leadership lesson plan
C1 / Advanced | C2 / Proficiency
Standard Lesson 60 min

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.

language for speculation
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

Time for bed, Fred! – Robots at home

Technology

Thanks to this lesson plan, students will have plenty of opportunities to discuss robots and innovation as well as use language for speculation to talk about homes of the future.

B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min

Will they find out I’m a fraud? Imposter syndrome

Lifestyle

Learn about the imposter syndrome, discover what Michelle Obama has to do with it and discuss how to cope with it.

lesson plan on music
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min

Can you imagine the world without music?

Lifestyle

Thanks to this lesson plan on music, students learn adjectives for describing music and watch a video in which musicians talk about emotions music evokes.

panel show
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 90 min

Question Time – Let’s have a panel show!

General

In this lesson, students read two short texts about a TV series, The Crown and a panel show, Question Time, learn useful language for agreeing and disagreeing, and have a panel show.

lesson plan on hygge
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

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.

Christmas lesson plan
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min

Have yourself a merry little Christmas!

General

Thanks to this Christmas lesson plan, students discuss Christmas preparations, watch some TV commercials and write their own Christmas wishes.

health and wellness lesson plan
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

Do health and wellness apps really work?

Technology

This health and wellness lesson plan focuses on a discussion about health‐related issues and applications offered by employers in the workplace.

foreign food names
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min

Easier to eat than pronounce

General

The lesson plan focuses on the pronunciation of foreign food names. Students learn to pronounce such names in American and British English and have some fun.

lesson plan on memory
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

The limits of human memory

General

This lesson plan on memory is about the verbs: remember, recall, recollect and remind, and is based on a video about a person with a super memory.

used to
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

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.

C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min

Would you walk your dog around the world?

Lifestyle

This lesson plan is based on a video presenting a man sharing experiences from his unusual journey and, focuses on travel phrasal verbs.

difference between say tell speak and talk
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min

Just say it! Differences between say, tell, speak and talk

General

This lesson plan deals with the difference between say, tell, speak and talk. Students get exercises that help them understand uses of these verbs.

lesson plan about packaging
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

How to combat plastic packaging

Global Issues

Use our lesson plan about packaging to teach your students some packaging types and materials, revise vocabulary related to recycling as well as watch an interesting video presenting three companies and their approach to plastic packaging.

B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

Art or prank?

Lifestyle

This lesson plan about Banksy and Maurizio Cattelan deals with controversial art. Students watch 2 videos, discuss some artwork and decide: art or prank!

lesson plan on saving money
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

Are you a saver or a spender?

Lifestyle

This lesson plan on saving money is prepared for B1 students. Thanks to it, they will learn a lot of vocabulary connected with money, have a lot of opportunities to speak (including a quiz) and do tasks in an interactive video.

telling stories in English
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

Be a better storyteller

Grammar

This lesson plan is all about telling stories in English and it might be a great supplement to lesson plans on narrative tenses.

online dating lesson plan
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 75 min

Finding the perfect match (online dating lesson plan)

Lifestyle

Thanks to this online dating lesson plan, you will introduce your students to the world of dating apps as well as teach them love and relationship vocab.

communication lesson plan
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min

Communication is not that easy!

Business

This communication lesson plan is based on a short video presenting how miscommunication happens and how we can avoid it. The worksheet includes vocabulary tasks, listening comprehension and speaking practice.

functional language for online meetings
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min

Functional language for online meetings

Business

Teach your students some basic functional language for online meetings that they need to know. Later practise that in real-life situations and have some fun watching a comedy sketch.

B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min

How animals help humans

General

Practise new vocabulary. Work on your students’ listening skills and let them talk about how animals can help heal veterans and let them get back to society.

lesson plan on binge watching
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min

Let’s binge watch it together!

Lifestyle

In this lesson plan students learn advanced TV vocabulary, discuss statistics connected with binge watching and talk about their TV series watching habits.

selfie lesson plan
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min

Why do we take selfies?

Lifestyle Technology

Our selfie lesson plan focuses on word formation, listening, and language straight from Instagram. All that based on an authentic street interview with New Yorkers.

productivity lesson plan
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

How to be more productive at work

Business

This productivity lesson plan is based on two short videos in which Charles Duhigg presents his ideas for boosting work productivity.

veganism lesson plan
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

Vegan economy

Business Global Issues

With our veganism lesson plan, students will learn new food-related words and expressions, watch a news report and discuss veganism and its pros and cons.

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

When graffiti ends up in art galleries

Lifestyle

This ESL graffiti lesson plan is based on a TV report on street art and will encourage your students to learn new vocabulary and discuss this modern art form.

decision making lesson plan
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

How to make faster decisions

Business

This decision-making lesson plan is based on the concept of FOBO – fear of a better option. In this lesson, your students will learn new vocabulary, discover some decision-making strategies and talk about their own experiences.

B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 30 min

Problem solving with 5 Whys

Business

In this worksheet students will learn a very popular problem solving technique called 5 Whys (5W) and practise asking questions.

questioning techniques
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

How to ask better questions

General

Teach your students not only how to form questions in English but also what types of questioning techniques they can use to get better answers.

first Business English lesson
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

Me, my work and I – first Business English lesson plan

Business General

What’s your idea for your first lesson with your adult students? Check out what we do on our first Business English lesson with new students.

lesson plan about celebrities
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

How celebrities want to make a difference

Global Issues

Our lesson plan about celebrities looks into what they can do to make a difference and why their civil disobedience might be important.

phrasal verbs with out
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 75 min

Do you feel FOMO? – phrasal verbs with out

Lifestyle

In this lesson plan, you will talk with your students about FOMO, and its opposite – JOMO, while teaching them various phrasal verbs with ‘out’.

cashless society lesson plan
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

Going Cashless? – Money and Payments Vocab

Business

Our cashless society lesson plan will engage your students into a discussion on the future of money while teaching them some new money-related vocabulary.

crime lesson plan
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 90 min

Helping ex-cons find a job – advanced crime lesson plan

General

Use our crime lesson plan to teach your students some advanced vocabulary and get them involved in a meaningful discussion about ex-cons and jobs.

stress management lesson plan
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

Stress? Let’s deal with it!

Business Lifestyle

Use our stress management lesson plan to teach phrases with the word stress and discuss how to cope with workplace stress and how it affects your life.

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

The changing face of sport (sports vocabulary)

Lifestyle

This B1 lesson plan is our attempt to touch upon the topic of sport, and introduces a lot of sports vocabulary. It is based on a video featuring teenage girls who are professional boxers.

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