talking about hotels
A1 / Elementary | A2 / Pre‐Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

At a hotel

General

Talk about hotel situations with this lesson! Students practise hotel-related vocabulary, watch a short video on a hotel stay and share their own experiences. They also work in pairs and role-play hotel scenarios.

phrases for ordering at a café
A1 / Elementary
Standard Lesson 75 min

Can I get a cup of tea? (at a café)

General

Explore café situations! Students practise phrases for ordering and serving food, watch and listen to customer-server interactions, and role-play a conversation at a café. They also ask and answer questions about the menu.

functional language for hotel situations
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate | B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 75 min

I’m calling to change my reservation (functional language)

General

Students talk about hotel situations, practise functional language for hotel interactions and watch a video about welcoming a guest to an Airbnb flat. They also do a role-play using target vocabulary.

common English collocations with talent and skills
A2 / Pre‐Intermediate | B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 90 min

I’ve always wanted to have a talent for…

General

In this lesson, students learn some common English collocations with talent and skills and practise some functional language. They also read a text and talk about talents and talent shows. 

advanced multiword verbs
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min

Living a digital nomad lifestyle

Business Lifestyle

In this lesson students watch a video about being a digital nomad and learn and practise advanced multiword verbs.

conversation starters
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 75 min

How to start a conversation with a stranger

Lifestyle

In this lesson, students learn and create different conversation starters. They also watch a video about a man who talked to 100 strangers and do a role-play activity.

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

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. 

saying no in English
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

I wish I could but I don’t want to

General

In this lesson students watch a video about strategies for saying ‘no’ in English and discover some useful phrases to say ‘no’ politely. They also put them into practice through a role-play.

indefinite pronouns
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 90 min

Everyone has it, but no one can lose it: indefinite pronouns

Grammar

With 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.

party people dancing and learning party words and phrases
C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 60 min

The best shindig ever!

Lifestyle

In this lesson students watch a video on how to host a party, learn and practise some informal party words and phrases and engage in a role-play. Just a friendly reminder – this is a lesson for adults.

business English role plays
B1 / Intermediate | B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 75 min

How to work with people who get under your skin

Business

This lesson plan is based on a video about how to deal with difficult relationships at work and includes two business English role plays.

panel show
B2 / Upper Intermediate | C1 / Advanced
Standard Lesson 90 min

Question Time – Let’s have a panel show!

General

In this lesson, students read two short texts about a TV series, The Crown and a panel show, Question Time, learn useful language for agreeing and disagreeing, and have a panel show.

talking about problems and solutions
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

General

In this lesson plan, ESL students will do a lot of different activities and learn words and expressions for talking about problems and solutions.

travel and transport idioms
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min

At a crossroads and other travel and transport inspired idioms

General

This lesson plan deals with travel and transport idioms. Students get a lot of exercises to discover their meanings and practise them in writing as well as speaking.

already just yet
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 30 min

Have you done it yet? Present Perfect: already, just, yet

Grammar

This lesson plan deals with Present Perfect and already, just, yet. We want to show students how to use these words in specific situations. Apart from practical tasks, students will also role-play two scenarios.

love and relationship vocabulary
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

Love is not always a bed of roses

General

This lesson plan includes tasks built around love and relationship vocabulary, but mainly words and expressions we use when things go wrong in a relationship.

reported speech
B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 75 min

Practise reported speech with Vogue interviews

Grammar Lifestyle

Use Vogue 73 Qs interviews to teach your students reported speech with our original lesson plan and discover new facts about their favourite celebrities!

telephone English phrases
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

Telephone phobia (Telephone English phrases)

Business

Teach your students how to use English over the phone using our Telephone English phrases and practical role plays as well as telephone etiquette tips.

B2 / Upper Intermediate
Standard Lesson 45 min

Complaining and responding to complaints

Business General

Teach your students some informal and formal expressions for complaining and practise them in a role-play activity with a twist.

asking questions
B1 / Intermediate
Standard Lesson 60 min

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.

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