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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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INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS ENGLISH - PRESENTING A COMPANY - LESSON 1 OF 2
This is Lesson 4-A in the Business English series I am creating for use in the Beijing area. This unit focuses on summarizing information about a company and presenting it. The homework (optional) is to be used in Lesson 2 of 2. The second part of this (2 of 2) will be coming within the next day or so.
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 32
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INDIRECT QUESTIONS -- WORKSHEET TO USE WITH OR WITHOUT MATCHING PPT
This worksheet is designed to be paired with the ppt found here: http://www.eslprintables.com/powerpoint.asp?id=99294#thetop
However, it can also be used independently. There is a simple A/B conversation. The B answer is provided. This is designed to be pair-work, and the pairs work together to write what the "A" question must be in order to ge...
Level: elementary
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16
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HIGH INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED BUSINESS ENGLISH - GOING GLOBAL 2 - LESSON 2 OF 2
This is Lesson 2 of 2 of Going Global 2, the latest unit in my Business English series. This further builds on the unit, Going Global. This lesson further facilitates use of second conditional and the vocabulary of contracts and orders in the context of international trade. Activities include structuring a contract and looking at contracts structur...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 22
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COMPARATIVES - SUPERLATIVES RACE
This lesson requires a little preparation on your part, but this is a lesson you will be able to use over and over for the rest of your teaching career. I make constant use of visuals and free resources -- my favorite by far is pictures from newspapers and magazines. For this lesson, I collected pictures from the newspaper over the course of about ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 22
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INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS ENGLISH - AIR TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATIONS - LESSON 2 OF 2
This is Lesson 2 of 2. This is the next in the 126-lesson Business English series I am working on for use in Beijing. BUT!! This lesson isn�t just for business. It is easily adapted to be used just as a means of teaching and reinforcing hotel and air travel vocabulary and speaking. I hope you find it useful.
The pictures were originally bigger,...
Level: intermediate
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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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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INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS ENGLISH - MAKING MY MOVE (STARTING A BUSINESS) - LESSON 1 OF 2
HI! This is lesson 12-A of my Business English series. This lesson facilitates practice moving quickly and accurately between verb tenses in the context of deciding what kind of business to go into. There�s a mind map exercise for pairs, then pair work to review a sample resume and make recommendations of what kind of business that person should op...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 19
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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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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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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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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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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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COMPOUND NOUNS & COMPOUND ADJECTIVES
This presentation helps students identify and use both compound nouns and compound adjectives. The first part illustrates how compound nouns and compound adjectives can (and usually do) replace more complicated grammar that uses dependent clauses. Then students practice identifying the right compou...
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Downloads: 58
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VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT - UPCYCLING - PART 1 OF 2
This PPT introduces the concept of upcycling and teaches a lot of new vocabulary via context. I used it for an English Corner with a mixed group -- everything from beginner to advanced -- and encouraged discussion of what they like, don�t like, ways to make the ideas better, etc.
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 21
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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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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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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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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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