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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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SHOULD / SHOULDN�T MUST / MUSTN�T -- MODALS USAGE PRACTICE
modals practice
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 65
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HIGH-INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED SOCIAL - MISSION SPACE
This is a group activity facilitating critical thinking quickly and choosing and defending a position. Role play involving a space exploration gone horribly wrong. There�s only enough oxygen for half the passengers. Half must go in order for any to survive. Students assume roles & then justify (or not) their continued use to the group while justify...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 17
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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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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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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 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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LESSON & ACTIVITY PLANNING OVERVIEW/SEMINAR - PART 2 OF 2
I was recently invited to give a 3-hour summary/overview seminar on activity/lesson planning to a group of newly minted ESL teachers. I was asked to fill 3 hours of time, including practice time. The end result is the attached lesson plan with handouts. I�m not sure if anybody can use this -- maybe some of you are supervisors who occasionally need ...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Type: others
Downloads: 13
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UPPER INTERMEDIATE SALON - TRANSLATION RACE
This is a game to allow upper intermediate students to practice translation of sentences with varying sentence structures. This provides listening practice with quick thinking in the target language. Goes from native language to learned language, then from learned language to native language. Structured as a competition between minimum of two teams...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 12
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PRONUNCIATION - MINIMAL PAIRS FOR ALL LEVELS
PRONUNCIATION ACTIVITY SUITABLE FOR ALL LEVELS -- This minimal pairs activity is targeted at sounds often confused by many learners, but especially those in Asia.
THE TWO SHEETS HAVE DIFFERENT WORDS. Student A reads to Student B. If Student B thinks that words 1, 3, 5 are the same, then Student B writes those in the same box together. If Stude...
Level: intermediate
Age: 3-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 52
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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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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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WEATHER, SEASONS, TIMES OF DAY, TEMPERATURES - PART 4 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: 18
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WELCOME TO BURNING MAN -- TEACHING VOCAB VIA CONTEXT - PART 5 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: 11
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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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WELCOME TO BURNING MAN -- TEACHING VOCAB VIA CONTEXT - PART 2 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: 12
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FOOD & COOKING: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO RECOMMEND A RESTAURANT
This 14-slide presentation introduces vocabulary of cooking methods & kitchen appliances, then elicits discussion about different types of restaurants. After that, there�s discussion & description of the interior of restaurants. Next comes a restaurant role play. All of that then combines to invite ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Downloads: 67
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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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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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