Learn the difference between routines and temporary situations with this Present Simple vs Present Continuous lesson plan, built around two calendars of the same project manager: a normal working week and a chaotic week when a colleague is off sick and the company is running a conference.
Master the vocabulary of feelings and personality with this B1 English lesson plan on describing emotions and people, built around four short team-chat messages from colleagues after a difficult week, so that students can answer “How are you?” with more than “fine, thanks”.
Master the business English idioms people really use at work with this B2 English lesson plan on workplace idioms, built around a team chat and a project meeting in which a small app-development team uses twelve everyday office idioms, so that students understand real meetings and sound natural instead of clichéd.
Master the first conditional for promises, threats, warnings, offers and advice with this grammar-through-context English lesson plan built around six real-life messages from a parent, a manager, a friend, an advert, a neighbour and a colleague.
Master causative have and get something done with this B1-B2 Business English lesson plan on causative structures and professional vocabulary, built around a corporate update about a company that has its servers inspected, its accounts audited and its marketing collateral printed by outside specialists.
Master concise business English writing with this C1-C2 precision English lesson plan in which students turn 20 real work and life messages into one clear line the reader can act on from a phone notification, without losing facts, tone or the request, and then add exactly one nuance.
Master everyday negotiation language for work with this task-based Business English lesson plan, in which students negotiate real deadlines, budgets and project scope through role-plays and a hidden-priorities information-gap game.
Learn to pass on messages from meetings, phone calls and team chats with this task-based reported speech English lesson plan for Business English, built around a fictional website-launch team whose weekly meeting one colleague misses.
Master the language of managing up so you can raise concerns, ask for support and challenge decisions with confidence in a one-to-one with your manager in professional English.
Master the art of keeping a small talk conversation going by reacting with echo questions, commenting on details and asking natural follow-up questions in everyday and professional English.
Learn to explain Agile clearly, communicate project updates confidently, and use authentic Scrum and Agile terminology in professional English.