worksheet on employee benefits
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate | B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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What motivates you at work?

Business

In this worksheet on employee benefits, students learn vocabulary and watch a video about companies offering cool perks. They also have plenty of opportunities to discuss benefits and other things which motivate them at work.

phrases for giving and receiving feedback
C1 / Advanced | C2 / Proficiency
Standard Lesson 75 min
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The art of giving feedback

Business

In 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. 

speaking lesson plan
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Rethinking your mindset

Business Lifestyle

With this speaking lesson plan, students watch a video about growth and fixed mindsets and get plenty of opportunities to discuss them. They also learn some collocations referring to challenges and development, as well as practise word formation.

C1 / Advanced
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Could a bossless workplace work?

Business

With this lesson plan, students discuss how they feel about a bossless workplace. They also learn some useful vocabulary related to worker cooperatives and the hierarchical structure of a traditional workplace.

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. 

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.

B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Critical Reading Club 30 min
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Why is quitting a job while working remotely so distressing?

Business

In this lesson students discover some expressions related to leaving a job and share their views on some stressful aspects of starting and ending a job while working remotely.

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.

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.

listening for details
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Would you like to work a four-day week? (listening for details)

Business

In this lesson students will watch a video on a four-day work week, improve their listening for details skills and and reflect on the positive and negative aspects of working four days a week.

lesson plan on LinkedIn
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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Make the most of your LinkedIn profile

Business

In this lesson plan on LinkedIn students discover how to create a successful professional profile, practise their listening skills and write a LinkedIn profile summary.

pre‐intermediate Business English lesson plan
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min
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What do you do?

Business

Thanks to this pre‐intermediate Business English lesson plan, students will learn useful words and phrases for describing companies and jobs.

lesson plan about recruitment
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Flipped Lesson 60 min
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How unconscious bias affects your chances of getting a job

Business

This lesson plan about recruitment deals with unconscious bias among recruiters. The worksheet includes a lot of vocabulary as well as word formation tasks and includes a TED Talk by Gail Tolstoi-Miller.

surveillance lesson plan
C1 / Advanced | C2 / Proficiency
Flipped Lesson 60 min
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Big Brother is watching you

Business Technology

This surveillance lesson plan looks into the topic of employee monitoring software and questions the use of this technology raises.

fractions in English
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Flipped Lesson 45 min
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Workplace ghosting (fractions in English)

Business

This flipped lesson plan will make your students aware of such a phenomenon as workplace ghosting and introduce them to the world of statistics.

generational stereotypes
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Flipped Lesson 30 min
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Generational stereotypes at work

Business

Video-based ESL lesson plan which focuses on stereotypical generations at work. It’s perfect for professionals, especially involved in HR/Employer Branding

advanced lesson plan
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min
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What makes you employable?

Business

Advanced lesson plan on skills necessary for the contemporary business world. This ESL worksheet includes two videos with experts talking on the matter and a lot of vocabulary.

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