advanced ESL games
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min

Guessing games – B2-C1

General

This worksheet consists of five upper-intermediate and advanced ESL games. Each of the games can be used as a stand-alone task.

lesson including advanced phrasal verbs
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min

Advanced vocabulary activities

General

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

phrasal nouns lesson plan
C1 / Advanced | C2 / Proficiency
Standard Lesson 60 min

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.

reduplication in English
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 45 min

A super-duper language phenomenon (reduplication in English)

General

In this lesson about reduplication in English students discover the meaning of common reduplicatives and practise them in everyday conversations.

lesson plan on the placebo effect
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 75 min

Should we be faking it? The placebo effect

General

This lesson plan on the placebo effect is packed with vocabulary (verb + noun collocations) and speaking activities. Students will also watch a video about placebos and their pros and cons.

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