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SHOULD / SHOULDN�T MUST / MUSTN�T -- MODALS USAGE PRACTICE
modals practice
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 65
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INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS ENGLISH - LOST IN TRANSLATION -- LESSON 1 OF 2
This is the next in the Business English series I am developing for use in the Beijing area. This lesson, though, can be easily modified for use in any country. This lesson is about accurately relaying information in a multilingual office environment (phone messages, memos, etc). I tested this with a group of 4 students a few nights ago, and it wor...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 19
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INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS ENGLISH - WHAT DO YOU DO? 1 OF 2
This lesson is designed to facilitate describing jobs and job responsibilities. To enable students to talk about their duties and their coworkers� duties. To discuss work and life balance. To introduce new work-related vocabulary and provide opportunity to use it. This segment has the option to be paired with a companion segment that will be upload...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 32
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HIGH INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED SALON - SPEED DEBATING
This is a very versatile format. There are a few dozen debate topics. Specific instructions included, but summary is: Two students are pitted against each other - one assigned "for", one "against". With no prep time, they must begin debating. They get a poker chip for each minute (up to 3) that they speak. If they stop talking for more than 10 sec...
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 20
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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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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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ADVANCED BUSINESS ENGLISH - WHAT MAKES AN EFFECTIVE LEADER (LEADERSHIP)
This is the next in my Business English series -- Because of the structure of the project I�m creating this for, this is in the form of 2 lesson plans that make up a 2-part unit. There�s homework between the first and second lessons, but this is certainly optional and easily omitted with little to no impact on the class. The activities here will ea...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 54
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HIGH-INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED SOCIAL - MISSION SPACE
This is a group activity facilitating critical thinking quickly and choosing and defending a position. Role play involving a space exploration gone horribly wrong. There�s only enough oxygen for half the passengers. Half must go in order for any to survive. Students assume roles & then justify (or not) their continued use to the group while justify...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 17
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FANTASY VACATION - PHRASAL VERBS
This activity uses the context of a fantasy vacation to teach phrasal verbs related to travel. In the first part, students see if they can identify which phrasal verb to use based on definition. In the second part, in pairs they plan a fantasy vacation and use as many of the phrasal verbs as possible. It is a competition. They can use them more tha...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 35
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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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WELCOME TO BURNING MAN -- TEACHING VOCAB VIA CONTEXT - PART 5 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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NEGOTIATIONS -- BUSINESS ENGLISH
Hi, all -- This is an activity to promote the language of negotiations. There�s useful phrases, vocabulary, discussion points for pair work. And it all wraps up with a role play to incorporate it all. I hope you like it.
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 24
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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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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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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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ART IMITATES LIFE, LIFE IMITATES ART - ADVANCED DISCUSSION - PART 1 OF 2
This is Part 1 of 2 -- Presentation of the concepts of Life Imitates Art and Art Imitates Life. First half introduces the two ideas, what each side believes, and the origins. The second half introduces assorted art pieces for description. Lastly, a group discussion activity to express their own bel...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 36
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WEATHER, SEASONS, TIMES OF DAY, TEMPERATURES - PART 4 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: 18
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BUSINESS ENGLISH / CREATIVE WRITING - FRONTING, CLEFT SENTENCES, WRITING FOR EMPHASIS
Hi, All!
I wrote this to be used in my Business English course. I found that the topic was too complicated (and boring) to put into a lesson plan, so I thought this would be more efficient.
It covers fronting, cleft and pseudo cleft sentences, word choice, word order -- and why all of these...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 35
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WEATHER, SEASONS, TIMES OF DAY, TEMPERATURES - PART 1 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: 14
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