esl material
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

How to escape a high cost of housing

Lifestyle

This lesson is based on a short video connected with less conventional alternatives to buying a house which are cheaper, but still amazing.

slow fashion
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 30 min

Slow fashion: an alternative to fast fashion

Global Issues Lifestyle

This slow fashion worksheet includes a bunch of adjectives to talk about the fashion industry and gives students a lot of speaking opportunities.

FASHION LESSON PLAN
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min

The problem with fast fashion

Global Issues Lifestyle

This lesson plan focuses on the issue of fast fashion and engages students in a discussion about fashion and the environment in the 21st century.

B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min

Complaining and responding to complaints

Business General

Teach your students some informal and formal expressions for complaining and practise them in a role-play activity with a twist.

pet peeve lesson
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min

Busy bragging and other pet hates

Business Lifestyle

In this lesson, students will learn the ways to express their annoyance, talk about pet hates they have and watch a video about busy-bragging.

worksheet about shopping addiction
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 30 min

Are you addicted to online shopping?

Lifestyle

With this worksheet about shopping addiction, students discover new vocabulary through reading, but also practise their speaking and writing skills.

online shopping vocabulary
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

Online vs traditional shopping (e-commerce vocabulary)

Business Lifestyle

Online 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.

job interview elevator pitch
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 30 min

Tell me about yourself – a job interview elevator pitch

Business

The worksheet focuses on a job interview elevator pitch, i.e. a short speech to answer the dreaded interview question: tell me something about yourself.

advanced lesson plan
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min

What makes you employable?

Business

Advanced 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.

expressing preference
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

The smartphone problem

Grammar Lifestyle Technology

This B2 (upper-intermediate) video lesson plan touches the issue of smartphone addiction and structures for expressing preference.

lesson plan
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

Why are Brits so obsessed with tea?

Lifestyle

This lesson plan looks into the tea-drinking habit in the UK and teaches students some useful British idioms and phrases. You must make yourself a cup of tea before this lesson.

negotiation skills
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 30 min

The 6 most important negotiation skills

Business

In this reading and vocabulary worksheet, students will read some original blog article where an expert talks about negotiation skills and tips.

lesson on making predictions
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min

The future of space exploration (lesson on making predictions)

Grammar Technology

Talk with your students about SpaceX and future of space travel using this ESL lesson plan on making predictions and expressing probability.

teaching IT vocabulary
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 90 min

Scrum for IT – Agile Project Management (teaching IT vocabulary)

Technology

Teaching 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.

English lesson plan for adults
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

Colour psychology – idioms

General Lifestyle

This lesson plan for adults only looks into the world of colours and how they are used in the movie industry. Students will also learn different colour idioms.

fixed phrases for personal development
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min

Don’t be afraid to reject the self-improvement trend

Lifestyle

Discuss with your students how coaching and self-improvement affect them, and teach them and practise some common fixed phrases for personal development.

eggcorns
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 30 min

Eggcorns: funny linguistic errors

General

This worksheet looks into an interesting linguistic phenomenon, i.e. eggcorn. Students will learn the term and identify top 10 most common eggcorns.

vocabulary lesson plan
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min

The history behind brunch

Lifestyle

The 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.

Business English lesson plan
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min

Unconventional career advice

Business

Business 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.

learning collocations
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

Problems with the education system (learning collocations)

Global Issues

What’s wrong with the schooling system? This education lesson plan focuses on learning collocations, a video presenting 6 problems and a group debate.

describing graphs in English
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min

Numbers don’t lie – graphs do

Business

The 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.

passive voice
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

How is bubble gum made (passive voice)

Grammar Technology

Teach your students how to use passive voice to talk about processes and discover how bubble gum is made.

asking questions
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

Questions no one knows the answers to

General Grammar

This TED Talk lesson plan on asking questions includes exercises on both indirect and direct questions and makes students use them a lot in speaking.

video lesson plan
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min

How false news can spread

Global Issues

This lesson plan focuses on fake news and circular reporting. Students will also have to decide whether some news stories are fake or true.

English interactive video lesson
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min

The ethical dilemma of driverless cars

Technology

In this interactive video lesson, students will have to consider the ethical dilemmas that a self-driving car needs to make, and they will learn new phrases.

C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min

Understanding war through game theory

Global Issues

War and politics are not standard ESL topics, but these concepts are important. Why not use our ESL lesson plan to put them into your curriculum?

B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

5 dangerous things you should let your kids do

Lifestyle

The focus of this worksheet is discussion. Students will have a lot of opportunities to speak about such topics as childhood and parenting.

Business English collocations
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min

How to use technology to manage people better

Business

Teach your students Business English collocations, get your students engaged into a discussion on management and practise their listening skills.

health vocabulary
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

How healthy living nearly killed me

Lifestyle

This ESL worksheet is based on a TED Talk titled “How healthy living nearly killed me” by AJ Jacobs. The speaker discusses his experiences and approach to healthy living.

ESL lesson
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

Why you should know how much your co-workers get paid

Business

ESL lesson plan about getting paid. Teach students new vocabulary, test their grammar knowledge and engage in an interesting debate.

talking about a career break
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

How to relaunch your career after a break

Business

The 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.

teaching english vocabulary
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

What makes start-ups succeed?

Business Technology

This 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.

structures of used to
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

Sleep more! Your brain needs it! (+ structures of used to)

Grammar Lifestyle

The lesson plan includes exercises on idioms and fixed phrases connected with sleep, and focuses on different structures of “used to”.

expressing likes and dislikes
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min

Building a museum of museums on the web

Lifestyle

The lesson plan is about art and museums. Students have a lot of opportunities to express their likes and dislikes in these areas.

idioms on motivation
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 90 min

How bosses demoralize their employees

Business

This 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.

environment lesson plan
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min

Do the green thing!

Global Issues

The 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.

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