Topic: Business Skills
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Standard Lesson 60 min
Corporate speak
BusinessThis ESL lesson on corporate jargon includes a video, a lot of discussion and practice of some popular phrases.
Standard Lesson 75 min
Conversations we dread
Business GeneralIn this ESL lesson about communication students talk about difficult conversations and share their experiences. They learn vocabulary, watch a video, have a discussion, role play and practise useful expressions.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Word-of-mouth marketing
BusinessThis lesson about marketing will spark a lot of discussion among students. Learners will also watch a video about word-of-mouth marketing as well as learn and practise useful collocations.
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min
Let’s talk about projects!
BusinessIn this lesson about projects, students watch a video ad, talk about their experience with projects and discuss different project management problems.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Does everyone need a mentor?
BusinessIn this lesson about mentorship students discuss mentor and mentee’s relationships, define what successful mentorship is and watch a video about it. Students also do a role play discussing work problems and exchanging advice.
Standard Lesson 90 min
First impressions matter
BusinessWith 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.
Standard Lesson 90 min
Catching up made easy
BusinessIn this lesson about instant messaging, students watch a video, discuss the rules for instant messaging and write short messages to each other.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Skills for the job
BusinessIn this lesson, students watch a video about different types of skills, learn useful vocabulary, and practise talking about hard and soft skills.
Standard Lesson 75 min
The art of giving feedback
BusinessIn 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.
Standard Lesson 60 min
How to nail that presentation
BusinessIn this lesson about business presentations in English, students discuss presentation structures in depth, watch a video with tips on giving presentations, and learn useful words and phrases related to the topic. The lesson is the first of the three-part series of lessons about delivering presentations.
Standard Lesson 75 min
I’m afraid that’s outside the scope of this meeting
BusinessIn 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.
Standard Lesson 75 min
Mastering small talk
Business LifestyleIn this lesson students practise their listening skills with an engaging video about making small talk in English, learn several phrasal verbs and sharpen their small talk skills through a series of speaking activities.
Standard Lesson 75 min
How to work with people who get under your skin
BusinessThis lesson plan is based on a video about how to deal with difficult relationships at work and includes two business English role plays.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Make the most of your LinkedIn profile
BusinessIn this lesson plan on LinkedIn students discover how to create a successful professional profile, practise their listening skills and write a LinkedIn profile summary.
Flipped Lesson 60 min
Apple’s legendary keynotes
Business LifestyleThe objective of this lesson plan is to teach students some adjectives for describing products and show them a video analysing Apple’s legendary keynotes.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Communication is not that easy!
BusinessThis 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.
Standard Lesson 30 min
Problem solving with 5 Whys
BusinessIn this worksheet students will learn a very popular problem solving technique called 5 Whys (5W) and practise asking questions.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Telephone phobia (Telephone English phrases)
BusinessTeach your students how to use English over the phone using our Telephone English phrases and practical role plays as well as telephone etiquette tips.
