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Standard Lesson 60 min
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How are new words created?
GeneralIn this lesson about the origins of new words in English, students practise their listening skills, figure out the meanings of some newly formed words and eventually create their own new words.
Standard Lesson 60 min
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It’s kind of my favourite stuff (vague language)
LifestyleIn this lesson, students watch a video and learn how to use some vague language in English while talking about their favourite things in life.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Is it ‘OK not to be OK’ when you’re an athlete?
Business LifestyleIn 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.
Standard Lesson 75 min
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Better. Faster. Stronger (comparative and superlative adjectives)
Grammar TechnologyIn this lesson based on a video about technology then and now, students learn and practise comparative and superlative adjectives while discussing how their favourite gadgets have changed over time.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Are we lonelier than ever?
LifestyleIn this lesson about loneliness, students get the opportunity to practise word formation and reflect on changes in their relationships with friends.
Flipped Lesson 45 min
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A whole new universe
Grammar TechnologyIn this lesson about Facebook’s metaverse, students learn and practise intensifiers while discussing positive and negative aspects of metaverse environments.
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Gift giving
LifestyleIn this lesson plan about gift giving students discover expressions with the word gift. They also practise their listening skills with a video clip from Friends and share their experience of giving and receiving gifts.
Flipped Lesson 45 min
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Are we prisoners of our habits? (used to structures)
Grammar LifestyleIn this lesson about habits, students revise three used to structures and learn phrases with the word habit. They also watch a video about neuroplasticity and reflect on different aspects of some common habits developed by people.
Standard Lesson 90 min
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Everyone has it, but no one can lose it: indefinite pronouns
GrammarWith this lesson plan students learn how to use indefinite pronouns and get the opportunity to put them into practice through a series of written and oral exercises.
Standard Lesson 75 min
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Have you ever attended a silent meeting?
Business GrammarIn this lesson, students learn how to use Present Perfect for experiences and practise new vocabulary related to workplace meetings.
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Are emojis making us dumber?
GeneralIn this lesson about emojis students not only learn words to describe some common features of nonverbal communication, but they also watch a video and reflect on the role of emojis in digital communication.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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How tiny tasks become monsters
Business LifestyleIn 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.
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Could you live without your sense of smell?
GeneralIn this lesson students practise their listening skills, revise sense verbs and learn to describe objects using sense verbs and adjectives.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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How to do an online job interview right
BusinessWith 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.
Standard Lesson 75 min
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What we do and why we do it (expressing purpose)
Business GrammarIn 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.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Co-living: an answer to housing and social issues
Global Issues LifestyleIn this lesson students learn and practise some interesting vocabulary related to co-living apartments, while discussing positive and negative aspects of this modern trend.
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Is art easy to define?
LifestyleWith this art lesson plan students learn and put into practice expressions that can be used to talk about art. They also watch a video, paraphrase and share personal opinions on art.
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Why do we glamourise overwork more than ever
BusinessThis 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.