friendship and relationship vocabulary
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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How strong is your bond?

General

In this ESL lesson students learn friendship and relationship vocabulary as well as discuss the difference between a friend and an acquaintance. The lesson also contains a video, speaking and reading activities. 

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.

lesson about marketing
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Word-of-mouth marketing

Business

This lesson about marketing will spark a lot of discussion among students. Learners will also watch a video about word-of-mouth marketing as well as learn and practise useful collocations. 

lesson about weddings
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Tying the knot

Lifestyle

Try this lesson about weddings to discuss ceremonies, and teach students useful vocabulary and time expressions. Students will also watch a video and plan a wedding. 

finance vocabulary
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Smart and poor financial decisions

General

Teach your students finance vocabulary and encourage them to discuss good and bad financial decisions. In this lesson, students will also watch a video and share some financial advice. 

ESL lesson on e-commerce
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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What does it take to start an e-commerce business?

Business

In this ESL lesson on e-commerce students get a chance to talk about starting a business, watch a video about people who did, discuss e-commerce and its advantages and learn some vocabulary related to the topic. 

ESL lesson about body language
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate | B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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A body language detective

General

In this ESL lesson about body language, students learn phrases to describe gestures and talk about body language in different situations.

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. 

ESL lesson about photography
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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The art of making memories tangible

General

In this ESL lesson about photography, students watch an interview with a photographer, learn and practise vocabulary related to photography and have a lot of speaking practice. 

intermediate ESL games
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate | B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Guessing games – A2-B1

General

This worksheet contains five pre-intermediate and intermediate ESL games. The games can be used as warm-ups, fillers or end-of-lesson tasks.

advanced ESL games
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Guessing games – B2-C1

General

This worksheet consists of five upper-intermediate and advanced ESL games. Each of the games can be used as a stand-alone task.

how to use articles
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate | B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Renting a flat (articles)

General Grammar

In this grammar lesson students learn how to use articles (‘a/an’, ‘the’, no article). They listen to recordings, discuss renting a flat, and do grammar exercises. Students also have a role play. 

lesson on fast fashion
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Let’s stop this monster!

Global Issues

This lesson on fast fashion includes a video and a variety of speaking activities to engage your students and enhance their vocabulary.

common English collocations with talent and skills
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate | B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 90 min
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I’ve always wanted to have a talent for…

General

In this lesson, students learn some common English collocations with talent and skills and practise some functional language. They also read a text and talk about talents and talent shows. 

phrasal verb activities
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Phrasal verbs activities

General

The lesson is a series of stand-alone phrasal verb activities that can be used as a revision, warm-up or time filler. There are four types of activities, each with two parts and different phrasal verbs. 

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.

personality adjectives
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate | B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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Honest, creative or lazy? (personality adjectives)

General

This worksheet on personality adjectives in English contains a lot of speaking activities that let students learn and practise new words. Students read short texts, discuss different personalities and talk about themselves. 

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. 

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