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An intermediate learner who can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered at work, school, or leisure. They can deal with most situations likely to arise while traveling in a language-speaking area. They can produce simple, connected text on familiar topics and describe experiences, events, hopes, and briefly give reasons for opinions and plans.

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Past perfect for sequencing events in storytelling
B1 Grammar Practical English Audio

Past perfect for sequencing events in storytelling

This lesson focuses on mastering the Past Perfect tense to accurately sequence events in storytelling. Through listening, vocabulary, grammar exercises, and speaking practice, learners will improve their ability to narrate past occurrences clearly.

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Future forms for plans and predictions
B1 Grammar Practical English Business Work Audio

Future forms for plans and predictions

This lesson helps you master future forms in English, including 'will', 'be going to', and 'present continuous'. Learn to express plans, predictions, and fixed arrangements accurately through engaging listening, vocabulary, and grammar exercises.

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Would rather and prefer for expressing preferences
B1 Grammar Practical English Work General Audio

Would rather and prefer for expressing preferences

This lesson teaches how to express preferences using 'would rather' and 'prefer', covering their structures and providing practical exercises. Improve your ability to discuss choices diplomatically in various contexts.

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Tag questions in professional networking
B1 Practical English Grammar Business Work Audio

Tag questions in professional networking

This lesson focuses on mastering tag questions within the context of professional networking events. Enhance your ability to start conversations, confirm information, and build connections effectively.

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Quantifiers for describing data and trends
B1 Grammar Business Practical English Audio

Quantifiers for describing data and trends

This lesson teaches B1 level English learners how to effectively use quantifiers such as 'much', 'many', 'few', and 'little' to describe data and trends. It includes listening, vocabulary, grammar, reading, and speaking exercises focused on business contexts.

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Conjunctions for connecting ideas in writing
B1 Practical English Grammar Business Work Audio

Conjunctions for connecting ideas in writing

This lesson helps B1 learners master conjunctions to connect ideas effectively in both general and business writing. You will practice using common conjunctions like 'and', 'but', 'so', and 'because', as well as more formal connectors such as 'although', 'therefore', and 'however

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Describing problems and asking for help
B1 Practical English Grammar Technology Work General Audio

Describing problems and asking for help

This lesson teaches English learners how to effectively describe problems and politely ask for help. It includes vocabulary, grammar structures for discussing ongoing issues, and practical exercises.

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Handling Everyday Complaints Politely
B1 Practical English Grammar Lifestyle General Work Audio

Handling Everyday Complaints Politely

This lesson teaches you how to handle everyday complaints politely using specific phrases and modal verbs. Learn to express dissatisfaction effectively while maintaining respect and achieving a positive resolution.

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Giving and receiving constructive feedback at work
B1 Work Business Practical English Grammar Audio

Giving and receiving constructive feedback at work

This lesson focuses on the essential skill of giving and receiving constructive feedback in a professional environment. Learn practical strategies, key vocabulary, and grammar rules to enhance your communication at work.

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Asking the right questions: subject vs. object questions
B1 Grammar Practical English Video

Asking the right questions: subject vs. object questions

This lesson guides B1 English learners through the essential difference between subject and object questions. Master how to form questions correctly to ask about the doer or receiver of an action.

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Explaining your role and daily responsibilities
B1 Practical English Business Work Grammar Audio

Explaining your role and daily responsibilities

Learn to effectively explain your job role and daily responsibilities in English. This lesson covers essential vocabulary, grammar (Present Simple for routines), and practical exercises for professional communication.

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Participating in problem-solving discussions at work
B1 Practical English Work Business Grammar Audio

Participating in problem-solving discussions at work

This lesson focuses on improving English skills for participating in workplace problem-solving discussions. It covers key vocabulary, listening comprehension, and grammar using the Past Simple Passive.

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Giving short updates and status reports
B1 Practical English Work Business Grammar General Audio Free

Giving short updates and status reports

This lesson helps you master giving short updates and status reports effectively. You'll learn essential vocabulary, practice grammar for ongoing actions and future plans, and apply useful phrases in practical exercises.

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Polite Emails for Everyday Tasks
B1 Practical English Business Work Grammar General Audio Free

Polite Emails for Everyday Tasks

Learn to write polite emails for everyday tasks using key phrases and grammar. This lesson focuses on making polite requests and provides practice exercises for practical application.

