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A B2 Business English lesson on speaking in public, built on a TED-Ed animation. Students learn phrases for nerves and for giving a good talk, find out what happens in the body when we speak in front of others, then use the video's tips to plan presentations, pitches and interviews at work.
A proficiency-level lesson built on Barry Schwartz's TED talk about why we work. Students learn idiomatic language for talking about motivation and job satisfaction, test their assumptions about his argument, predict how he explains the design of modern work, correct claims about Adam Smith, and decide for themselves whether pay is a good enough reason to work.
Students learn to use who, which, that and where to describe jobs and workplaces, then write about a job they know.
Students use although and even though to contrast ideas about work, then write their opinion on a four-day working week.
Students use should have, could have and might have to talk about past mistakes, then write about a time when something went wrong.
Students use defining relative clauses with who, which, that and whose to describe people and jobs at work, then describe a workplace they know.
Students build vocabulary for work and study, including phrasal verbs and word families, and practise B2 First Reading and Use of English Parts 3, 4 and 6 and a Part 2 email.
Students practise the future perfect to talk about career and life goals, then write a five-year plan for themselves.
Students practise all forms of the passive to describe changes at work, then write a short report for a newsletter.
Students learn how to open, request, chase and close in professional emails, and write a polite but firm chasing email to a supplier.
Students compare a place before and after a makeover and use present perfect passives to say what has been done.
Students learn the language for running and taking part in a meeting (agreeing, disagreeing and interrupting politely) and write a follow-up email with action points.
Students learn to answer common job interview questions, talk positively about their strengths and weaknesses, and structure "Tell me about a time when…" answers with Situation, Task, Action and Result.
Students practise mixed conditionals to talk about life choices and their results today, then write about a turning point in a life.
Students learn to negotiate diplomatically (softening, making proposals, setting conditions and closing a deal) and write an email confirming agreed terms.