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Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsQuestions 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
Add to saved lessonsHow 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
Add to saved lessonsWhy 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
Add to saved lessonsHow 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.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsWhat makes start-ups succeed?
Business TechnologyThis lesson plan focuses on start-ups as a business model. Students will learn useful jargon from the Silicon Valley and some collocations that will help them talk about start-ups and launching a new company.
Standard Lesson 90 min
Add to saved lessonsHow 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
Add to saved lessonsGot 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 60 min
Add to saved lessonsHow to make hard choices
BusinessThis ESL lesson plan focuses on making difficult decisions and helps students to understand how to approach the decision-making process.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsWhy you will fail to have a great career
BusinessThis lesson plan focuses on pursuing career and passions. Students will learn collocations with the word career, discuss how to have a successful work life and watch an amusing speech.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsTexting is killing language
GeneralThis ESL lesson plan touches upon the development of language, especially in terms of SMS. Students will also practise writing text messages in English.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsWho is a better job candidate: a Silver Spoon or a Scrapper?
BusinessESL worksheet based on a TED talk and designed for HR specialists to give them a chance to discuss the recruitment process and learn new language.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsWhy we have too few women leaders
BusinessThis worksheet based on Sheryl Sandberg’s talk “Why we have too few women leaders” focuses on gender equality and the perspective of Facebook’s COO on the problem of not enough women holding senior management positions.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsHow to gain control of your free time
BusinessHave you ever wondered how successful people manage their time? Discover this with your advanced adult learners, teach them some time phrases and talk about time management.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsTrends and fads: they come and go
Business TechnologyTeach the difference between a trend and a fad and discuss how they affect business. Your students will also learn advanced phrases for expressing likelihood.
Standard Lesson 75 min
Add to saved lessonsMillennials in the workplace
BusinessWatch what Simon Sinek has to say about millennials and use our ESL lesson plan to talk about millennials in the workplace.
Standard Lesson 45 min
Add to saved lessons10 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!
