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Video-based lesson plans

Whether your lessons are online or in-person, The English Flows’ lesson plans are the ultimate time-saver for ESL teachers working with adult and Business English students. Cut down on prep work and free up your time for what truly matters – guiding, coaching, and meeting your students' unique needs. Our current and highly relatable topics will keep your students engaged before, during, and after the class. We add 7-8 new video-based ESL lesson plans each month. Ignite their curiosity and inspire them to explore the English language further!

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a moving van and boxes and a slogan"can moving house ever be stress-free?"

Moving House: How to Make It Easier

This ESL worksheet focuses on moving house and practical English for relocating to a new home. It is most suitable for B1-level learners. Students learn useful collocations for preparing for a move, talk about moving experiences and common moving-day problems, and work with a moving-house checklist.

B1 / B2

Lifestyle ESL lesson plans

3:57

Culture shock

This ESL lesson focuses on culture shock and the process of adapting to new environments while helping students master the use of words expressing contrast and the grammar structures “be used to” and “get used to”.

Students will learn to describe their personal experiences with cultural differences and discuss the challenges and rewards of adapting to new cultures.

B2 / C1

Social issues ESL lesson plans

2:30

a person working on the beavh and a slogan "wwould you like to be able to work from anywhere?"

Digital nomads

Vocabulary: solopreneur, workation, location independence, flexible schedule, hot desking, co-working
Speaking: ideal work environment, future work trends, things to take into account when choosing a destrination as a digital nomad, how popular digital nomad destinations have changed
Video: The truth about being a digital nomad

B2 / C1

Business ESL lesson plans

6:30

Brain drain

Vocabulary: exodus, diaspora, dead-end career, seek greener pastures, human capital flight, workforce shortage
Video: What is brain drain
Speaking: conversation questions, brainstorming, evaluating options, reacting to statements

B2 / C1

Business ESL lesson plans, Social issues ESL lesson plans

3:20

climate change drought with dead tree and a green tree on the side and a slogan - climate induced displacement

Climate refugees

Vocabulary: migration and climate change
Grammar: the passive voice
Word formation: uninhabitable, displacement, unsustainable, humanitarian

B2 / C1

Environment ESL lesson plans, Social issues ESL lesson plans

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