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INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS ENGLISH - JOB AND WORK DETAILS - LESSON 2 OF 2
This is the Part 2 of 2 -- The first half of the lesson by the same name has already been uploaded. This is the next installment of the business course I am designing to be used primarily for corporate clients in the Beijing area. This lesson incorporates practice moving quickly and correctly between past and present tenses, sequencing, talking abo...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 19
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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 TO ADVANCED BUSINESS ENGLISH - MAKING MY MOVE (STARTING A BUSINESS) LESSON 2 OF 2
This is Lesson 2 of 2 of my Business English Unit called "Making My Move" - This unit focuses on moving quickly and accurately between verb tenses in the context of talking about starting one�s own business. Additionally, Lesson 2 (this one) also adds vocabulary related to money, and includes vocabulary list, exercises for pair work to use the new ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 18
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INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS ENGLISH - JOB AND WORK DETAILS -- LESSON 1 OF 2
This is the next segment in an entire Business English course I am designing for use in Beijing. This next lesson further builds on the last one. Last lesson focused on present simple. This one adds past simple, then gives practice moving correctly between the two. Also incorporated is summarizing information from a timeline in the form of past sim...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 24
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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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INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS ENGLISH - LOST IN TRANSLATION - LESSON 2 OF 2
This is the next installment of the Business English series I am creating for use in the Beijing area. This is Lesson 2 of 2. This unit further builds on the skills taught and reinforced in Lesson 1 of 2 of the same name. This unit facilitates structured exchange of translation and the rationale used for a specific translation. Also included are wo...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 15
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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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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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ADVANCED BUSINESS ENGLISH - GETTING THE INTERVIEW - PART 2 OF 2 (RESUME WRITING)
Hi, everybody --
This is the next installment in my Business English series. This is the 2nd part of the resume writing unit. For those who may not have seen my previous business contributions, I�m constructing a Business English course that can be used for high intermediate to Advanced. (Some are just Advanced only. Like this one.) The approac...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
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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DESCRIBING GRAPHS -- ADVANCED SPEAKING
This is a 31-slide activity about describing information presented in visual form -- bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts. There�s a brainstorming activity with later reinforcement for the vocabulary for describing the movement depicted. There�s a full explanation and illustration of the various ways...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 66
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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 3 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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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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WEATHER, SEASONS, TIMES OF DAY, TEMPERATURES - PART 5 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: 19
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INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED - VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT - WOULD YOU RETIRE AS AN EXPAT?
Another ppt introducing vocabulary in context in the setting of planning a retirement while you are still young -- to retire as an expat. Introduces assorted vocabulary related to the topic (including a few idioms) and invites students to discuss what they would require in order to retire abroad (co...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 17
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NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS - ADVANCED CONVERSATION STARTER
I realize I haven�t exactly reinvented the wheel, but this was really useful for me with my advanced group as a springboard for a discussion on New Year�s Resolutions and a lot of new vocabulary. I try to teach vocabulary in context as much as possible, and this worked pretty well with my advanced g...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 107
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VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT -- WEATHER -- TORNADOES -- PART 2 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: 24
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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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LANGUAGES & NATIONALITIES - SPEAKING AND COMPARISON FOR BEGINNERS
This ppt is suitable for a full hour class. It starts with a table showing a list of "people", where they are from, their language, nationality and where their country is located. I spend a few minutes on this slide asking various questions (who speaks __? Where is __ from? Etc) and the answers must...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Downloads: 34
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