ESL lesson on getting things done
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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A place to get things done

Grammar Lifestyle

This ESL lesson on getting things done and deadlines includes a range of speaking, vocabulary and grammar activities. Students talk about deadlines, learn useful vocabulary and grammar structures, watch a video and have engaging conversations. 

ESL lesson about dancing
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Let’s bust a move

General Grammar

Try out this ESL lesson about dancing to teach students some expressive phrases. Students also watch a video and practise the use of pronouns.

talking about hypothetical situations
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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What if cars could fly? (hypothetical situations)

Grammar Technology

In this lesson students get a lot of practice with two videos and speaking tasks designed to help them master the use of Second Conditional.

ESL lesson about AI
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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What can AI do for you?

Technology

In this ESL lesson about AI, students watch a video, learn and practise collocations and discuss how to use ChatGPT for different tasks. 

reported statements lesson plan
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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You said it was OK (reported speech)

Grammar

In this reported statements lesson plan, intermediate students watch a video, talk about misunderstandings and learn and practise reported speech.

B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Homeschooling: for or against?

General Global Issues

This lesson about education contains activities aimed to give students a lot of speaking practice and a chance to hold a debate. It also contains useful vocabulary and a video about homeschooling. 

ESL lesson about ChatGPT
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 75 min
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ChatGPT – a blessing or a curse?

General Technology

In this ESL lesson about ChatGPT, students watch a video about schools banning this AI solution. They also learn vocabulary related to cheating and discuss different applications of ChatGPT.

ESL lesson about design
C1 / Advanced | C2 / Proficiency
Standard Lesson 60 min
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How nature inspires innovation

Technology

This ESL lesson about design focuses on how nature inspires creation of new things. Students learn some vocabulary to describe the design of things, watch a video and have a lot of brainstorming and speaking practice. 

lesson on digitalization
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Impediments to e-government

General Technology

In this lesson on digitalization students talk about various government services and how they can be improved. They also watch a video about a successful example (e-Estonia), learn some vocabulary and have a lot of speaking practice. 

expressing regrets
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Regrets? I have a few…

General Grammar

In this lesson, students watch a video and learn structures for expressing regrets. They also practise some phrases for responding to regrets. 

phrases for agreeing and disagreeing
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate | B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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What a cool gadget! (phrases for agreeing and disagreeing)

Technology

In this lesson students practise phrases for agreeing and disagreeing, watch a video and talk about gadgets. 

how to use ellipsis
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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7,000 ways of seeing the world

Grammar Lifestyle

In this lesson about languages, students watch a video, discuss whether languages change the way we see the world, and learn how to use ellipsis.

rules and laws vocabulary
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Regulating big tech

Business Technology

This lesson on regulation and technology focuses on rules and laws vocabulary. The lesson features a video about a law and a discussion on regulating big companies and different technologies.

lesson about protests
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Does protest always lead to change?

Global Issues

This lesson includes a lot of speaking practice. Students watch a video about what makes a protest successful and analyse some strategies. 

compound adjectives
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Earth is our only shareholder

Business Global Issues

In this lesson, students learn and practise using compound adjectives. They also discuss corporate misconduct and watch a video about a founder who gave his company away to fight climate change.

as… as grammar structure
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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We train just as hard!

Global Issues Grammar

In this lesson about sport, students compare different sports and learn and practise how to use the as… as grammar structure. They also watch a video and discuss statistics on male and female sport.

Past Simple and Past Continuous
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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My dog ate my homework (Past Simple and Past Continuous)

Grammar

In this lesson, students learn the difference between Past Simple and Past Continuous. They also get the chance to practise using the two tenses in a variety of tasks.

describing images
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 75 min
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Have you met the new Dalí?

Technology

In this lesson students watch two videos about AI image generators, learn some advanced vocabulary for describing images, and do some speaking practice.  

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