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B1+ Diversity in the Workplace
This lesson is based on a presentation about cultural diversity and cultural awareness, which are hot topics in business, education and society on the whole. As most of your students are likely to be learning English in order to be part of that cultural diversity, this presentation is sure to be a topic that will encourage discussion.
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B1+ The Healing Power of Nature
A short discussion lesson based on an animated presentation that explores how connecting with nature can improve your health. Students focus on vocabulary related to health and the human body and discuss health and wellbeing. Aside from a listening practice exercise, students will also do some exercises based around new vocabulary; vocabulary which they are encouraged to used in the …
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B2. Kevin Zollman – 2 Key Principles for Winning Negotiations
Philosophy professor and author, Kevin Zollman, explains the relationship between negotiations and game theory. In this presentation he outlines two key principles which can effect how successful you are in a negotiation. This is an ideal listening and discussion lesson for business English classes with professionals, or university students. It encourages your students to use language to explain, describe, and …
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C1. Michael Sandel – The Tyranny of Merit
This listening lesson is based on a wonderful RSA animated video in which political philosopher Michael Sandel disseminates the problems of our modern meritocratic society in under 3 minutes. The lesson focus is an IELTS listening exam practice exercise. There are also exercises for learning new vocabulary and idioms. The lesson is based on discussions on the subject of modern …
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C1+ Steven Pinker – Language as a Window into Human Nature
This is based on a fascinating RSA Animate presentation by renowned psycholinguist Steven Pinker. In it, he explains how our linguistic choices change depending on the setting, situation or the people we are speaking to. This is a great lesson for academic English learners (EAP) as well as business professionals. The lesson focuses on listening for detail and understanding as …
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B2. Tony Robbins – A Lack of Resources is NOT Your Problem
This lesson is based on a speech by “life coach” Tony Robbins in which he discusses an alternative approach to managing obstacles in life. Aside from listening practice, this lesson focuses on the use adjectives to describe character and emotion, the use of ‘enough’ as an adverb, determiner and pronoun. There are also vocabulary exercises that relate to the presentation …
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B2+ Amy Adkins – Why Do We Dream
What are dreams? Why do we have them? How did people perceive dreams in the past?This fun and fascinating lesson is based on an animated video that looks at the history dreams. The main focus of the lesson is listening practice for English exams, but it also includes a vocabulary exercise and a speaking exercise to give students an opportunity …
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C1. Why Diversity Wins
This short video presentation discusses what diversity means and how it benefits businesses. This sets the topic for this listening and discussion lesson which encourages students to consider what diversity means in a multi-national business setting. The lesson also includes exercises to help students learn vocabulary from context.
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C1. Ken Robinson – Changing Education Paradigms
This lesson is based on a popular RSA animated presentation by Sir Ken Robinson where he discusses some of the problems of our education systems. The lesson focuses on listening for detail and understanding, note taking and discussion. The aim of the lesson is to give students practice in taking part in active presentations. Everyone has memories and opinions about …
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C1. Billion Pound Cruise
The Symphony of the Seas is the world’s most expensive cruise ship and has some incredible statistical data regarding dimensions, crewing and operational costs. This listening lesson is based on a short film that talks about this incredible feat of engineering and gives students valuable listening practice based on numbers and numerical data and the use of comparatives and superlatives. …
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B1+ Claire Bowern – Where did English come from?
Based on an interesting animated presentation that explores the origins of the modern English language. It explains some of the similarities and ‘false friends’ that feature between English and other languages and is a great way to introduce the concept of suffixes, prefixes and root words to your students. The exercise tasks in the lesson will help students to …
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B2. Does more money equal more happiness?
This listening and discussion lesson is based on animated presentation that discusses the relationship between wealth and happiness. The main language focus is learning new vocabulary from context and practicing sharing and supporting opinion.
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