communication

Lesson plans

three women chatting over coffee, engaging in small talk

Vocabulary: small talk, build rapport, talk to strangers, keep the conversation going
Grammar: questions (open-ended questions, yes/no questions, follow-up questions)
Speaking: conversation questions, role-play, discussing photos

2:02

a team during a brainstorming session generating ideas

Ford formation: the suffix -ity (novelty, originality, feasibility, creativity, practicality)
Functional language: useful phrases for idea generation (introducing ideas, building on someone else’s idea, introducing alternatives, expressing caution, encouraging participation)
Speaking: games, brainstorming, conversation questions, survey

2:00

confident business woman, mentor, or a coach, speaking assertively to business people

Functional language: aggressive vs assertive expressions
Vocabulary: body language (hunched shoulders, tilted head, clenched jaw, pursed lips)
Video: Assertive vs aggressive

 

5:21

a team of colleagues discussing their ideas in a boardroom

Functional language: making a point, giving reasons and examples, summarising a point
Vocabulary: expressions with “point”
Speaking: discussion questions, role plays

2:33

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Collocations: verb + goal
Video: How to set SMART language learning goals
Speaking: conversation questions about languages and language learning, set language-learning goals

4:23

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Select language. Learning, translate languages or audio guide co

Vocabulary: collocations (language barrier, mother tongue, lingua franca)
Functional language: talking about language ability
Speaking: questions, improve your English checklist

6:11

Idiom and phrasal verb boosters