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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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DO / PLAY / GO PRESENT TENSE, FIRST AND SECOND PERSON
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Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 43
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INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS ENGLISH - HOW ARE THEY DOING (COMPANY PERFORMANCE) - LESSON 1 OF 2
This is Unit 11-A of my Business English series. This unit introduces the language of trends in the context of a line graph. Class activities include vocabulary worksheet, speaking practice to use new vocabulary, summarizing graph information, then drawing a line graph based on written data. There are answer keys provided for all exercises. I hope...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 16
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INTERMEDIATE SALON -- AT THE MOVIES
This activity uses the context of a movie story line to get students thinking creatively. They work in groups of 3-5, ideally, to evaluate the parts of the movie Titanic, then use the same principles to create their own original movie story line. I hope you can use it! I used it a few nights ago with a group of 8 (two teams of 4 each). Midway throu...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 16
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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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ONCE UPON A TIME ---- GROUP ACTIVITY WRITING FAIRYTALES
I teach adults in Beijing. I try to put as many things as possible into a familiar frame of reference for my students. I also try to use as many FREE things as I can. SO - I use A LOT of pictures from newspapers and magazines. Tons. For this lesson, you will need to gather around 75 random pictures from newspapers and magazines. I have my Go-To pac...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 36
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MINIMAL PAIRS - PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE
I teach adult learners in Beijing, China. The accent in northern China is much different than southern China (I also taught in Shanghai for 2 years.) This sheet requires Student A to read a list to Student B. Student B will write the numbers of the words that are a like in separate columns. For example: If the listening student thinks that words 1 ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 8
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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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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/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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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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VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT - AGING IN PLACE
This is another of my Vocabulary In Context presentations. This one is on the topic of Aging In Place. I teach in China, and the rapidly aging population is an issue. There�s a few slides dedicated to China. HOWEVER!!! These are very easily changed and are only at the beginning. Total of 26 slides
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Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 26
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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