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Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Location-based pay – a thing of the past?
BusinessIn this lesson students learn some useful vocabulary to talk about salaries, discuss if location-based pay should become a thing of the past, and share their views on pay transparency and salary bands.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Is it easy to be kind?
GeneralIn this lesson students talk about how acts of kindness are perceived nowadays, practise some useful phrases used in the article they read at home, and discuss how kind they would be in different situations.
Standard Lesson 75 min
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It’s so hot right now!
Business TechnologyIn this lesson students learn expressions to talk about trends and watch a video about one of new buzzwords, i.e. NFTs.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Menstrual leave sparks debate
Business Global IssuesIn this lesson, students learn advanced words and phrases to express opinions, talk about the idea of menstrual leave and hold a debate.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Are we all content creators?
GeneralIn this lesson students discuss who a content creator is and practise some vocabulary useful when defining vague terms.
Standard Lesson 90 min
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Families – extended, nuclear, chosen
Global Issues LifestyleIn this advanced speaking lesson students will practise some vocabulary and watch a video about the history of the nuclear family. They will also discuss some statistics and talk about the changing family model.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Are we becoming less materialistic?
Global Issues LifestyleIn this lesson, students talk about materialism and how the pandemic influenced our view of material gains, and do a transformation task.
Standard Lesson 75 min
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Has cancel culture gone too far?
Global IssuesIn this lesson students learn vocabulary useful to talk about cancel culture, do a CAE multiple-choice cloze task, watch a video, and get the opportunity to discuss cancel culture and freedom of speech in depth.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Can stay interviews keep employees from leaving?
BusinessIn this lesson, students discuss the idea of stay interviews in depth and learn phrases which are useful to talk about employer-employee relationship.
Standard Lesson 90 min
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Why do we like horror films?
GeneralIn this lesson, students learn vocabulary useful when talking about fear or relief, watch a video about horror films, and describe situations in which they felt uneasy or scared.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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AI supporting mental health therapy
TechnologyIn this lesson students discuss using AI in areas such as mental health therapy and the justice system, complete the summary of the article they read at home, and share their thoughts on the future of AI.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Curious questions about curiosity
GeneralIn this lesson, students discuss the topic of curiosity in humans, practise collocations from the article, and reflect on how curiosity has shaped their lives.
Standard Lesson 75 min
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How to start a conversation with a stranger
LifestyleIn this lesson, students learn and create different conversation starters. They also watch a video about a man who talked to 100 strangers and do a role-play activity.
Standard Lesson 75 min
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The art of giving feedback
BusinessIn this lesson, students discover a formula to help them give great feedback and learn some useful phrases for giving and receiving feedback in English. They also watch a video about giving feedback and learn vocabulary related to it.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Our lives rely on social media more than we think
LifestyleThis lesson plan is based on an article about a social media outage which students read at home. In the lesson, students learn some useful vocabulary and discuss possible consequences of all social media ceasing to exist.
Standard Lesson 75 min
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Moving through your presentation
BusinessWith this lesson plan, students learn plenty of useful phrases for presentations in English. They also prepare presentation excerpts, and learn how to start a presentation. The lesson is the second of the three-part series of lessons about delivering presentations.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Could a bossless workplace work?
BusinessWith this lesson plan, students discuss how they feel about a bossless workplace. They also learn some useful vocabulary related to worker cooperatives and the hierarchical structure of a traditional workplace.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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To shuffle or not to shuffle?
LifestyleIn this lesson students discuss the article they read at home about Adele’s request to remove the shuffle button on her album. They also study collocations with the words album and track.