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Subscription Overload
B1 Practical English Lifestyle Business Technology Video

Subscription Overload

Many people find themselves with too many online subscriptions, often forgetting about them and paying for unused services. This lesson explores why subscription overload happens and how to manage recurring payments.

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The history of pink
B1 Practical English Grammar Lifestyle Video Free

The history of pink

This lesson explores the evolving history of the color pink, from its early associations to its modern symbolic meaning. Students will practice listening, expand their vocabulary, and master the past simple passive.

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Subject-verb agreement in complex business sentences
B1 Grammar Business Practical English Work Audio

Subject-verb agreement in complex business sentences

This lesson focuses on mastering subject-verb agreement in complex business sentences. It covers key rules and provides practice through listening, vocabulary, grammar exercises, and article analysis to enhance communication clarity.

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First conditional for making business predictions and proposals
B1 Business Grammar Practical English Audio

First conditional for making business predictions and proposals

This lesson teaches how to use the First Conditional to make business predictions and proposals. It includes listening, vocabulary, grammar exercises, and a reading comprehension to practice applying this essential grammar structure in a business context.

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Past simple for project updates and quarterly reports
B1 Business Audio

Past simple for project updates and quarterly reports

This lesson focuses on using the Past Simple tense to discuss project updates and quarterly reports in a business context. It includes listening, vocabulary, grammar exercises, reading comprehension, and speaking practice.

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Staying safe from online scams
B1 Technology Lifestyle General Video

Staying safe from online scams

Help B1 ESL students discuss online scams and stay safe online. This lesson uses a video on AI scams, engaging students with warm-up discussions, vocabulary matching, comprehension checks, and a role-play activity to master the third conditional for past hypothetical situations.

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Avoiding miscommunication
B1 General Work Lifestyle Video

Avoiding miscommunication

This B1 ESL lesson uses a video and practical exercises to help students avoid misunderstandings and express themselves clearly. It includes vocabulary, video comprehension, modal verbs for speculation, and role-plays to improve communication skills.

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Bucket lists and life goals
B1 General Lifestyle Video

Bucket lists and life goals

Discuss bucket lists and life goals with this engaging ESL lesson for intermediate learners. Learn vocabulary for adventurous activities, practice listening with a video, and master expressing desires (I want to, I'd like to). Create, share, and collaborate on your own life goals.

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If I were a boy - Second conditional with Beyoncé
B1 Grammar Lifestyle Video

If I were a boy - Second conditional with Beyoncé

An engaging B1 ESL lesson plan using Beyoncé's 'If I Were a Boy' to teach the second conditional. Students engage in warm-up, vocabulary, music video analysis, lyrics completion, grammar practice, and speaking activities on hypothetical scenarios.

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Don't get scammed: Recognizing online fraud
B1 Lifestyle Technology General Practical English Video

Don't get scammed: Recognizing online fraud

This ESL lesson helps B1 students discuss online safety and scams, focusing on practical English for recognizing online fraud. It includes vocabulary, grammar (imperatives for warnings), and speaking activities like role-play.

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Remote work vs working in the office
B1 Work Business Lifestyle Video

Remote work vs working in the office

Explore the pros and cons of remote vs. office work in this B1 ESL lesson. Discuss modern work models, build vocabulary, practice comparatives and superlatives, and design a company's work policy in an interactive role-play.

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Talking about your career
B1 Business Work Audio

Talking about your career

This B1 ESL lesson helps students confidently discuss careers. Activities include warm-up discussions, vocabulary matching (job titles), a listening exercise (career planning), and a job interview role-play. Students learn phrases for ambitions, future goals, practicing present p

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Is college still worth the investment?
B1 Work Lifestyle Audio

Is college still worth the investment?

This downloadable PDF lesson plan helps B1 ESL students discuss if college is a good investment. It uses relevant vocabulary and grammar to explore the pros and cons of higher education, leading to a comprehensive and engaging lesson for the classroom.

