vocabulary lesson plan
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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The history behind brunch

Lifestyle

The goal of the lesson is to teach students portmanteaus, that is linguistic blends of words. It includes most common blends that might be useful in everyday life.

Business English lesson plan
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Unconventional career advice

Business

Business English lesson plan on career path for advanced (C1) students. Watch a video and talk about what is important for your career in the 21st century.

learning collocations
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Problems with the education system (learning collocations)

Global Issues

What’s wrong with the schooling system? This education lesson plan focuses on learning collocations, a video presenting 6 problems and a group debate.

describing graphs in English
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Numbers don’t lie – graphs do

Business

The aim of the lesson is to teach students vocabulary and structures they can use while describing graphs in English, and how to spot distorted charts.

passive voice
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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How is bubble gum made (passive voice)

Grammar Technology

Teach your students how to use passive voice to talk about processes and discover how bubble gum is made.

asking questions
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Questions no one knows the answers to

General Grammar

This TED Talk lesson plan on asking questions includes exercises on both indirect and direct questions and makes students use them a lot in speaking.

video lesson plan
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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How false news can spread

Global Issues

This lesson plan focuses on fake news and circular reporting. Students will also have to decide whether some news stories are fake or true.

English interactive video lesson
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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The ethical dilemma of driverless cars

Technology

In this interactive video lesson, students will have to consider the ethical dilemmas that a self-driving car needs to make, and they will learn new phrases.

C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Understanding war through game theory

Global Issues

War and politics are not standard ESL topics, but these concepts are important. Why not use our ESL lesson plan to put them into your curriculum?

B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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5 dangerous things you should let your kids do

Lifestyle

The focus of this worksheet is discussion. Students will have a lot of opportunities to speak about such topics as childhood and parenting.

Business English collocations
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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How to use technology to manage people better

Business

Teach your students Business English collocations, get your students engaged into a discussion on management and practise their listening skills.

health vocabulary
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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How healthy living nearly killed me

Lifestyle

This ESL worksheet is based on a TED Talk titled “How healthy living nearly killed me” by AJ Jacobs. The speaker discusses his experiences and approach to healthy living.

ESL lesson
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Why you should know how much your co-workers get paid

Business

ESL lesson plan about getting paid. Teach students new vocabulary, test their grammar knowledge and engage in an interesting debate.

talking about a career break
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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How to relaunch your career after a break

Business

The lesson plan focuses on talking about career break and is based on a TED Talk which explains reasons for career breaks and how to come back to work after them.

teaching english vocabulary
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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What makes start-ups succeed?

Business Technology

This lesson plan focuses on start-ups as a business model. Students will learn useful jargon from the Silicon Valley and some collocations that will help them talk about start-ups and launching a new company.

structures of used to
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Sleep more! Your brain needs it! (+ structures of used to)

Grammar Lifestyle

The lesson plan includes exercises on idioms and fixed phrases connected with sleep, and focuses on different structures of “used to”.

expressing likes and dislikes
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min
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Building a museum of museums on the web

Lifestyle

The lesson plan is about art and museums. Students have a lot of opportunities to express their likes and dislikes in these areas.

idioms on motivation
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 90 min
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How bosses demoralize their employees

Business

This Business English lesson will allow your students to learn and practise idioms on motivation used in business. They will also have plenty of opportunities to talk about how companies motivate and demotivate employees.

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