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INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED BUSINESS ENGLISH - WHY DO YOU LIKE YOUR COMPANY (COMPANY BENEFITS)
After a break for a few weeks to work on another project, I am back full-steam on my Business English course.
This is a 2-part lesson, but each part can stand independently with minor changes. I�m just designing it this way because my target clients are corporate workers who need to express daily functions in English.
This lesson focuses o...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 38
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HIGH INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED BUSINESS ENGLISH - GOING GLOBAL 2 - LESSON 1 OF 2
This is the first of two lessons in the 10th unit of the Business English series I�m working on. This unit introduces the structure of a contract, the items included in a contract, then facilitates discussion using new vocabulary and second conditional in the context of planning a contract for international business. This further builds on the 9th ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 19
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CROSS-CULTURAL JOB CANDIDATES
I teach adults in Beijing, China. I often find that my older students are as interested in cross-cultural exchange as they are in language learning. So, I designed this lesson for them, encouraging them to think about "WHY" certain business decisions are made. At the end of the activity, any candidate they choose is ok, but they need to be able to ...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 16
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HIGH BEGINNER TO LOW INTERMEDIATE -- LARGE NUMBERS DICTATION
Nothing fancy here, just a simple (but effective) numbers dictation. I use this a LOT. Fold the sheet in half, Student A reads to Student B, Student B writes. Then reverse. The sheets have different numbers. I chose these numbers specifically with Chinese students in mind, because in Chinese they speak each number, even the zeros. And, of course, w...
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 20
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INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED BUSINESS ENGLISH - GIVING A PROJECT STATUS REPORT - LESSON 1 OF 2
This is next in the Business English course I am creating for use in Beijing. This one is a little more advanced -- this is High Intermediate to Low Advanced. It focuses on the critical importance of correct verb tenses when talking about projects that are not yet completed. Included are activities to give students structured practice forming gramm...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 31
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UPPER INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS ENGLISH - GOING GLOBAL - LESSON 1 OF 2
This is the latest in my Business English series. Although I am in China, I try to make these lessons readily adaptable to other first language environments. However, this one focuses largely on modals, and modals are a tough nut to crack for most Chinese students. So this lesson is a little more "Chinese-centric" than most,but still should be adap...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 23
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SENTENCE BUILDING DICE GAME
This lesson uses dice and word lists numbered 1-6, student rolls, then makes a sentence out of that word. Sounds easy? But wait! When they get a little to comfy, you slip in another list and a second die. Then a third, fourth, fifth. Then suddenly change lists in the middle of a sentence. Or change partners. Anything to keep them thinking really fa...
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 28
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INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS ENGLISH - MAKING ARRANGEMENTS - LESSON 1 OF 2
This is the next installment in the Business English course I am designing. This is Lesson 3, Part 1 of 2. This lesson introduces phrasal verbs to be used in making arrangements and travel plans. Then students work together to create dialog with target vocabulary, then present it in a competition format. Homework assignment optional, but will be us...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 22
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CLOTHES AND FASHION
For this lesson you will need to collect some pictures from fashion magazines or other sources where you can see fully the clothes the people are wearing. Obviously, color pictures work best. Be sure to collect a wide variety including various colors, patterns, styles, functions. This lesson is very heavy on Student Talk Time - easily 80+ percent -...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 33
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INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS ENGLISH - WHAT DO YOU DO? 2 OF 2
This is Part 2 of the lesson by the same name uploaded just a few days ago. The core of this activity is to use everything learned in the first lesson and reinforced by the homework (if used). Main activity consists of cultural awareness in an international office environment, knowing what is and is not ok to discuss with coworkers, getting to know...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 23
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WEATHER, SEASONS, TIMES OF DAY, TEMPERATURES - PART 2 OF 5
First, let me apologize for there being 5 parts to this. Once again, the file limits have bitten me in the backside! This lesson is a format I�ve been using for about 4 yrs, and it has always worked well for me. I usually just do it on the board, but decided to put it into a ppt for larger classes. ...
Level: elementary
Age: 13-100
Downloads: 16
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WELCOME TO BURNING MAN -- TEACHING VOCAB VIA CONTEXT - PART 4 OF 6
First, let me apologize for there being SO many separate ppts. The file limits are harsh sometimes. I used this with a group of Chinese students to teach vocabulary in context via an introduction of Burning Man. My students really got into it and asked a ton of questions. Towards the end, I divided ...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 10
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HIGH INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED BUSINESS ENGLISH - SPEAKING ACTIVITY - CONDITIONALS, SPECULATION, DEGREES OF CERTAINTY
This is a 13-slide activity. Premise is a dream-job opportunity. Student must select one job from several, and then explain the choice. Grammar points needed for the discussion (conditionals, speculation, degrees of certainty, negation) are reviewed in the early slides and have reinforcement activit...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 63
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WELCOME TO BURNING MAN -- TEACHING VOCAB VIA CONTEXT - PART 2 OF 6
First, let me apologize for there being SO many separate ppts. The file limits are harsh sometimes. I used this with a group of Chinese students to teach vocabulary in context via an introduction of Burning Man. My students really got into it and asked a ton of questions. Towards the end, I divided ...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 12
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IDIOMS ABOUT PROBLEMS (IN BUSINESS CONTEXT) TAUGHT THROUGH PICTURES
This ppt teaches idioms related to problems and often used in business. The first slide presents the idiom and a picture. The students attempt to figure out the meaning of the idiom using only the picture and the fact that it has something to do with a problem. If they can�t get it from that, then t...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 76
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REVIEW OF REGULAR/IRREGULAR VERBS, AS/WHEN/WHILE, PAST PROGRESSIVE, PAST TENSE, BEGINNER, INTERMEDIATE, LOW INTERMEDIATE,
I prepared this (21 slides) as a review of the grammar points taught from Beginner to Lower Intermediate Level. These are things that all students SHOULD know and be able to accurately use by this point.
There�s an exercise to match present verbs with their irregular past tense. There�s a compl...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Downloads: 36
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MYTHS ABOUT AMERICANS - CULTURE AND VOCAB IN CONTEXT
I�ve taught ESL only 2 places -- USA & China. (this can be used elsewhere) Here in China, there is a *massive* amount of crazy stuff Chinese people believe to be absolute fact about Americans. There�s so much consistency to it, in fact, that I put together this ppt to try to figure out why. Turns o...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 70
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SCHEDULING - VOCABULARY & ROLE PLAY - BUSINESS CONTEXT
This ppt is a combination vocabulary introduction/review and role play lesson plan. The first part of the ppt is a review of vocabulary/useful phrases for making arrangements and confirming plans. The last few slides are included so that you can print them off and use them as handouts. (Not intended...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 34
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VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT - STUPID CRIMINALS - PART 1 OF 2
Here�s another Vocabulary In Context presentation -- I�m not so sure why, but my Intermediate to Advanced group absolutely loves this way of learning vocabulary. I was just lucky to have stumbled on this.
In this one, I�ve taken short blurbs about stupid criminals, and used those blurbs to teach...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 75
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BEGINNER LEVEL - TIMES OF LIFE & DESCRIBING PEOPLE - PART 1 OF 2
This is designed to follow (but can also be independent of) my ppt lesson on weather. In this ppt, students get vocabulary about the stages of life and ways to describe people. I tried to include enough pictures with enough variety to give them a chance to use all new vocabulary. Unfortunately, beca...
Level: elementary
Age: 13-100
Downloads: 17
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