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Starting your own business vs corporate career
B1 Work Business Audio

Starting your own business vs corporate career

This B1 lesson helps students discuss career paths, comparing corporate life with entrepreneurship. Activities include vocabulary matching, listening, grammar on infinitives of purpose and contrast connectors, a SWOT analysis, and a role-play debate to solidify learning in practi

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Understanding employee handbooks
B1 Practical English Business Work Audio

Understanding employee handbooks

This B1 English lesson helps students understand employee handbooks, covering key workplace vocabulary, policies, and professional communication. Activities include matching vocabulary, a listening gap-fill, reading comprehension, practicing modal verbs for rules, and a role-play

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Creating and explaining spreadsheets
B1 Business Work Technology Audio

Creating and explaining spreadsheets

This B1 business English lesson helps students confidently discuss data, charts, and calculations using spreadsheets. Activities include vocabulary, listening, reading, grammar on giving instructions, and presenting a budget. Master essential spreadsheet terms and presentation ph

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At the interview: Talking about achievements and experience
B1 Business Work Grammar Audio

At the interview: Talking about achievements and experience

This B1 business English lesson helps students confidently discuss professional achievements using the present perfect. Activities include power verbs for CVs, grammar presentation, listening task, reading about a startup, and a job interview role-play.

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Delegating tasks and following up
B1 Business Work Audio

Delegating tasks and following up

This B1 English lesson helps students master task delegation. It covers assigning work, setting deadlines, and polite follow-ups through warm-ups, vocabulary, listening, grammar (polite requests, infinitive of purpose), and a manager-employee role-play to boost professional commu

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Writing incident reports and documentation
B1 Business Work Audio

Writing incident reports and documentation

This B1 ESL lesson plan helps students master writing clear, effective incident reports for the workplace. Activities include warm-up, vocabulary matching, a listening gap-fill, grammar practice with past simple/continuous, reading sample reports, and a guided writing task based

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Writing LinkedIn posts and updates
B1 Business Work Audio

Writing LinkedIn posts and updates

This B1 ESL lesson helps students improve their professional online presence by teaching them to craft effective LinkedIn posts. It covers key vocabulary, grammar for business communication, and includes practical exercises like a warm-up, vocabulary matching, listening, reading,

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Troubleshooting common office problems
B1 Business Work Technology Audio

Troubleshooting common office problems

This lesson helps B1 students discuss common office tech problems, equipping them with practical business English skills. Activities include vocabulary, listening, reading comprehension, and a role-play for practicing polite suggestions to solve issues like Wi-Fi problems or slow

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Requesting equipment and office supplies
B1 Business Work Audio

Requesting equipment and office supplies

B1 Business English lesson: Master polite requests for office equipment & supplies. Focuses on vocabulary (e.g., ergonomic chair, shredder) and polite modal verbs (can, could, may, 'Would it be possible to...?'). Activities: warm-up, listening, reading, and practical role-play.

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Setting up video conferencing calls
B1 Business Technology Work Audio

Setting up video conferencing calls

Master virtual meetings with this B1 ESL lesson plan. Covers key vocabulary & grammar for video calls, from setting up to troubleshooting. Activities include matching, listening, adverbs of frequency practice, reading on hybrid work, and a role-play. Perfect for professional Engl

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Handling customer complaints professionally
B1 Business Work Audio

Handling customer complaints professionally

This B1-level ESL lesson provides materials for English teachers on handling customer complaints. Focus on polite, effective communication in customer service roles for a business English context. Activities include vocabulary, reading, grammar on politeness, listening, and a rol

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Workplace health and wellness programs
B1 Business Work Lifestyle Audio

Workplace health and wellness programs

This downloadable PDF lesson plan helps B1 ESL students discuss workplace wellness. It covers key vocabulary, grammar, and speaking skills related to employee well-being and corporate health initiatives, guiding students through warm-up, vocabulary, listening, reading, and group

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Creating meeting agendas and minutes
B1 Business Work Audio

Creating meeting agendas and minutes

This downloadable PDF lesson plan helps B1 students master business meetings. It focuses on writing effective agendas and minutes, boosting professional communication skills for any ESL student in a business context, offering practical tools for real-world scenarios.

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Expense reports and reimbursement requests
B1 Business Work Practical English Audio

Expense reports and reimbursement requests

Master business vocabulary for expense reports with this B1 ESL lesson. Students learn key terms, company policies, and how to write a formal reimbursement request. Activities include vocabulary matching, reading comprehension, listening, and modal verb practice, culminating in a

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Workplace diversity and inclusion language
B1 Business Work Culture Audio

Workplace diversity and inclusion language

This B1 ESL lesson explores diversity & inclusion at work, focusing on language for belonging & respectful professional communication. Activities include vocabulary, listening, reading D&I policies, analyzing inclusive phrases, and role-playing scenarios to build skills.

