The beginning of a meeting presents a major dilemma: is it better to get straight down to business, or is it important to allow or even...
22 May, 2012
15 May, 2012
When we think of negotiations, we tend to focus on the hard negotiating skills connected with bargaining. In fact, many professional...
15 May, 2012
For many people, the idea of walking into a room full of strangers and trying to socialise with them can be terrifying, especially if you...
15 May, 2012
Many learners of English worry about their mistakes and allow their insecurities to prevent them from participating in meetings fully. This...
14 May, 2012
After struggling to break the ice, the next obstacle is to keep the conversation going beyond the initial conversation. For this reason,...
14 May, 2012
This lesson focuses on two important aspects of managing a meeting: setting up the meeting with a series of emails, and keep the meeting...
14 May, 2012
The key to successful negotiation is preparation and research. This means finding out exactly what you want from the negotiation, and why...
13 May, 2012
Since its development in the 1950s, brainstorming has become one of the most common techniques used in meetings to generate ideas. However...
13 May, 2012
In a negotiation, it’s very important to know when to speak, when to ask and when to shut up and listen. In this lesson students rank and...
12 May, 2012
Why is it that when you go to a conference or business gathering, everyone else seems to know each other already? At least part of the...
12 May, 2012
For many people, negotiating is all about bargaining, the give-and-take between two sides. In this lesson students discuss bargaining in...
11 May, 2012
Perhaps the most important skill connected with socialising is to ‘shut up and listen’. In practice, it can be very difficult to resist the...
10 May, 2012
While it is natural to focus on the challenge of starting conversations with strangers and keeping these conversations going, the real...
1 May, 2012
This is a simple pairwork activity that can be used with low level groups to provide practice in the present simple question form – What...
12 April, 2012
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenage and adult students at low to mid-intermediate level is about money. Students will develop...
4 April, 2012
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenage and adult students at low intermediate B1 level is about big numbers. Students will...
20 March, 2012
Use this activity to practice the use of comparatives and superlatives and to introduce more complex ways of comparison.
2 March, 2012
The final stages of a negotiation don’t always go smoothly. This lesson deals with a number of common events and situations from these...
19 December, 2011
For many people, a meeting is only as successful as the Action Points it produces. Action Points are essential for moving things forward...
19 October, 2011
This is an activity 'about' the internet, but it doesn't start online. In fact it has to start offline: the idea is that students try and...
5 July, 2011
This is one of the quickest ways I know of teaching a tale and boosting students’ confidence in themselves as storytellers.
11 May, 2011
This activity is great for last lessons of a course, but could be used in other contexts too. It is influenced by an idea from Headway Pre-...
27 April, 2011
This lesson plan for teachers of teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of cycling. Students will have a discussion about...
30 March, 2011
Whether you're starting with a new class or just changing direction a little the decision of how to structure a course without a coursebook...
1 March, 2011
This lesson plan for teachers of teenagers and adults at intermediate level explores the theme of Wales. Learners will develop their...
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22 May, 2012
The beginning of a meeting presents a major dilemma: is it better to get straight down to business, or is it important to allow or even...
15 May, 2012
When we think of negotiations, we tend to focus on the hard negotiating skills connected with bargaining. In fact, many professional...
15 May, 2012
For many people, the idea of walking into a room full of strangers and trying to socialise with them can be terrifying, especially if you...
15 May, 2012
Many learners of English worry about their mistakes and allow their insecurities to prevent them from participating in meetings fully. This...
14 May, 2012
After struggling to break the ice, the next obstacle is to keep the conversation going beyond the initial conversation. For this reason,...
14 May, 2012
This lesson focuses on two important aspects of managing a meeting: setting up the meeting with a series of emails, and keep the meeting...
14 May, 2012
The key to successful negotiation is preparation and research. This means finding out exactly what you want from the negotiation, and why...
13 May, 2012
Since its development in the 1950s, brainstorming has become one of the most common techniques used in meetings to generate ideas. However...
13 May, 2012
In a negotiation, it’s very important to know when to speak, when to ask and when to shut up and listen. In this lesson students rank and...
12 May, 2012
Why is it that when you go to a conference or business gathering, everyone else seems to know each other already? At least part of the...
12 May, 2012
For many people, negotiating is all about bargaining, the give-and-take between two sides. In this lesson students discuss bargaining in...
11 May, 2012
Perhaps the most important skill connected with socialising is to ‘shut up and listen’. In practice, it can be very difficult to resist the...
