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Why do some people have wanderlust
5 key vocabulary items with definitions and usage notes. Grammar focus: The passive voice with examples and practice
Would you pass the wallet test?
ESL lesson | B2 | Would you pass the wallet test?
The dark origins of Disney fairy tales
This 90-minute ESL lesson for B2 learners explores The dark origins of Disney fairy tales - Claudia Schwabe through a real video.
Vocabulary for online meetings
Equip advanced ESL students with essential language for successful online meetings. This C1 lesson covers business idioms, decision-making grammar, and culminates in a practical role-play.
Time management from a computer's perspective
Explore time management through a tech analogy in this B2 ESL lesson. Learn productivity vocabulary, practice cause-and-effect grammar, and offer solutions as a 'productivity consultant' in a role-play.
Making complaints (beginner)
An A2 ESL lesson plan on making complaints. Students learn essential vocabulary and phrases for returning faulty items, asking for refunds or exchanges, and practicing polite, real-world conversations through video analysis, listening, and role-play activities.
Talking about feelings (Advanced)
This C1 lesson helps students express complex emotions. It covers advanced vocabulary/idioms, grammar for past regrets (wish/if only + past perfect) and hypotheticals (third conditional). Engaging activities (e.g., role-play) solidify nuanced emotional expression.
Making complaints politely
This practical ESL lesson teaches students how to complain politely, building confidence in difficult situations and developing key communication skills for daily life. It covers warm-up discussions, vocabulary, model dialogue analysis, grammar, and realistic role-play scenarios.
Giving presentations (Advanced)
This C2 lesson equips students with tools for powerful, persuasive presentations. It covers rhetorical devices (anaphora, antithesis), advanced grammar (inversion, inverted conditionals), and handling tough questions, culminating in a business pitch role-play.
Playing a different game: The Nintendo business model
Explore Nintendo's unique business model to teach strategy, innovation, and market competition. Students watch a video, learn key business vocabulary like 'subsidize' and 'recoup,' practice comparisons, and analyze business models to make recommendations.
Making and canceling appointments
This A1 English lesson teaches students to make and cancel appointments. Activities include vocabulary, listening, 'can/can't' grammar, a reading task about a clinic app, and role-play. It builds practical communication skills for beginners to manage arrangements.
Expressing feelings: talking about regrets and annoyances
Expressing feelings — a B1 English lesson. Practise using 'I wish I hadn't' and 'I wish you wouldn't' and expand vocabulary around regret and annoyance.