Summary
This ESL lesson for B2 English students explores Business English, Certainty. Using a real article as the basis for discussion, students develop reading and listening comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar skills across a 90-minute class.
The grammar focus is Expressing degrees of certainty. Key vocabulary includes highly probable (adjective phrase), slight chance (noun phrase), absolutely certain (adjective phrase) and more, all drawn directly from the source material. The practical English section gives students useful phrases for real-life situations: You are in a team meeting discussing a new, high-risk project. You need to express your level of confidence, raise concerns, and ask for clarification..
Activities
- A warm-up discussion to activate prior knowledge and get students thinking about the topic before watching or reading.
- Comprehension exercises based on the article to check understanding of the main ideas and key details.
- A grammar focus on Expressing degrees of certainty. In English, especially in business, it's important to show how sure you are about something. We use adverbs and specific phrases to modify our statements.
- Vocabulary expansion with advanced expressions related to Business English, Certainty not found in the source material.
- Practical English phrases for You are in a team meeting discussing a new, high-risk project. You need to express your level of confidence, raise concerns, and ask for clarification., with exercises to practise using them naturally.
- A speaking task where students role-play a real-world scenario, applying vocabulary and phrases from the lesson.
Vocabulary focus
The vocabulary section introduces B2-level words and phrases related to Business English, Certainty. Key terms include highly probable (adjective phrase), slight chance (noun phrase), absolutely certain (adjective phrase), unlikely (adjective), fairly confident (adjective phrase). Students practise using these terms in context through exercises drawn from the source material.
Grammar focus
This lesson focuses on Expressing degrees of certainty. In English, especially in business, it's important to show how sure you are about something. We use adverbs and specific phrases to modify our statements.
