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.

positive and negative adjectives
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Anxiety-free news

Global Issues

In this lesson about anxiety-free news, students learn and practise positive and negative adjectives and reflect on the impact of news stories on our lives.

B1 technology lesson plan
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Can robots compete with humans?

Technology

With this B1 technology lesson plan, students talk about different types of robots, watch two videos about robots in sports, learn some commonly confused sport words and reflect on the future of robots.

multiple choice questions
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Trees – an essential part of cities

Global Issues

In this lesson, students will watch a video about the important role of trees in urban areas, answer multiple choice questions and learn several (advanced) collocations and expressions related to the topic of green cities. 

business English role plays
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 75 min
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How to work with people who get under your skin

Business

This lesson plan is based on a video about how to deal with difficult relationships at work and includes two business English role plays.

reduplication in English
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 45 min
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A super-duper language phenomenon (reduplication in English)

General

In this lesson about reduplication in English students discover the meaning of common reduplicatives and practise them in everyday conversations.

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.

language for presentations
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 75 min
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The city of the future is here

Technology

With this lesson plan based on a video about Toyota’s city of the future students learn some useful language for presentations and then practise their presentation skills.

listening for gist and details
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate | B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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The person who knows how to cheer your day up

Lifestyle

In this lesson students get an opportunity to learn phrasal verbs and practise their listening skills (listening for gist and details) by watching a motivational video about how to cope with a bad day.

synonyms for common adjectives
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Your experience is important to us!

Technology

With this lesson plan students learn some useful language for describing their experience with websites and apps, including synonyms for common adjectives, and watch a video about UX design tactics. 

past modals
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 45 min
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He couldn’t have seen a ghost!

Grammar

In this grammar lesson, students learn a few idioms for expressing emotions, discover how to use past modals as well as practise them in speaking activities.

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.

language for speculation
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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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.

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

talking about problems and solutions
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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Have you tried turning it off and on again?

General

In this lesson plan, ESL students will do a lot of different activities and learn words and expressions for talking about problems and solutions.

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