B2

An upper intermediate learner who can understand the main ideas of complex text, including technical discussions in their field. They can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity, making regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. They can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint by giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

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B2 Business Work Practical English Grammar

How to hold a daily stand-up meeting

Master daily stand-up meetings with this B2 business English lesson. Using a video and role-play, students will learn key vocabulary, practice grammar for reporting progress, and simulate a real stand-up meeting to build practical communication skills for the modern workplace. Pe

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B2 Business Work

Managing up and influencing senior stakeholders

This B2-level lesson plan focuses on 'managing up' – communicating effectively and diplomatically with senior colleagues in a business setting. Students learn professional vocabulary, practice listening, and master modal verbs for diplomatic language, culminating in a role-play o

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B2 Practical English Business Work

Dealing with difficult colleagues professionally

This B2 lesson helps students navigate workplace conflicts, enhancing professional communication. It provides vocabulary and grammar for dealing with difficult colleagues through discussions, listening, case studies, and role-plays. Students practice phrases for setting boundarie

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B2 Technology Lifestyle General

Data privacy and protecting personal information

This B2 lesson plan helps students discuss and navigate digital privacy complexities, focusing on protecting personal data online. Activities include warm-up discussions, vocabulary matching (data breach, phishing), a listening exercise, and a grammar focus on the second conditio

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B2 Work Business Lifestyle Practical English

Career pivoting in your 30s and 40s

Explore career pivoting later in life with this B2 lesson. Engage in warm-up discussions, a listening activity, and vocabulary practice. Master first and second conditionals, then apply learned language in a collaborative case study to develop a strategic action plan.

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B2 Practical English Grammar Business Lifestyle General

Should we buy or rent a home in today's market?

This B2 ESL lesson helps students discuss buying vs. renting. Activities include vocabulary matching (mortgage, equity), a gap-fill listening task on market challenges, practicing the second conditional for hypothetical situations, analyzing pros and cons, and a role-play between

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B2 Business Technology

Cryptocurrency and digital payments debate

Explore the future of money with this B2 ESL lesson. Students discuss payment habits, learn fintech vocabulary (cryptocurrency, digital payments), and engage in a dynamic debate. Includes a listening gap-fill, grammar on certainty and mixed conditionals, and a crypto investment.

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B2 Business Work Practical English Grammar

Email writing essentials

This B2 ESL lesson teaches professional email writing. Students learn key components and language for clear, polite, and effective workplace emails through analyzing poorly written examples, gap-fills, matching exercises on structure, and practice with polite conditional requests

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B2 Business Work

Giving presentations

This B2 lesson plan helps students master presentations. It includes vocabulary, grammar, listening, and speaking exercises to build public speaking confidence. It guides them through creating and delivering effective talks, covering structure, delivery, and key language.

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B2 Grammar Free Lifestyle

Mixed conditionals

This downloadable PDF lesson plan introduces mixed conditionals, exploring how past decisions affect the present. It includes engaging speaking activities, a listening exercise, and grammar practice for B2 English classes. The lesson uses a warm-up, vocabulary on regret/opportuni

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B2 Business Technology Work

AI in hiring: fairness, efficiency, and human touch

This B2 lesson helps students discuss AI in hiring. It explores the pros and cons of technology in recruitment, covering key vocabulary, grammar (passive voice, conditionals), a case study, and a role-play debate on implementing AI tools. Ideal for workplace discussions.

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B2 Free Work Business Lifestyle

The gig economy vs traditional employment

xplore the gig economy vs. traditional jobs with this B2 ESL lesson. It features warm-up discussions, vocabulary matching (gig economy, freelancer, job security), listening gap-fills, and grammar practice (present perfect continuous, used to). Students compare pros/cons and disc

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