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INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS ENGLISH - HOW ARE THEY DOING (COMPANY PERFORMANCE) - LESSON 2 OF 2
This is lesson 2 of 2 for the Business English unit entitled "How Are They Doing?" (Company performance). This lesson further builds on the vocabulary and usage presented in Lesson 1. This lesson uses the completed homework from Lesson 1 for one activity, then provides and additional handout with a line graph and information about a company so stud...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 21
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INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS ENGLISH -- JOB & WORK DETAILS -- LESSON 1 OF 2
This is an updated version of a Business English lesson (part of my series) that I had previously uploaded. I found a better way to produce the timeline handout, and tried to upload an update. However, the website burped and rejected the whole thing, so I had to start over. This is Part 1 of 2. And Part 2 of 2 is already uploaded and has been out t...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 26
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INTERMEDIATE SALON - WHAT DID YOU CALL ME? (SIMILES & METAPHORS)
Hi! This lesson facilitates understanding of similes and metaphors, then provides 3 activities for pair work to use the target language. The first activity is simile, second is metaphor. The 3rd activity may not be needed, as the first two will probably take all of an hour class period. But in the event you need a time filler, the third is there. T...
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 10
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UPPER INTERMEDIATE SALON - TRANSLATION RACE
This is a game to allow upper intermediate students to practice translation of sentences with varying sentence structures. This provides listening practice with quick thinking in the target language. Goes from native language to learned language, then from learned language to native language. Structured as a competition between minimum of two teams...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 12
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INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS ENGLISH - GOING GLOBAL - LESSON 2 OF 2
This is Lesson 2 of 2 of my Business English unit "Going Global". This portion focuses on speaking practice utilizing the homework assignment from Lesson 1. This will actually end up being a 4-part section, as the next unit is schedule to be "Going Global II", and will focus on building & using some basic vocabulary for international trade, and wil...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 17
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MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION -- BEGINNER WORKSHEET
This activity is good for pair work or individual.
1st - Use the information provided to complete the simple A/B conversation (examples and answer key provided)
2nd - Word search that incorporates vocabulary from the 1st activity.
3rd - Unscramble the sentences and reassemble with correct grammar.
Answer keys provided for all.
Hope yo...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 36
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ADVANCED BUSINESS ENGLISH - GETTING THE INTERVIEW - PART 1 OF 2 (RESUME WRITING)
Latest installment in my Business English series --
This lesson uses sourced material (credit given within the document) to facilitate discussion on what makes an effective resume for use in an international environment. I teach in China, so this worded around my current environment. HOWEVER! This is *easily* adapted for any country.
This...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 21
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INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS ENGLISH - MAKING ARRANGEMENTS - LESSON 2 OF 2
This is the next in the Business English lesson series I am writing for use in Beijing. This is Lesson 3, Part 2 of 2. This is to further build on the material presented in Part 1 of 2 of the lesson by the same name, "Making Arrangements". I hope you find it useful! More to come....
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 23
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PICK-A-CARD SENTENCE BUILDING GAME
I am always struggling to find things for my lowest level students. I saw another teacher I work with do sentence building in a one-on-one class, and I expanded it to make it uniform, add the element of chance with the cards, and turn it into a team activity. I used it a couple of nights ago with some of my most challenging students, and I was very...
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 25
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HIGH BEGINNER/LOW INTERMEDIATE SALON -- NAME FIVE THINGS
This activity is useful for any age group of students from High Beginner to Low Intermediate. Since I design curriculum for my school, I often put lesson plans with things. (It�s not unusual for us to hire inexperienced teachers, thus the step-by-step lesson plans.) But these are certainly not etched in stone. This is a board game to encourage spe...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 5
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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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HIGH INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED BUSINESS ENGLISH - CUSTOMER SERVICE AND PRODUCT QUALITY SURVEYS - LESSON 1 OF 2
I am in the process of creating a 126-lesson Business English course for use in Bejing. This is the latest in the series. However, most lessons are easily adapted for use in other countries. NOTE: This is being uploaded as a PPT simply because it was too large to be uploaded as a printable document....
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 15
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WELCOME TO BURNING MAN -- TEACHING VOCAB VIA CONTEXT - PART 3 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: 11
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VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT - STUPID CRIMINALS - PART 2 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 use those blurbs to teach ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 57
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VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT -- WEATHER -- TORNADOES -- PART 1 OF 2
I don�t know about other countries, but in China we foreign teachers are forevermore tasked with "English Corner" -- it tends to be an hour-long dog & pony show about pretty much anything we choose. I often use mine to teach vocabulary in context and to do cultural exchange.
This PPT is about t...
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Downloads: 22
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WELCOME TO BURNING MAN -- TEACHING VOCAB VIA CONTEXT - PART 6 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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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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DIRECTIONS, PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE, SHAPES, SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS - LESSON, REVIEW & EXERCISES
This ppt gives vocabulary for giving directions and the prepositions of place frequently used with directions, and also the phrases commonly used when asking for and giving directions. Then provides two maps for students to use for practice. Next, there�s a review of spatial relationships and shapes...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Downloads: 72
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BEGINNER LEVEL - TIMES OF LIFE & DESCRIBING PEOPLE - PART 2 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: 16
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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: 77
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