Practical English

Find lessons focused on functional, real-world English for everyday situations. Teachers can access content for shopping, dining, transportation, making appointments, giving directions, and handling common scenarios. Perfect for students who need immediately applicable language skills.

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C1 Practical English Grammar Business Work

How to stand out in a job interview?

This C1 ESL lesson helps students master job interviews by covering key vocabulary, grammar for emphasis (cleft sentences), and practical role-playing. Build confidence and fluency for professional success with engaging activities.

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C1 Business Work Practical English

Merger and acquisition negotiations

This advanced C1 business English lesson plan covers the complex language of mergers and acquisitions. Students will learn key M&A terminology, practice hedging language for negotiations through reading and listening tasks, and apply their skills in a dynamic role-play to negotia

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B1 Practical English Business Work Technology Grammar

Explaining technical problems to IT support

This B1 English lesson helps students explain technical problems and communicate with IT support.

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B1 Business Work Practical English

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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A1 Work General Practical English

Clocking in and time tracking systems

This downloadable PDF lesson plan helps A1 students learn essential vocabulary for the workplace, covering clocking in, shifts, and daily routines. Perfect for beginners starting their first job, this material includes vocabulary matching, listening, reading, and role-play scenar

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B2 Business Work Practical English Grammar

Performance reviews and giving feedback

Master performance reviews with this B2 ESL lesson plan. Students learn to give & receive feedback, covering vocabulary, polite language for suggestions, listening, reading modern feedback models, and practicing through role-play. Build confidence in professional communication.

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B1 Business Work Practical English

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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B2 Business Practical English

Cross-cultural business communication

This B2 ESL lesson plan focuses on mastering cross-cultural business communication. Engaging activities including a listening exercise, case study, and role-play help students navigate global professional environments, applying polite communication with modal verbs and key meetin

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A2 Lifestyle General Practical English Business

Banking and managing your finances

This A2 ESL lesson helps students learn essential banking and personal finance vocabulary. Activities include discussing money habits, matching terms, listening, reading about a financial app, grammar, and a role-play to build confidence in managing money.

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B2 Business Work Practical English

Brand management and positioning strategies

This B2 ESL lesson helps students master business vocabulary for branding and marketing, focusing on brand positioning, strategy, and competitive analysis. Activities include vocabulary matching, listening, a rebranding case study, comparatives/superlatives, and a group project t

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A2 Practical English Grammar Business Work

Scheduling and rescheduling meetings

This A2 ESL lesson focuses on practical language for arranging, confirming, and changing meetings. It includes vocabulary matching, listening with phrasal verbs, grammar on prepositions of time, and a reading task. Students culminate with a role-play to negotiate meeting times, i

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C1 Business Work Practical English

Formal language for board meeting presentations and protocols

This C1-level ESL lesson provides materials for business meetings, focusing on professional language and etiquette. Activities include warm-up discussions, vocabulary matching, a listening gap-fill, news article analysis, and formal language practice, culminating in an emergency

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