giving good and bad news in English
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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Good news or bad news, which do you want first?

Business General

This lesson plan deals with functional language for giving good and bad news in English. Students will learn useful expressions and do a role-play.

mixed conditionals
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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Mixed conditionals for Business English

Business Grammar

The lesson plan introduces the rules of mixed conditionals and makes Business English learners practise them through various activities.

Past Simple revision
B1 / Intermediate
Flipped Lesson 60 min
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The stories of famous entrepreneurs

Business Grammar

This lesson plan is perfect for Past Simple revision. Students practise using the tense as well as learn vocabulary related to running a business.

Business English worksheet for B1
B1 / Intermediate
Flipped Lesson 45 min
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There’s no business without challenges

Business

This Business English worksheet for B1 students gives them opportunity to speak about different businesses and their challenges, and analyse case studies.

social welfare lesson plan
C1 / Advanced
Flipped Lesson 60 min
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Universal basic income

Business Global Issues

This social welfare lesson plan deals with UBI, that is universal basic income. Students will learn a lot of related vocabulary as well as express their opinions on UBI and other social welfare issues.

lesson plan about recruitment
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Flipped Lesson 60 min
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How unconscious bias affects your chances of getting a job

Business

This lesson plan about recruitment deals with unconscious bias among recruiters. The worksheet includes a lot of vocabulary as well as word formation tasks and includes a TED Talk by Gail Tolstoi-Miller.

surveillance lesson plan
C1 / Advanced | C2 / Proficiency
Flipped Lesson 60 min
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Big Brother is watching you

Business Technology

This surveillance lesson plan looks into the topic of employee monitoring software and questions the use of this technology raises.

communication lesson plan
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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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.

inclusive language
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 30 min
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Inclusive language

Business Global Issues

We developed this worksheet to teach some inclusive language. In this one-page handout, students will learn what inclusive language is and discover some examples of both inclusive and exclusive language.

working from home
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Flipped Lesson 45 min
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How to master working from home

Business Grammar

Thanks to this ESL lesson plan your students will learn some useful vocabulary, study verb patterns and watch a video about tips for working from home.

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

formal and informal email
B1 / Intermediate
Flipped Lesson 60 min
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Writing effective emails – formal and informal language

Business

Teach your B1 students some formal and informal email language and give them some tips on writing effectively with our ESL lesson plan on writing emails.

productivity lesson plan
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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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
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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.

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

fractions in English
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Flipped Lesson 45 min
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Workplace ghosting (fractions in English)

Business

This flipped lesson plan will make your students aware of such a phenomenon as workplace ghosting and introduce them to the world of statistics.

B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 30 min
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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.

first Business English lesson
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Me, my work and I – first Business English lesson plan

Business

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.

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