B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Can robots be chefs?

Technology

In this lesson, students discuss the article they read at home, talk about the pizza vending machine and the future of cooking. 

tourism lesson plan
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Would you like a lava snack?

Lifestyle

With this tourism lesson plan, students discuss gastro-tourism, watch a video and learn vocabulary related to food. 

B1 / Intermediate
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Do you enjoy working remotely?

Business Lifestyle

In this Critical Reading Club lesson, students talk about working remotely and learn some vocabulary connected to the subject.

B2 / Upper Intermediate
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Non-native speakers or lifelong learners?

General

In this lesson students discuss the accuracy of different terms referring to non-native English speakers, do a word-formation activity and talk about the article they read at home. 

cleft sentences
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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What makes a great corporate culture?

Business Grammar

In this lesson, students watch a video and use functional language (cleft sentences) to talk about corporate culture. They also learn some vocabulary related to the topic. 

B2 / Upper Intermediate
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Understanding professional motivations

Business

In this lesson students talk about different types of workers described in the article, discuss some questions about motivations, and learn vocabulary to explain what motivates them at work.

expressing numbers in English
B1 / Intermediate
Flipped Lesson 45 min
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The rising cost of living

Lifestyle

With this lesson plan on expressing numbers in English, students revise numbers and learn some approximations, talk about the rising cost of living and learn some useful vocabulary.

B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Who wants to live forever?

Technology

With this lesson plan, students have an in-depth discussion about the idea of recreating dead people as avatars. They also practise useful vocabulary and talk about the metaverse.

upper-intermediate lesson plan
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 75 min
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There are only two things certain in life…

Business General

With this upper-intermediate lesson plan students discuss the welfare state, watch a video about taxes in Sweden, and learn some useful vocabulary. 

B1 / Intermediate
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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On the way to zero food waste

Global Issues Lifestyle

In this lesson, intermediate students discuss food waste, share some tips on how not to waste food and learn some useful vocabulary.

conjunctions of purpose
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Flipped Lesson 60 min
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Learning about the past for the present

General Grammar

With this lesson plan, students discuss why we need to learn history and other school subjects. They also watch a video and practise the use of conjunctions.

English worksheet
B1 / Intermediate
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Getting by without a car

Lifestyle

In this lesson students discuss means of transport, talk about car and bike traffic in the place where they live, and learn some vocabulary to talk about transport.

phrases for giving opinions
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 75 min
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Elegance versus bling (case study)

Business

In this lesson, students watch a video about a company facing problems, learn advanced phrases for giving opinions, and discuss case studies.

informal expressions in English
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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‘I owe you one!’ and other informal expressions

General

In this lesson, students learn some informal expressions in English which are used instead of common phrases like ‘I understand’. They also watch two sets of short video clips, and practise using the new language.

B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Location-based pay – a thing of the past?

Business

In 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. 

worksheet for healthcare professionals
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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What is it like to be a healthcare professional?

Business

In this worksheet for healthcare professionals students learn words and collocations to talk about healthcare professions and health problems, watch a video in which a nurse talks about her job, and practise pronunciation.

pre-intermediate conversation worksheet
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate | B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Don’t stop talking! – A2–B1 speaking activities

General

This pre-intermediate conversation worksheet consists of five speaking activities which can be used as fillers or warm-up tasks. The activities are suitable for a group of students, as well as for a one-on-one class. 

B2 / Upper Intermediate
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Is it easy to be kind?

General

In 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. 

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