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Requesting time off and sick leave
B1 Business Work Practical English Audio

Requesting time off and sick leave

This B1 practical business English lesson focuses on requesting time off and calling in sick. Students will engage in warm-up discussions, vocabulary matching, listening and reading tasks, and role-play scenarios, mastering essential phrases and grammar for professional workplace

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Updating project status and progress
B1 Business Work Audio

Updating project status and progress

This B1 Business English lesson helps students give clear, professional project updates. It covers essential vocabulary like "on track" & "milestone," and clarifies present perfect vs. simple past for reporting. Activities include matching, listening, grammar exercises, and a gui

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Reporting bugs and software issues
B1 Technology Business Work Audio

Reporting bugs and software issues

This B1 ESL lesson plan helps students master reporting software bugs effectively in workplace scenarios. It includes warm-up discussions, vocabulary matching, a listening gap-fill, a reading exercise on buggy apps, grammar practice on past simple vs. present perfect, and a pract

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Phrasal verbs for business operations and daily work activities
B1 Business Work Grammar Audio

Phrasal verbs for business operations and daily work activities

This B1 lesson helps students master essential business phrasal verbs for improved workplace communication. Activities include warm-up discussions, vocabulary matching, a listening gap-fill, clear grammar on separable/inseparable verbs, and practical reading/speaking exercises

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Zero conditional for explaining business processes and cause-effect
B1 Practical English Grammar Business Work Audio

Zero conditional for explaining business processes and cause-effect

This B1 ESL lesson introduces the Zero Conditional in a business context, enabling students to explain standard work procedures. Through activities like vocabulary for order processing, listening to company policy, grammar practice, reading a memo, and a speaking task, learner

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Present simple for describing company policies and procedures
B1 Business Work Audio

Present simple for describing company policies and procedures

This lesson plan helps A2-B1 students discuss office rules and company policies. It covers key business vocabulary and grammar, with activities like warm-up discussion, vocabulary matching, listening, reading comprehension, and a role-play. Perfect for Business English classes.

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Gerunds and infinitives for discussing career goals and preferences
B1 Work Business Grammar Practical English Audio

Gerunds and infinitives for discussing career goals and preferences

This lesson helps B1 students discuss career goals, professional development, and future aspirations. It covers key vocabulary and grammar (gerunds/infinitives) through engaging activities: warm-up, vocabulary matching, listening gap-fill, reading, and a culminating role-play

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Future simple and 'going to' for business planning and predictions
B1 Business Work Grammar Audio

Future simple and 'going to' for business planning and predictions

This comprehensive lesson helps students master the language of business planning. Activities include vocabulary, listening, reading, and a role-play where students create and present their own business plan. Focus is on distinguishing between firm plans and future predictions. P

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Present continuous for current business projects and temporary situations
B1 Business Work Practical English Grammar Audio

Present continuous for current business projects and temporary situations

This B1 lesson helps students discuss work projects using the present continuous for ongoing and temporary tasks. It includes vocabulary, listening, grammar practice, and a role-play simulating a team meeting to practice giving realistic project updates.

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Relative clauses for writing detailed job descriptions and CVs
B1 Business Work Grammar Audio

Relative clauses for writing detailed job descriptions and CVs

This lesson helps B1-B2 students master relative clauses to write professional CVs and job descriptions. It includes warm-up comparisons, recruitment vocabulary, listening, grammar explanation, and practical writing tasks to upgrade professional documents for career success.

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Organizing company events and socials
B1 Business Work Lifestyle Audio

Organizing company events and socials

This B1 ESL lesson focuses on business English for organizing company events. It includes warm-up discussions, vocabulary matching, a listening exercise, grammar on future forms, a reading task, and a collaborative project to plan an event from scratch.

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Participating in brainstorming sessions
B1 Business Work Audio

Participating in brainstorming sessions

This downloadable PDF lesson plan helps B1 students master brainstorming language. It provides engaging activities and vocabulary for business English, focusing on collaborative idea generation. Students learn key terms, functional phrases, polite suggestions, and apply skills in

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Onboarding new team members
B1 Business Work Audio

Onboarding new team members

This B1 Business English lesson helps students practice language for welcoming and onboarding new colleagues. Activities include warm-up, vocabulary matching, listening, reading, grammar on modal verbs for requests/offers, and a role-play simulating a new hire's first day.

