatives and the hierarchical structure of a traditional workplace.

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