10 May, 2012
While it is natural to focus on the challenge of starting conversations with strangers and keeping these conversations going, the real...
1 May, 2012
This is a simple pairwork activity that can be used with low level groups to provide practice in the present simple question form – What...
12 April, 2012
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenage and adult students at low to mid-intermediate level is about money. Students will develop...
4 April, 2012
This lesson plan for teachers of older teenage and adult students at low intermediate B1 level is about big numbers. Students will...
20 March, 2012
Use this activity to practice the use of comparatives and superlatives and to introduce more complex ways of comparison.
2 March, 2012
The final stages of a negotiation don’t always go smoothly. This lesson deals with a number of common events and situations from these...
19 December, 2011
For many people, a meeting is only as successful as the Action Points it produces. Action Points are essential for moving things forward...
19 October, 2011
This is an activity 'about' the internet, but it doesn't start online. In fact it has to start offline: the idea is that students try and...
5 July, 2011
This is one of the quickest ways I know of teaching a tale and boosting students’ confidence in themselves as storytellers.
11 May, 2011
This activity is great for last lessons of a course, but could be used in other contexts too. It is influenced by an idea from Headway Pre-...
27 April, 2011
This lesson plan for teachers of teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of cycling. Students will have a discussion about...
30 March, 2011
Whether you're starting with a new class or just changing direction a little the decision of how to structure a course without a coursebook...
1 March, 2011
This lesson plan for teachers of teenagers and adults at intermediate level explores the theme of Wales. Learners will develop their...
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9 January, 2003
This series of activities enables students to practise what are traditionally called 'language skills' (reading, writing, etc.) in the...
15 September, 2010
In this speaking activity students think about and discuss a city they would like to live in for a year. The activity is based on themes...
24 August, 2008
I use this activity with higher-Elementary level students, primarily to practise vocabulary and collocations related to house and home, but...
9 January, 2003
Learners have a lot of ideas about how they should learn a language and it is important to encourage them to discuss these and to...
4 May, 2017
In this lesson students will discuss issues related to identity and what the future will be like.
4 May, 2017
This lesson takes the Collecting Europe project as a starting point for an exploration of whether a romantic relationship between a human...
29 June, 2006
Why not play a game of consequences with a difference, where students must take on the role of another person?
4 November, 2009
The aim of this lesson is to give students practice in reading for information and argument in an article about consumer society and give...
18 October, 2012
This lesson plan for teachers of teenage and adult students at intermediate level is about food and cooking. Students will take part in a...
27 April, 2011
This lesson plan for teachers of teenagers and adults at level B1 explores the theme of cycling. Students will have a discussion about...
11 May, 2007
This lesson plan for teachers of teenagers and adults at intermediate level and above explores the theme of the England. Students will...
12 June, 2007
This lesson plan for teachers of teenagers and adults at pre-Intermediate and above explores the theme of the Northern Ireland. Students...
23 June, 2008
This lesson plan for teachers of teenagers and adults at intermediate level and above explores the theme of Scotland. Students will build...
11 May, 2007
This lesson plan for teachers of teenagers and adults at intermediate level and above explores the theme of the Wales. Students will build...
7 January, 2009
This is a group-work speaking activity for intermediate level and above, where students are asked to make choices about the future economic...
2 November, 2010
This is a simple speaking activity that can provide practice for describing personalities. The lesson is designed for adults but could also...
11 January, 2011
This lesson plan for teachers of teenagers and adults at Intermediate level and above explores the theme of Dorset, a region in the UK....
9 January, 2003
This is an activity for students to practise reporting speech. It provides a situation for reporting what others have said that can be more...
20 October, 2010
This is a simple listening activity that can be used with adults and secondary groups, and is based on LearnEnglish Elementary Podcasts....
8 October, 2008
This lesson plan for teachers of teenagers and adults at intermediate level and above explores the theme of writing emails. Students will...
1 April, 2009
This activity is designed to be used as a consolidation exercise for the third conditional.
23 June, 2002
I've always found it really useful to have simple pictures on hand. Just some simple pictures of food can be used in a multitude of ways,...
30 September, 2015
This is an integrated speaking lesson for higher level adults that involves them taking different roles depending the colour of their hat.
23 June, 2002
The 'Tap-In Debate' is a fun way for students to discuss controversial topics. It is excellent for speaking and listening practice.
2 October, 2009
I like to use this activity to introduce poetry into the classroom and to raise learners' awareness of the beauty and fun to be had with...