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Team building and conflict resolution
B1 Business Work Audio

Team building and conflict resolution

This B1 ESL lesson plan helps students discuss workplace conflict, building communication for stronger teams. It includes vocabulary, grammar (second conditional), and speaking exercises (role-playing). Students learn to navigate professional disagreements, practice polite disagr

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Managing project deadlines and expectations
B1 Business Work Practical English Grammar Audio

Managing project deadlines and expectations

This lesson helps B1 students discuss project management, focusing on key vocabulary and grammar for workplace communication, meeting deadlines, and problem-solving. It includes a warm-up, vocab matching, reading, listening, grammar on modal verbs for advice, and a role-play nego

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Generational differences in the workplace
B1 Business Work Practical English Audio

Generational differences in the workplace

Explore generational differences in the workplace with this B1-level ESL lesson plan. Enhance vocabulary and discussion skills for professional environments through activities like ranking work values, vocabulary matching, listening comprehension, grammar practice with modal verb

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Side hustles and passive income strategies
B1 Business Work Audio

Side hustles and passive income strategies

This B1 ESL lesson helps students discuss side hustles and passive income through a warm-up, vocabulary (passive income, initial investment), listening, and grammar focus on modals for suggestions (could, should, might). The class culminates in a role-play where students brainsto

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Understanding contracts and terms of service
B1 Business Lifestyle Audio

Understanding contracts and terms of service

This B1 English lesson helps students navigate contracts and agreements. Activities include discussions on fine print, vocabulary matching for legal terms, a listening exercise, modal verb practice for rules, and a practical case study on gym membership terms.

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Small talk at work
B1 Business Work Lifestyle Practical English Audio

Small talk at work

This downloadable PDF lesson plan for English teachers helps B1 students master small talk at work. This class material provides practical exercises and conversation starters to build confidence in professional settings, making it a valuable ESL resource.

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Sustainable living and eco-friendly choices
B1 Lifestyle General Audio

Sustainable living and eco-friendly choices

An engaging B1 ESL lesson plan focusing on eco-friendly choices. Students learn key vocabulary and grammar for sustainability, practice giving advice with 'should' and 'how about', and discuss future plans using 'going to' and the first conditional. Culminates in creating a weekly eco-plan.

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The impact of stress on your body
B1 Practical English Lifestyle General Video

The impact of stress on your body

This lesson plan helps B1 ESL students discuss stress and its physical effects through engaging activities. It covers health vocabulary and cause-and-effect grammar, including a warm-up, video, vocabulary practice, and role-playing to give advice about managing stress.

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Agreeing and disagreeing
B1 Practical English Grammar General Lifestyle

Agreeing and disagreeing

Learn essential phrases and strategies to politely agree and disagree in English conversations. Boost your confidence and improve your conversational skills with varied activities, including a structured debate.

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On the road: Driving skills and etiquette
B1 Lifestyle General Grammar Video

On the road: Driving skills and etiquette

This B1 ESL lesson plan covers driving skills and road etiquette, featuring vocabulary, gerund grammar practice, a video activity, and practical role-plays for comprehensive learning.

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The power of walking
B1 Lifestyle General Video

The power of walking

This B1 ESL lesson explores the physical, mental, and community benefits of walking through a video, vocabulary, grammar exercises, and a collaborative role-play, teaching students to discuss urban planning and lifestyle improvements.

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Birthday celebration ideas and traditions
B1 Lifestyle General Grammar Practical English Video

Birthday celebration ideas and traditions

Explore birthday traditions, learn celebration vocabulary, and practice future tenses (will, be going to, present continuous) for making plans. Includes a video and collaborative speaking tasks.

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The art and science of tattoos
B1 Lifestyle Culture Practical English Video

The art and science of tattoos

Explore the art and science of tattoos in this B1 ESL lesson. Students learn vocabulary, practice listening, and focus on giving advice and instructions, culminating in a communicative role-play.

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The Labubu craze
B1 Lifestyle Business Video

The Labubu craze

Explore viral trends and the Labubu craze in this B1 ESL lesson. Discuss fads, scarcity, marketing, practice present continuous, and design your own viral toy.

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How to introduce yourself with confidence
B1 Business Lifestyle Video

How to introduce yourself with confidence

This downloadable PDF lesson plan for ESL teachers helps students learn to introduce themselves with confidence. This English class material covers key vocabulary, non-verbal cues, useful phrases, and grammar for making a great first impression.

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