vague language in English
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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It’s kind of my favourite stuff (vague language)

Lifestyle

In this lesson, students watch a video and learn how to use some vague language in English while talking about their favourite things in life.

C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Closing the gender pay gap

Business Global Issues

With this lesson plan, students talk about gender stereotypes, watch a video and discuss the factors driving the gender pay gap. They also reflect on solutions to this problem and discover some expressions with the word root.

A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Gift giving

Lifestyle

In this lesson plan about gift giving students discover expressions with the word gift. They also practise their listening skills with a video clip from Friends and share their experience of giving and receiving gifts.

party people dancing and learning party words and phrases
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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The best shindig ever!

Lifestyle

In this lesson students watch a video on how to host a party, learn and practise some informal party words and phrases and engage in a role-play. Just a friendly reminder – this is a lesson for adults.

blockchain applications
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Blockchain: there’s more to it than crypto

Business Technology

In this lesson about blockchain applications, students get an opportunity to practise their listening skills and learn some advanced collocations.

expressing cause and effect
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Today’s teens are going through a lot (cause and effect)

Grammar Lifestyle

In this lesson, students learn and practise expressing cause and effect, discover new collocations and discuss problems faced by modern teenagers.

listening for details
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Would you like to work a four-day week? (listening for details)

Business

In this lesson students will watch a video on a four-day work week, improve their listening for details skills and and reflect on the positive and negative aspects of working four days a week.

quantifiers with countable and uncountable nouns
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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What is your city like? (too much, too many, enough/not enough)

Global Issues Grammar Lifestyle

In this lesson students practise the use of quantifiers with countable and uncountable nouns (too much, too many, (not) enough) while talking about typical problems faced by most cities. 

uses of Present Continuous
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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How beauty filters are changing the way we want to look

Grammar Lifestyle

In this lesson inspired by a video about body dysmorphia students revise and practise the different uses of Present Continuous as well as reflect on the influence of beauty filters on teenagers’ lives.

the history of the hoodie
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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The humble hoodie

Lifestyle

In this lesson about the history of the hoodie, your students will discover the origins of this iconic garment (and some others) and learn several adjectives for talking about clothes.

verb formation
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Do you need all this stuff? (verb formation)

Global Issues Lifestyle

In this lesson based on a video about minimalism students get an opportunity to practise verb formation (exploring prefixes and suffixes) and reflect on their lifestyles.

modal verbs
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate | B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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What are your travelling tips? (modal verbs)

Grammar Lifestyle

Thanks to this worksheet, students will discover and practise modal verbs (can, have to, should), watch a video and discuss different travelling tips and rules.

lesson plan on FinTech
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Know your FinTech buzzwords

Business Technology

Thanks to this lesson plan on FinTech, students will learn buzzwords from the financial technology industry. The worksheet focuses on vocabulary and is suitable for IT and e-commerce professionals.

lesson plan about fame
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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The other side of fame

Lifestyle

This lesson plan about fame includes some related vocabulary as well as adjectives + prepositions that B1 students will learn and use in speaking.

leadership lesson plan
C1 / Advanced | C2 / Proficiency
Standard Lesson 60 min
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When a crisis strikes, a good leader…

Business

This leadership lesson plan is based on a short video in which the speaker, Amy C. Edmondson gives advice on how to lead in crisis. The worksheet focuses on speaking and vocabulary activities for advanced students.

lesson plan on hygge
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Embrace the Danish way of living

Lifestyle

In this lesson plan on hygge, students do a word formation task built around the words such as ambience, cosiness or indulgence, and talk about the concept of hygge.

used to
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Life used to be different

Grammar Lifestyle

Use our B1 lesson plan to teach your students how to use the structure of ‘used to’ and compare the school life now and then.

Past Simple revision
B1 / Intermediate
Flipped Lesson 60 min
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The stories of famous entrepreneurs

Business Grammar

This lesson plan is perfect for Past Simple revision. Students practise using the tense as well as learn vocabulary related to running a business.

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