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HIGH INTERMEDIATE - ADVANCED BUSINESS ENGLISH - IT�S ALL IN HOW YOU SAY IT (WRITING EFFECTIVE EMAILS)
Hi! This is the next installment in my Business English series. This one is on effective email writing. Several activities including: Pair work to discuss their speculation on a list of potential best practices, practice simplifying sentences into concise bits of information, then a writing assignment to compose emails addressing assorted problems....
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 47
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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 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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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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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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APARTMENT HUNTING
I teach adult learners in Beijing, China. So 99 of my materials will always be in that context. But they are easily changed for other frames of reference. This one focuses on a recent college graduate getting his/her first apartment and the decision process involved. It introduces prioritizing, amenities, choices, advertising, calling for informati...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 20
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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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HIGH BEGINNER TO LOW INTERMEDIATE -- LARGE NUMBERS DICTATION
Nothing fancy here, just a simple (but effective) numbers dictation. I use this a LOT. Fold the sheet in half, Student A reads to Student B, Student B writes. Then reverse. The sheets have different numbers. I chose these numbers specifically with Chinese students in mind, because in Chinese they speak each number, even the zeros. And, of course, w...
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 20
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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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CLOTHES AND FASHION
For this lesson you will need to collect some pictures from fashion magazines or other sources where you can see fully the clothes the people are wearing. Obviously, color pictures work best. Be sure to collect a wide variety including various colors, patterns, styles, functions. This lesson is very heavy on Student Talk Time - easily 80+ percent -...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 33
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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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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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ART IMITATES LIFE, LIFE IMITATES ART - ADVANCED DISCUSSION - PART 2 OF 2
This is Part 2 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: 27
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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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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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BLUE COLLAR VS WHITE COLLAR - SOCIAL ISSUES & VOCAB IN CONTEXT - PART 2 OF 2
Suitable for high Intermediate to Advanced. This is a 2-part ppt (sorry, the pictures killed me) on the topic of Blue Collar Vs. White Collar jobs in America -- pros & cons of each, stigmas, history, trends. I teach in China, so there is one single slide (easily removed) tying the topic to China, bu...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 22
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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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SCHEDULING - VOCABULARY & ROLE PLAY - BUSINESS CONTEXT
This ppt is a combination vocabulary introduction/review and role play lesson plan. The first part of the ppt is a review of vocabulary/useful phrases for making arrangements and confirming plans. The last few slides are included so that you can print them off and use them as handouts. (Not intended...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 34
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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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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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