Category: Business

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Welcome on board!

Business

In this lesson about onboarding, students discuss their experience, watch the video, and practise modal verbs of possibility (must, might, can’t). They also read a dialogue and role play a similar one.  

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Regulating big tech

Business Technology

This lesson on regulation and technology focuses on rules and laws vocabulary. The lesson features a video about a law and a discussion on regulating big companies and different technologies.

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Earth is our only shareholder

Business Global Issues

In this lesson, students learn and practise using compound adjectives. They also discuss corporate misconduct and watch a video about a founder who gave his company away to fight climate change.

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Choosing between red and blue

Business

In this lesson, students learn and practise Business English phrases and discuss successful companies. They also watch the video about business strategies and choose one for their start-up. 

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First impressions matter

Business

With this intermediate lesson plan, students talk about first impressions, watch a video about the first day in a new job, and write a self-introduction. 

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Living a digital nomad lifestyle

Business Lifestyle

In this lesson students watch a video about being a digital nomad and learn and practise advanced multiword verbs.

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Catching up made easy

Business

In this lesson about instant messaging, students watch a video, discuss the rules for instant messaging and write short messages to each other. 

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It’s so hot right now!

Business Technology

In this lesson students learn expressions to talk about trends and watch a video about one of new buzzwords, i.e. NFTs.

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Unconventional business model

Business

In this lesson, students learn about furniture retailer IKEA and discuss its business model. Then, they come up with their own business idea for a shop.

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The art of giving feedback

Business

In 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. 

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Rethinking your mindset

Business Lifestyle

With this speaking lesson plan, students watch a video about growth and fixed mindsets and get plenty of opportunities to discuss them. They also learn some collocations referring to challenges and development, as well as practise word formation.

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Can you figure it out? ESL vocabulary puzzles

Business

This is a set of ESL vocabulary puzzles rather than a typical ESL Brains lesson plan. Each of the puzzles can be used separately as a time filler, a warm-up, etc.

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The right to rest and other employment laws

Business

In this lesson students learn vocabulary related to the topic of employment law, watch a video about a new law passed in Portugal and share their views on employment regulations around the world.

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I’m afraid that’s outside the scope of this meeting

Business

In this lesson, students reflect on ways to make a business meeting more productive and practise some useful phrases for business meetings. They also act out typical workplace situations.

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Behind every success there are dozens of failures

Business

In this lesson about success and failure students watch an interview with Jeff Bezos and learn a few idioms related to failure. They also put them into practice through a role-play activity involving different aspects of business failures.

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Closing the gender pay gap

Business Global Issues

With this lesson plan, students talk about gender stereotypes, watch a video and discuss the factors driving the gender pay gap. They also reflect on solutions to this problem and discover some expressions with the word root.

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Blockchain: there’s more to it than crypto

Business Technology

In this lesson about blockchain applications, students get an opportunity to practise their listening skills and learn some advanced collocations.

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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.