gig economy lesson plan
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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The gig economy: good or bad for workers?

Business

This lesson plan gives students the opportunity to learn and practise words related to freelance work and discuss pros and cons of the gig economy. 

ESL vocabulary puzzles
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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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.

phrasal nouns lesson plan
C1 / Advanced | C2 / Proficiency
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Layoffs and cutbacks can lead to start-ups (phrasal nouns)

Business

In this lesson, students read a short article about a start-up surge and learn some phrasal nouns by working out their meaning from the context. They also use the phrasal nouns in a discussion and a crossword.

C2 / Proficiency
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Bitcoin goes mainstream! Is cryptocurrency here to stay?

Business

In this advanced lesson, students learn some language related to money and cryptocurrencies and discuss what the fact that Bitcoin has gone mainstream entails.

employment law English
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 75 min
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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.

phrases for business meetings
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 75 min
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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.

C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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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.

circular economy
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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The circular economy

Business

In this lesson, students discover pros and cons of the linear and circular economy and learn some new vocabulary and collocations related to the topic. They also work on a case study and come up with strategies to transform a company following a linear model into a more circular one.

C1 / Advanced
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Is being creative enough to succeed in innovation?

Business Technology

In this worksheet, students look for synonyms of some advanced phrases, practise word formation and reflect on what it takes to succeed in innovation.

B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Is it ‘OK not to be OK’ when you’re an athlete?

Business Lifestyle

In this lesson students learn words and expressions related to mental health while talking about mental health issues suffered by athletes. They also discuss ways to promote mental health by public institutions.

C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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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.

Present Perfect for experiences
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate | B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 75 min
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Have you ever attended a silent meeting?

Business Grammar

In this lesson, students learn how to use Present Perfect for experiences and practise new vocabulary related to workplace meetings. 

B2 / Upper Intermediate
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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How tiny tasks become monsters

Business Lifestyle

In this lesson students learn and put into practice dependent prepositions (in phrasal verbs and other expressions) while discussing reasons and ways of dealing with the common problem of procrastination.

data science lesson plan
C1 / Advanced | C2 / Proficiency
Standard Lesson 90 min
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Data science and the NBA

Business Technology

With this data science lesson plan, students will learn a lot of advanced vocabulary related to the topic and put it into practice through a series of written and oral activities.

B2 / Upper Intermediate
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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How to do an online job interview right

Business

With this lesson plan students learn and practise some useful phrases related to doing an online job interview while discussing ten tips on how to do it successfully. 

expressing purpose with to and for
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Standard Lesson 75 min
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What we do and why we do it (expressing purpose)

Business Grammar

In this lesson based on a video about reasons why people work, students practise expressing purpose with to and for. They also discuss everyday activities in the workplace and discover some collocations to describe a day at work.

B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Why do we glamourise overwork more than ever

Business

This lesson plan about overwork is based on an article and gives students the opportunity to learn work-related language, while reflecting on the cult of overwork.

conjunctions and prepositionsconjunctions and prepositions
B1 / Intermediate
Flipped Lesson 75 min
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Flying business class (conjunctions and prepositions)

Business Grammar

In this video-based lesson about flying economy, business and first class with Emirates, students will be practising conjunctions and prepositions. They will also discover some luxurious cabin features while discussing business trips.

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