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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B2 Business Work Practical English

Running workshops and training sessions

This B2 ESL lesson focuses on running effective workshops. Students will learn professional vocabulary, grammar (gerunds & infinitives), and useful phrases for planning and leading training sessions. Activities include warm-up, listening, reading, and a final pair work task to pl

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C1 Practical English Business Work Grammar

Environmental sustainability reporting

Master sustainability reporting in this C1 Business English lesson. Students will enhance corporate communication skills through discussions, vocabulary matching, listening, reading, and formal writing grammar. Conclude with a report presentation role-play to stakeholders.

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B2 Practical English Grammar Business Work

Negotiating salary and benefits packages

This B2 lesson plan helps students build skills and confidence to negotiate salary and benefits. It covers essential vocabulary, grammar for polite communication, and features a practical role-play to practice negotiating job offers, including discussions on pay transparency and

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A2 Practical English Lifestyle General

Shopping for groceries and reading labels

A2 ESL lesson on grocery shopping, covering essential vocabulary, quantifiers, and practical phrases for smart consumerism. Activities include matching supermarket terms, listening to food labels, reading about misleading packaging, and a final role-play between customer and shop

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B2 Business Work Practical English

Managing client expectations and scope creep

This B2 lesson plan helps students discuss project management in a business context, focusing on managing client expectations and preventing 'scope creep.' Activities include vocabulary matching, listening, a case study reading, grammar exercises, and a role-play using phrases to

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B2 Business Work Practical English

Vendor selection and procurement processes

This B2 business English lesson helps students master procurement, vendor selection, and negotiation. Activities include vocabulary matching for key terms (procurement, RFP, due diligence), a listening gap-fill, and a role-play where students negotiate a deal using the second con

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B2 Business Work Practical English

Product demo presentations for clients

This B2 ESL lesson helps students master product demos, focusing on business communication, persuasive language, and key vocabulary. Activities include warm-up, listening, grammar practice (persuasive modals), reading, useful phrases, and a final role-play mini-demo.

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B2 Practical English Grammar Technology Business Work

Social media marketing for small businesses

This business English lesson equips B2 students to discuss social media marketing confidently. It covers key vocabulary (target audience, ROI), grammar (first and second conditionals), and communication skills. Activities include matching terms, expert listening, case study readi

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B1 Practical English Business Work

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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C1 C2 Practical English Free Grammar General

The last of puns: Understanding wordplay in English

Explore humor and wordplay with this engaging ESL lesson plan on puns. Using a video from 'The Last of Us,' students deconstruct jokes, learn homophones, analyze cultural nuances, and create their own puns for practical English communication.

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B1 Business Work Practical English Grammar

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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B2 Practical English Business Work

Networking at professional events

Equip B2 ESL students with essential language and confidence for professional networking. This practical lesson includes a warm-up, vocabulary, expert listening tips, grammar focus on polite indirect questions, reading, and a final role-play to practice starting, maintaining, and

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